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Explore dashboard widgets

Use the dashboard builder to explore the 8 widget types available in CloudWatch custom dashboards and how they're used to detect performance issues.

The builder shows widget types (Line, Stacked area, Number, Bar, Pie, Text, Gauge, Explorer) and lets you see how each one visualizes metric data differently. Compare automatic dashboards (pre-built, per-service, free) with custom dashboards (configurable, shareable, first 3 free).

Question: Your dashboard needs to show total S3 storage broken down by bucket. Which widget type best shows how each bucket contributes to the total?

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