# Cloudwatch show servername instead of Instance ID

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/cloudwatch-show-servername-instead-of-instance-id/10962>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Tags:** cloudwatch\
**Created:** [October 3, 2018, 5:59pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cloudwatch-show-servername-instead-of-instance-id/10962 "2018-10-03T17:59:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![torkel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/grafana/user_avatar/community.grafana.com/torkel/32/20_2.png) [@torkel](https://community.grafana.com/u/torkel)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/cloudwatch-show-servername-instead-of-instance-id/10962/2 "2018-10-03T18:42:45Z")

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And {{InstanceName}} does not work? If not Cloudwatch is not returning that Tag with the query and there is not much Grafana can do.

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