Technical requirements
No hands-on experience with a language such as Python or R is necessary to work with the content of this chapter. However, we highly recommend that you follow along in the AWS Console, from where you can access the Amazon Lookout for Metrics service.
If you already have an AWS account, you can connect to the AWS Console, click on the search bar at the top, enter Lookout for Metrics
in the services section, and then click on Amazon Lookout for Metrics to bring up the landing page of the service console.
To create an AWS account and log in to the Amazon Lookout for Metrics console, you can refer to the Technical requirements section of Chapter 2, An Overview of Amazon Forecast.
You should now be ready to use Amazon Lookout for Metrics! But before we dive into an overview of the service, let's first have a look at the challenges posed by detecting anomalies in business metrics.