Technical requirements
No hands-on experience in a language such as Python or R is necessary to follow along with the content from this chapter. However, we highly recommend that you read this chapter while connected to your own AWS account and open the Amazon Lookout for Metrics console to run the different actions on your end.
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 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 are now ready to use Amazon Lookout for Metrics!