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# AWS::ApplicationAutoScaling::ScalingPolicy PredictiveScalingMetricDimension
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 Describes the dimension of a metric. 

## Syntax
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To declare this entity in your CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:

### JSON
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```
{
  "[Name](#cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-name)" : {{String}},
  "[Value](#cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-value)" : {{String}}
}
```

### YAML
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```
  [Name](#cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-name): {{String}}
  [Value](#cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-value): {{String}}
```

## Properties
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`Name`  <a name="cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-name"></a>
 The name of the dimension.   
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `255`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)

`Value`  <a name="cfn-applicationautoscaling-scalingpolicy-predictivescalingmetricdimension-value"></a>
 The value of the dimension.   
*Required*: No  
*Type*: String  
*Pattern*: `[\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*`  
*Minimum*: `1`  
*Maximum*: `1024`  
*Update requires*: [No interruption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/using-cfn-updating-stacks-update-behaviors.html#update-no-interrupt)