name : start-metric-streams.rst **To start a specified metric stream** The following ``start-metric-streams`` example starts the metric stream named ``QuickFull-GuaFbs`` in the specified account. :: aws cloudwatch start-metric-streams \ --names QuickFull-GuaFbs This command produces no output. For more information, see `Use metric streams <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch-Metric-Streams.html>`__ in the *Amazon CloudWatch User Guide*.