AmazonCloudWatch cloudWatch = AmazonCloudWatchClientBuilder.defaultClient(); Dimension dimension = new Dimension() .withName("MyCustomDimension") .withValue("MyCustomValue"); Metric metric = new Metric() .withNamespace("MyNamespace") .withMetricName("MyMetric") .withDimensions(dimension) .withUnit(StandardUnit.Count); PutMetricDataRequest request = new PutMetricDataRequest() .withNamespace("MyNamespace") .withMetricData(new MetricDatum() .withMetricName("MyMetric") .withValue(25.0) .withUnit(StandardUnit.Count)); cloudWatch.putMetricData(request); PutMetricAlarmRequest request = new PutMetricAlarmRequest() .withAlarmName("MyAlarm") .withNamespace("MyNamespace") .withMetricName("MyMetric") .withComparisonOperator(ComparisonOperator.GreaterThanThreshold) .withThreshold(30.0) .withPeriod(60) .withEvaluationPeriods(1) .withAlarmActions("arn:aws:sns:us-west-2:123456789012:MyTopic"); cloudWatch.putMetricAlarm(request);