# TargetId
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A target ID is an internally-generated identifier for a target. A target allows you to identify all the resources in a Network Flow Monitor scope. Currently, a target is always an AWS account.

## Contents
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**Important**  
This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

 ** accountId **   <a name="networkflowmonitor-Type-TargetId-accountId"></a>
The identifier for the account for a target.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 12.  
Pattern: `[0-9]{12}`   
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/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/TargetId) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/TargetId) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/networkflowmonitor-2023-04-19/TargetId)