---
type: resource-type
title: Contact
description: aws resource type AWS::SSMContacts::Contact
name: Contact
lexicon: aws
resource_type: AWS::SSMContacts::Contact
---
`AWS::SSMContacts::Contact`, a resource type of the aws lexicon.

## Properties

- `Alias` (`string`, required): Alias of the contact. String value with 20 to 256 characters. Only alphabetical, numeric characters, dash, or underscore allowed.
- `DisplayName` (`string`, required): Name of the contact. String value with 3 to 256 characters. Only alphabetical, space, numeric characters, dash, or underscore allowed.
- `Type` (`"ESCALATION" | "ONCALL_SCHEDULE" | "PERSONAL"`, required): Contact type, which specify type of contact. Currently supported values: “PERSONAL”, “SHARED”, “OTHER“.
- `Arn` (`string`, optional): The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the contact.
- `Plan` (`Contact_Stage[]`, optional): The stages that an escalation plan or engagement plan engages contacts and contact methods in.
- `Tags` (`Contact_Tag[]`, optional)

## Attributes

- `Arn`