# Categories
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Provides the category rules that are used to automatically categorize contacts based on uttered keywords and phrases.

## Contents
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 ** MatchedCategories **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-contact-lens_Categories-MatchedCategories"></a>
The category rules that have been matched in the analyzed segment.  
Type: Array of strings  
Array Members: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 150 items.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** MatchedDetails **   <a name="connect-Type-connect-contact-lens_Categories-MatchedDetails"></a>
The category rule that was matched and when it occurred in the transcript.  
Type: String to [CategoryDetails](API_connect-contact-lens_CategoryDetails.md) object map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 150 items.  
Key Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 256.  
Key Pattern: `.*\S.*`   
Required: Yes

## 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/connect-contact-lens-2020-08-21/Categories) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/connect-contact-lens-2020-08-21/Categories) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/connect-contact-lens-2020-08-21/Categories)