# ContactChannel
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The method that Incident Manager uses to engage a contact.

## Contents
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 ** ActivationStatus **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-ActivationStatus"></a>
A Boolean value describing if the contact channel has been activated or not. If the contact channel isn't activated, Incident Manager can't engage the contact through it.  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `ACTIVATED | NOT_ACTIVATED`   
Required: Yes

 ** ContactArn **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-ContactArn"></a>
The ARN of the contact that contains the contact channel.  
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

 ** ContactChannelArn **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-ContactChannelArn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the contact channel.  
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

 ** DeliveryAddress **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-DeliveryAddress"></a>
The details that Incident Manager uses when trying to engage the contact channel.  
Type: [ContactChannelAddress](API_SSMContacts_ContactChannelAddress.md) object  
Required: Yes

 ** Name **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-Name"></a>
The name of the contact channel.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 255.  
Pattern: `^[\p{L}\p{Z}\p{N}_.\-]*$`   
Required: Yes

 ** Type **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-SSMContacts_ContactChannel-Type"></a>
The type of the contact channel. Incident Manager supports three contact methods:  
+ SMS
+ VOICE
+ EMAIL
Type: String  
Valid Values: `SMS | VOICE | EMAIL`   
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/ContactChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ssm-contacts-2021-05-03/ContactChannel) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ssm-contacts-2021-05-03/ContactChannel)