You can modify metrics timing and reporting defaults.When using the default CloudWatch properties, metrics reporting can take around 15 minutes:
The above workflow is sequential and cumulative.
The sensor data point timing values can be shortened by changing variables in the CLC.
These changes will increase network traffic as polling will be done more frequently.
Modify the default polling interval CLC variable to a number less than 5.
cloud.monitor.default_poll_interval_mins
This is how often the CLC sends a request to the CC for sensor data. Default value is 5 minutes. Modify the history size CLC variable to a number less than 5.
cloud.monitor.history_size
This is how many data value samples are sent in each sensor data request. The default value is 5. The frequency requests is either 1 minute (if the cloud.monitor.default_poll_interval_mins
is 1 minute) or half the value of cloud.monitor.default_poll_interval_mins
if that value is greater). So by default, with a cloud.monitor.default_poll_interval_mins
of 5 minutes and cloud.monitor.history_size
size of 5, every 5 minutes the CLC asks for the last 5 data points from the CC, which should be timed for every 2.5 minutes (e.g., 2.5 minutes ago, 5 minutes ago, 7.5 minutes ago, and 10 minutes ago).
These values may be skewed a bit based on the time the CC uses.