# Using CloudWatch metric aliases in a panel title

**URL:** <https://community.grafana.com/t/using-cloudwatch-metric-aliases-in-a-panel-title/19389>\
**Category:** Grafana\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/using-cloudwatch-metric-aliases-in-a-panel-title/19389 "2019-07-17T02:01:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://community.grafana.com/t/using-cloudwatch-metric-aliases-in-a-panel-title/19389/1 "2019-07-17T02:01:03Z")

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Is there a way to use an alias, ie - {{ metric }} or {{ stat }} as a panel title variable?

What i’m trying to accomplish is:

Using AWS CloudWatch Datasource with Grafana 6.3 Beta and repeating rows with DocumentDB Clusters.

cluster variable = api-production  
metrics = CPUUtilization, Connections, and so on

I’d like the per panel titles to look like (using repeating rows)

$cluster.{{ metric }}:  
api-production.CPUUtilization  
api-production.Connections

Is this possible? If I try to use {{ metric }} in the panel title it just treats it as a literal and does not expand the same way as a variable

Thanks!