# TriggerDetails
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Represents the reason the scan was triggered.

## Contents
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 ** description **   <a name="guardduty-Type-TriggerDetails-description"></a>
The description of the scan trigger.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 200.  
Required: No

 ** guardDutyFindingId **   <a name="guardduty-Type-TriggerDetails-guardDutyFindingId"></a>
The ID of the GuardDuty finding that triggered the malware scan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 200.  
Required: No

 ** triggerType **   <a name="guardduty-Type-TriggerDetails-triggerType"></a>
Specifies the trigger type that started the malware scan.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `BACKUP | GUARDDUTY`   
Required: No

## See Also
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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/guardduty-2017-11-28/TriggerDetails) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/guardduty-2017-11-28/TriggerDetails) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/guardduty-2017-11-28/TriggerDetails)