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# Vertex AI Cached Content

Vertex AI Cached Content is a Google Cloud resource that stores and manages cached data generated by Vertex AI models and pipelines. It helps improve performance and reduce costs by reusing previously computed results, such as model predictions or dataset transformations, instead of recalculating them. This resource supports efficient retrieval and sharing of cached artifacts across Vertex AI workflows.

```
gcp.aiplatform_cached_content
```

## Fields

| Title                | ID   | Type          | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Description |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| _key                 | core | string        |
| ancestors            | core | array<string> |
| contents             | core | json          | Optional. Input only. Immutable. The content to cache                                                                                                                                                             |
| create_time          | core | timestamp     | Output only. Creation time of the cache entry.                                                                                                                                                                    |
| datadog_display_name | core | string        |
| expire_time          | core | timestamp     | Timestamp of when this resource is considered expired. This is *always* provided on output, regardless of what was sent on input.                                                                                 |
| gcp_display_name     | core | string        | Optional. Immutable. The user-generated meaningful display name of the cached content.                                                                                                                            |
| labels               | core | array<string> |
| model                | core | string        | Immutable. The name of the `Model` to use for cached content. Currently, only the published Gemini base models are supported, in form of projects/{PROJECT}/locations/{LOCATION}/publishers/google/models/{MODEL} |
| name                 | core | string        | Immutable. Identifier. The server-generated resource name of the cached content Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/cachedContents/{cached_content}                                                   |
| organization_id      | core | string        |
| parent               | core | string        |
| project_id           | core | string        |
| project_number       | core | string        |
| region_id            | core | string        |
| resource_name        | core | string        |
| system_instruction   | core | json          | Optional. Input only. Immutable. Developer set system instruction. Currently, text only                                                                                                                           |
| tags                 | core | hstore_csv    |
| tool_config          | core | json          | Optional. Input only. Immutable. Tool config. This config is shared for all tools                                                                                                                                 |
| tools                | core | json          | Optional. Input only. Immutable. A list of `Tools` the model may use to generate the next response                                                                                                                |
| ttl                  | core | string        | Input only. The TTL for this resource. The expiration time is computed: now + TTL.                                                                                                                                |
| update_time          | core | timestamp     | Output only. When the cache entry was last updated in UTC time.                                                                                                                                                   |
| usage_metadata       | core | json          | Output only. Metadata on the usage of the cached content.                                                                                                                                                         |
| zone_id              | core | string        |