# AlarmPromQLCriteria
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Contains the configuration that determines how a PromQL alarm evaluates its contributors, including the query to run and the durations that define when contributors transition between states.

## Contents
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 ** Query **   <a name="ACW-Type-AlarmPromQLCriteria-Query"></a>
The PromQL query that the alarm evaluates. The query must return a result of vector type. Each entry in the vector result represents an alarm contributor.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 10000.  
Required: Yes

 ** PendingPeriod **   <a name="ACW-Type-AlarmPromQLCriteria-PendingPeriod"></a>
The duration, in seconds, that a contributor must be continuously breaching before it transitions to the `ALARM` state.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 86400.  
Required: No

 ** RecoveryPeriod **   <a name="ACW-Type-AlarmPromQLCriteria-RecoveryPeriod"></a>
The duration, in seconds, that a contributor must continuously not be breaching before it transitions back to the `OK` state.  
Type: Integer  
Valid Range: Minimum value of 0. Maximum value of 86400.  
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/monitoring-2010-08-01/AlarmPromQLCriteria) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/monitoring-2010-08-01/AlarmPromQLCriteria) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/monitoring-2010-08-01/AlarmPromQLCriteria)