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# AWS::Lex::Bot KendraConfiguration
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Provides configuration information for the `AMAZON.KendraSearchIntent` intent. When you use this intent, Amazon Lex searches the specified Amazon Kendra index and returns documents from the index that match the user's utterance.

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[KendraIndex](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-kendraindex)" : String,
  "[QueryFilterString](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstring)" : String,
  "[QueryFilterStringEnabled](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstringenabled)" : Boolean
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [KendraIndex](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-kendraindex): String
  [QueryFilterString](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstring): 
    String
  [QueryFilterStringEnabled](#cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstringenabled): Boolean
```

## Properties
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`KendraIndex`  <a name="cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-kendraindex"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Amazon Kendra index that you want the `AMAZON.KendraSearchIntent` intent to search. The index must be in the same account and Region as the Amazon Lex bot.  
*Required*: Yes  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `^arn:aws[a-zA-Z-]*:kendra:[a-z]+-(?:[a-z]+-)*[0-9]:[0-9]{12}:index/[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$`  
*Minimum*: `32`  
*Maximum*: `2048`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`QueryFilterString`  <a name="cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstring"></a>
A query filter that Amazon Lex sends to Amazon Kendra to filter the response from a query. The filter is in the format defined by Amazon Kendra. For more information, see [Filtering queries](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/filtering.html).  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `5000`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`QueryFilterStringEnabled`  <a name="cfn-lex-bot-kendraconfiguration-queryfilterstringenabled"></a>
Determines whether the `AMAZON.KendraSearchIntent` intent uses a custom query string to query the Amazon Kendra index.  
*Required*: No  
*Type*: Boolean  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)