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AnswerSummary - AWS Well-Architected Tool

AnswerSummary

An answer summary of a lens review in a workload.

Contents

ChoiceAnswerSummaries

A list of selected choices to a question in your workload.

Type: Array of ChoiceAnswerSummary objects

Required: No

Choices

List of choices available for a question.

Type: Array of Choice objects

Required: No

IsApplicable

Defines whether this question is applicable to a lens review.

Type: Boolean

Required: No

JiraConfiguration

Configuration of the Jira integration.

Type: JiraConfiguration object

Required: No

PillarId

The ID used to identify a pillar, for example, security.

A pillar is identified by its PillarReviewSummary:PillarId.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Required: No

QuestionId

The ID of the question.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: No

QuestionTitle

The title of the question.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.

Required: No

QuestionType

The type of the question.

Type: String

Valid Values: PRIORITIZED | NON_PRIORITIZED

Required: No

Reason

The reason why a choice is non-applicable to a question in your workload.

Type: String

Valid Values: OUT_OF_SCOPE | BUSINESS_PRIORITIES | ARCHITECTURE_CONSTRAINTS | OTHER | NONE

Required: No

Risk

The risk for a given workload, lens review, pillar, or question.

Type: String

Valid Values: UNANSWERED | HIGH | MEDIUM | NONE | NOT_APPLICABLE

Required: No

SelectedChoices

List of selected choice IDs in a question answer.

The values entered replace the previously selected choices.

Type: Array of strings

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:

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