If the name contains angle brackets (<>), PRTG replaces them with braces ({}) for security reasons. For more information, see the Knowledge Base: What security features does PRTG include?
This setting is for your information only. You cannot change it.
Tags
Enter one or more tags. Confirm each tag with the Spacebar key, a comma, or the Enter key. You can use tags to group objects and use tag-filtered views later on. Tags are not case-sensitive. Tags are automatically inherited.
It is not possible to enter tags with a leading plus (+) or minus (-) sign, nor tags with parentheses (()) or angle brackets (<>).
For performance reasons, it can take some minutes until you can filter for new tags that you added.
The sensor has the following default tags that are automatically predefined in the sensor's settings when you add the sensor:
aws
cost
awscost
Priority
Select a priority for the sensor. This setting determines the position of the sensor in lists. The highest priority is at the top of a list. Choose from the lowest priority () to the highest priority ().
AWS Cost Specific
AWS Cost Specific
Setting
Description
Additional Cost Types
PRTG creates two default channels for blended monthly and yearly cost. If you select this option, you can select additional cost types for which PRTG creates additional channels.
Enable
Disable
Select Additional Cost Types
This setting is only visible if you select Enable above.
Select additional cost types:
Amortized cost
Net amortized cost
Unblended cost
Net unblended cost
PRTG creates two overview channels (monthly and yearly) for every additional cost type that you select.
Additional Forecast Types
PRTG does not automatically create additional forecast channels. If you select this option, you can select additional forecast types to create additional forecast channels.
Enable
Disable
Select Additional Forecast Types
This setting is only visible if you select Enable above.
Select additional forecast types:
Blended cost (default)
Amortized cost
Net amortized cost
Unblended cost
Net unblended cost
PRTG creates two overview channels (monthly and yearly) for every additional forecast type that you select. Every forecast type that you select creates additional fees. Deselect a forecast type if you no longer want the according channels to create additional fees. You can still see the channels, but they do not receive data anymore.
Sensor Display
Sensor Display
Setting
Description
Primary Channel
Select a channel from the list to define it as the primary channel. In the device tree, the last value of the primary channel is always displayed below the sensor's name. The available options depend on what channels are available for this sensor.
You can set a different primary channel later by clicking below a channel gauge on the sensor's Overview tab.
Graph Type
Define how different channels are shown for this sensor:
Show channels independently (default): Show a graph for each channel.
Stack channels on top of each other: Stack channels on top of each other to create a multi-channel graph. This generates a graph that visualizes the different components of your total traffic. You cannot use this option in combination with manual Vertical Axis Scaling (available in the channel settings).
Stack Unit
This setting is only visible if you select Stack channels on top of each other above.
Select a unit from the list. All channels with this unit are stacked on top of each other. By default, you cannot exclude single channels from stacking if they use the selected unit. However, there is an advanced procedure to do so.
Debug Options
Debug Options
Setting
Description
Result Handling
Define what PRTG does with the sensor result:
Discard result: Do not store the sensor result.
Store result: Store the last sensor result in the \Logs\sensors subfolder of the PRTG data directory on the probe system. The file name is Result of Sensor [ID].log. This setting is for debugging purposes. PRTG overwrites this file with each scanning interval.
This option is not available when the sensor runs on the hosted probe of a PRTG Hosted Monitor instance.
In a cluster, PRTG stores the result in the PRTG data directory of the master node.
Inherited Settings
By default, all of these settings are inherited from objects that are higher in the hierarchy. We recommend that you change them centrally in the root group settings if necessary. To change a setting for this object only, click under the corresponding setting name to disable the inheritance and to display its options.
This sensor has a fixed minimum scanning interval for performance reasons. You cannot use a shorter scanning interval. Consequently, shorter scanning intervals in the Monitoring settings are not available for this sensor.
The minimum scanning interval of this sensor is 1 hour.
The recommended scanning interval of this sensor is 6 hours.
Scanning Interval
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Scanning Interval.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
You cannot interrupt the inheritance for schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. The corresponding settings from the parent objects are always active. However, you can define additional schedules, dependencies, and maintenance windows. They are active at the same time as the parent objects' settings.
Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Schedules, Dependencies, and Maintenance Window.
Access Rights
Access Rights
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Access Rights.
Channel Unit Configuration
Which channel units are available depends on the sensor type and the available parameters. If no configurable channels are available, this field shows No configurable channels.
Channel Unit Configuration
For more information, see section Root Group Settings, section Channel Unit Configuration.
Channel List
Which channels the sensor actually shows might depend on the target device, the available components, and the sensor setup.
Channel
Description
Amortized Monthly
The amortized cost per month
Amortized Yearly
The amortized cost per year
Downtime
In the channel table on the Overview tab, this channel never shows any values. PRTG uses this channel in graphs and reports to show the amount of time in which the sensor was in the Down status
Forecast Amortized Monthly
The forecast for amortized cost per month
Forecast Amortized Yearly
The forecast for amortized cost per year
Forecast Monthly
The forecast for cost per month
Forecast Net Amortized Monthly
The forecast for net amortized cost per month
Forecast Net Amortized Yearly
The forecast for net amortized cost per year
Forecast Net Unblended Monthly
The forecast for net unblended cost per month
Forecast Net Unblended Yearly
The forecast for net unblended cost per year
Forecast Unblended Monthly
The forecast for unblended cost per month
Forecast Unblended Yearly
The forecast for unblended cost per year
Forecast Yearly
The forecast for cost per year
Monthly Cost
The monthly cost
This channel is the primary channel by default.
Net Amortized Monthly
The net amortized cost per month
Net Amortized Yearly
The net amortized cost per year
Net Unblended Monthly
The net unblended cost per month
Net Unblended Yearly
The net unblended cost per year
Unblended Monthly
The unblended cost per month
Unblended Yearly
The unblended cost per year
Yearly Cost
The cost per year
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KNOWLEDGE BASE
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