Cloud Data Collection with Poll Now
Last updated on 22 May, 2025You can use Poll Now to troubleshoot CloudWatch data collection similar to troubleshooting traditional, local Collector-based LogicModules. Poll Now provides visibility to identify potential issues in data collection, such as permission issues or DataSource mis-configurations. Examples of when you may find Poll Now useful include the following:
- Troubleshooting DataSources configured to collect custom CloudWatch metrics
- Troubleshooting a lack of non-custom CloudWatch metrics
Note: CloudWatch data is collected through a Collector maintained by LogicMonitor.
The Poll Now icon displays on the Raw Data tab of the selected cloud DataSource.

When selected, it will poll AWS CloudWatch and display the following:
- Data returned
- Complex datapoint expressions
- CloudWatch GetMetricStatistics Request details (including values for tokens present in datapoint metric paths)
- HTTP Status returned by AWS API
- Error message/code returned by AWS API
