name

The name of the filter.

The valid values for Name depend on which API operation you're using with the filter.

DescribeAutoScalingGroups

Valid values for Name include the following:

• tag-key - Accepts tag keys. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with these tag keys.

• tag-value - Accepts tag values. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with these tag values.

• tag:<key> - Accepts the key/value combination of the tag. Use the tag key in the filter name and the tag value as the filter value. The results only include information about the Auto Scaling groups associated with the specified key/value combination.

DescribeTags

Valid values for Name include the following:

• auto-scaling-group - Accepts the names of Auto Scaling groups. The results only include information about the tags associated with these Auto Scaling groups.

• key - Accepts tag keys. The results only include information about the tags associated with these tag keys.

• value - Accepts tag values. The results only include information about the tags associated with these tag values.

• propagate-at-launch - Accepts a Boolean value, which specifies whether tags propagate to instances at launch. The results only include information about the tags associated with the specified Boolean value.

DescribeScalingActivities

Valid values for Name include the following:

• StartTimeLowerBound - The earliest scaling activities to return based on the activity start time. Scaling activities with a start time earlier than this value are not included in the results. Only activities started within the last six weeks can be returned regardless of the value specified.

• StartTimeUpperBound - The latest scaling activities to return based on the activity start time. Scaling activities with a start time later than this value are not included in the results. Only activities started within the last six weeks can be returned regardless of the value specified.

• Status - The StatusCode value of the scaling activity. This filter can only be used in combination with the AutoScalingGroupName parameter. For valid StatusCode values, see Activity in the Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling API Reference.