# Contact
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A personal contact or escalation plan that Incident Manager engages during an incident.

## Contents
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 ** Alias **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_Contact-Alias"></a>
The unique and identifiable alias of the contact or escalation plan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `^[a-z0-9_\-]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** ContactArn **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_Contact-ContactArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the contact or escalation plan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 2048.  
Pattern: `arn:(aws|aws-cn|aws-us-gov):ssm-contacts:[-\w+=\/,.@]*:[0-9]+:([\w+=\/,.@:-])*`   
Required: Yes

 ** Type **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_Contact-Type"></a>
The type of contact.  
+  `PERSONAL`: A single, individual contact.
+  `ESCALATION`: An escalation plan.
+  `ONCALL_SCHEDULE`: An on-call schedule.
Type: String  
Valid Values: `PERSONAL | ESCALATION | ONCALL_SCHEDULE`   
Required: Yes

 ** DisplayName **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_Contact-DisplayName"></a>
The full name of the contact or escalation plan.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `^[\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.\-]*$`   
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/ssm-contacts-2021-05-03/Contact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ssm-contacts-2021-05-03/Contact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ssm-contacts-2021-05-03/Contact)