diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
index 8acddfbcbd0..77b41f1669a 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query.go
@@ -97,39 +97,13 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) handleGetEc2InstanceAttribute(ctx context.Context,
 	dupCheck := make(map[string]bool)
 	for _, reservation := range instances.Reservations {
 		for _, instance := range reservation.Instances {
-			tags := make(map[string]string)
-			for _, tag := range instance.Tags {
-				tags[*tag.Key] = *tag.Value
+			data, found, err := getInstanceAttributeValue(attributeName, instance)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
 			}
-
-			var data string
-			if strings.Index(attributeName, "Tags.") == 0 {
-				tagName := attributeName[5:]
-				data = tags[tagName]
-			} else {
-				attributePath := strings.Split(attributeName, ".")
-				v := reflect.ValueOf(instance)
-				for _, key := range attributePath {
-					if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
-						v = v.Elem()
-					}
-					if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-						return nil, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
-					}
-					v = v.FieldByName(key)
-					if !v.IsValid() {
-						return nil, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
-					}
-				}
-				if attr, ok := v.Interface().(*string); ok {
-					data = *attr
-				} else if attr, ok := v.Interface().(*time.Time); ok {
-					data = attr.String()
-				} else {
-					return nil, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
-				}
+			if !found {
+				continue
 			}
-
 			if _, exists := dupCheck[data]; exists {
 				continue
 			}
@@ -146,6 +120,54 @@ func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) handleGetEc2InstanceAttribute(ctx context.Context,
 	return result, nil
 }
 
+func getInstanceAttributeValue(attributeName string, instance *ec2.Instance) (value string, found bool, err error) {
+	tags := make(map[string]string)
+	for _, tag := range instance.Tags {
+		tags[*tag.Key] = *tag.Value
+	}
+
+	var data string
+	if strings.Index(attributeName, "Tags.") == 0 {
+		tagName := attributeName[5:]
+		data = tags[tagName]
+	} else {
+		attributePath := strings.Split(attributeName, ".")
+		v := reflect.ValueOf(instance)
+		for _, key := range attributePath {
+			if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+				if v.IsNil() {
+					return "", false, nil
+				}
+				v = v.Elem()
+			}
+			if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+				return "", false, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
+			}
+			v = v.FieldByName(key)
+			if !v.IsValid() {
+				return "", false, errors.New("invalid attribute path")
+			}
+		}
+
+		if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.IsNil() {
+			return "", false, nil
+		}
+		if attr, ok := v.Interface().(*string); ok {
+			data = *attr
+		} else if attr, ok := v.Interface().(*time.Time); ok {
+			data = attr.String()
+		} else if _, ok := v.Interface().(*bool); ok {
+			data = fmt.Sprint(v.Elem().Bool())
+		} else if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().CanInt() {
+			data = fmt.Sprint(v.Elem().Int())
+		} else {
+			return "", false, errors.New("cannot parse attribute")
+		}
+	}
+
+	return data, true, nil
+}
+
 func (e *cloudWatchExecutor) handleGetResourceArns(ctx context.Context, pluginCtx backend.PluginContext, parameters url.Values) ([]suggestData, error) {
 	region := parameters.Get("region")
 	resourceType := parameters.Get("resourceType")
diff --git a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query_test.go b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query_test.go
index 400c3041620..85329bd5760 100644
--- a/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tsdb/cloudwatch/metric_find_query_test.go
@@ -80,6 +80,86 @@ func TestQuery_InstanceAttributes(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		assert.Equal(t, expResponse, resp)
 	})
+
+	t.Run("Get different types", func(t *testing.T) {
+		var expectedInt int64 = 3
+		var expectedBool = true
+		var expectedArn = "arn"
+		cli = oldEC2Client{
+			reservations: []*ec2.Reservation{
+				{
+					Instances: []*ec2.Instance{
+						{
+							AmiLaunchIndex: &expectedInt,
+							EbsOptimized:   &expectedBool,
+							IamInstanceProfile: &ec2.IamInstanceProfile{
+								Arn: &expectedArn,
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+		}
+
+		im := datasource.NewInstanceManager(func(ctx context.Context, s backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings) (instancemgmt.Instance, error) {
+			return DataSource{Settings: models.CloudWatchSettings{}, sessions: &fakeSessionCache{}}, nil
+		})
+
+		executor := newExecutor(im, log.NewNullLogger())
+
+		testcases := []struct {
+			name          string
+			attributeName string
+			expResponse   []suggestData
+		}{
+			{
+				"int field",
+				"AmiLaunchIndex",
+				[]suggestData{
+					{Text: "3", Value: "3", Label: "3"},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				"bool field",
+				"EbsOptimized",
+				[]suggestData{
+					{Text: "true", Value: "true", Label: "true"},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				"nested field",
+				"IamInstanceProfile.Arn",
+				[]suggestData{
+					{Text: expectedArn, Value: expectedArn, Label: expectedArn},
+				},
+			},
+			{
+				"nil field",
+				"InstanceLifecycle",
+				[]suggestData{},
+			},
+		}
+		for _, tc := range testcases {
+			t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				filterMap := map[string][]string{}
+				filterJson, err := json.Marshal(filterMap)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+
+				resp, err := executor.handleGetEc2InstanceAttribute(
+					context.Background(),
+					backend.PluginContext{
+						DataSourceInstanceSettings: &backend.DataSourceInstanceSettings{},
+					}, url.Values{
+						"region":        []string{"us-east-1"},
+						"attributeName": []string{tc.attributeName},
+						"filters":       []string{string(filterJson)},
+					},
+				)
+				require.NoError(t, err)
+				assert.Equal(t, tc.expResponse, resp)
+			})
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func TestQuery_EBSVolumeIDs(t *testing.T) {