# TargetTrackingMetricDimension


Describes the dimension of a metric.

## Contents


 ** Name **   <a name="autoscaling-Type-TargetTrackingMetricDimension-Name"></a>
The name of the dimension.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Value **   <a name="autoscaling-Type-TargetTrackingMetricDimension-Value"></a>
The value of the dimension.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 1024.  
Pattern: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`   
Required: Yes

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/application-autoscaling-2016-02-06/TargetTrackingMetricDimension) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/application-autoscaling-2016-02-06/TargetTrackingMetricDimension) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/application-autoscaling-2016-02-06/TargetTrackingMetricDimension)