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AWS Resource Explorer

Search for and discover relevant resources across AWS

Introduction to Resource Explorer

You can use Resource Explorer to more quickly and easily search and discover your AWS resources across AWS Regions and accounts. You can start your search in Unified Search in the AWS Management Console, the AWS Resource Explorer console, the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI), or the SDK - and filter using tags, services, and other metadata.

Benefits

Resource discovery

Find your resources across AWS Regions and accounts using tags, keywords, and other metadata.

Quick navigation

Quickly navigate to your resources and act on them in the appropriate service console.

Time saving

Save time by finding and acting on resources without building a custom search infrastructure.

Resource management

View details and organize your resources directly from the Resource Explorer console. 

Use cases

Search for application resources across AWS Regions and accounts using application names and tags. 

Learn how to search for your application resources
Address alerts by finding and navigating to relevant resources directly from the unified search bar in the AWS Management Console.

Learn more about enabling AWS Resource Explorer in unified search
Quickly identify any untagged or improperly tagged resources across AWS Regions using simple named operators.

Learn more about searching by tag