# IncidentRecordSource
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Details about what created the incident record and when it was created.

## Contents
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 ** createdBy **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-IncidentRecordSource-createdBy"></a>
The principal that started the incident.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-cn|-us-gov)?:[a-z0-9-]*:[a-z0-9-]*:([0-9]{12})?:.+`   
Required: Yes

 ** source **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-IncidentRecordSource-source"></a>
The service that started the incident. This can be manually created from Incident Manager, automatically created using an Amazon CloudWatch alarm, or Amazon EventBridge event.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 50.  
Required: Yes

 ** invokedBy **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-IncidentRecordSource-invokedBy"></a>
The service principal that assumed the role specified in `createdBy`. If no service principal assumed the role this will be left blank.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.  
Required: No

 ** resourceArn **   <a name="IncidentManager-Type-IncidentRecordSource-resourceArn"></a>
The resource that caused the incident to be created.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 1000.  
Pattern: `arn:aws(-cn|-us-gov)?:[a-z0-9-]*:[a-z0-9-]*:([0-9]{12})?:.+`   
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-incidents-2018-05-10/IncidentRecordSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ssm-incidents-2018-05-10/IncidentRecordSource) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ssm-incidents-2018-05-10/IncidentRecordSource)