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# aws_iotanalytics_channel{% #aws_iotanalytics_channel %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `channel`{% #channel %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `channel`**Description**: An object that contains information about the channel.

- `arn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `arn`**Description**: The ARN of the channel.
- `creation_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `creationTime`**Description**: When the channel was created.
- `last_message_arrival_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `lastMessageArrivalTime`**Description**: The last time when a new message arrived in the channel. IoT Analytics updates this value at most once per minute for one channel. Hence, the `lastMessageArrivalTime` value is an approximation. This feature only applies to messages that arrived in the data store after October 23, 2020.
- `last_update_time`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `lastUpdateTime`**Description**: When the channel was last updated.
- `name`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: The name of the channel.
- `retention_period`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `retentionPeriod`**Description**: How long, in days, message data is kept for the channel.
  - `number_of_days`**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `numberOfDays`**Description**: The number of days that message data is kept. The `unlimited` parameter must be false.
  - `unlimited`**Type**: `BOOLEAN`**Provider name**: `unlimited`**Description**: If true, message data is kept indefinitely.
- `status`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `status`**Description**: The status of the channel.
- `storage`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `storage`**Description**: Where channel data is stored. You can choose one of `serviceManagedS3` or `customerManagedS3` storage. If not specified, the default is `serviceManagedS3`. You can't change this storage option after the channel is created.
  - `customer_managed_s3`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `customerManagedS3`**Description**: Used to store channel data in an S3 bucket that you manage. If customer managed storage is selected, the `retentionPeriod` parameter is ignored. You can't change the choice of S3 storage after the data store is created.
    - `bucket`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `bucket`**Description**: The name of the S3 bucket in which channel data is stored.
    - `key_prefix`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `keyPrefix`**Description**: (Optional) The prefix used to create the keys of the channel data objects. Each object in an S3 bucket has a key that is its unique identifier in the bucket. Each object in a bucket has exactly one key. The prefix must end with a forward slash (/).
    - `role_arn`**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `roleArn`**Description**: The ARN of the role that grants IoT Analytics permission to interact with your Amazon S3 resources.
  - `service_managed_s3`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `serviceManagedS3`**Description**: Used to store channel data in an S3 bucket managed by IoT Analytics. You can't change the choice of S3 storage after the data store is created.

## `statistics`{% #statistics %}

**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `statistics`**Description**: Statistics about the channel. Included if the `includeStatistics` parameter is set to `true` in the request.

- `size`**Type**: `STRUCT`**Provider name**: `size`**Description**: The estimated size of the channel.
  - `estimated_on`**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `estimatedOn`**Description**: The time when the estimate of the size of the resource was made.
  - `estimated_size_in_bytes`**Type**: `DOUBLE`**Provider name**: `estimatedSizeInBytes`**Description**: The estimated size of the resource, in bytes.

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`