ScanFilter - AWS CloudFormation
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ScanFilter

A filter that is used to specify which resource types to scan.

Contents

Types.member.N

An array of strings where each string represents an AWS resource type you want to scan. Each string defines the resource type using the format AWS::ServiceName::ResourceType, for example, AWS::DynamoDB::Table. For the full list of supported resource types, see the Resource type support table in the AWS CloudFormation User Guide.

To scan all resource types within a service, you can use a wildcard, represented by an asterisk (*). You can place an asterisk at only the end of the string, for example, AWS::S3::*.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 100 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 100.

Required: No

See Also

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