# cloudwatch-alarm-description
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Checks if AWS CloudWatch Alarm resources contain an alarm description. The rule is NON\_COMPLIANT if the CloudWatch Alarm resource does not contain an AlarmDescription field or the AlarmDescription is empty. 



**Identifier:** CLOUDWATCH\_ALARM\_DESCRIPTION

**Resource Types:** AWS::CloudWatch::Alarm

**Trigger type:** Configuration changes

**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except Asia Pacific (New Zealand), China (Beijing), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), China (Ningxia) Region

**Parameters:**

None  

## AWS CloudFormation template
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To create AWS Config managed rules with AWS CloudFormation templates, see [Creating AWS Config Managed Rules With AWS CloudFormation Templates](aws-config-managed-rules-cloudformation-templates.md).