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title: Getting Started with Datadog
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# aws_medialive_cloudwatch_alarm_template{% #aws_medialive_cloudwatch_alarm_template %}

## `account_id`{% #account_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `arn`{% #arn %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Arn`**Description**: A cloudwatch alarm template's ARN (Amazon Resource Name)

## `comparison_operator`{% #comparison_operator %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `ComparisonOperator`

## `created_at`{% #created_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `CreatedAt`

## `datapoints_to_alarm`{% #datapoints_to_alarm %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `DatapointsToAlarm`**Description**: The number of datapoints within the evaluation period that must be breaching to trigger the alarm.

## `description`{% #description %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Description`**Description**: A resource's optional description.

## `evaluation_periods`{% #evaluation_periods %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `EvaluationPeriods`**Description**: The number of periods over which data is compared to the specified threshold.

## `group_id`{% #group_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `GroupId`**Description**: A cloudwatch alarm template group's id. AWS provided template groups have ids that start with `aws-`

## `id`{% #id %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Id`**Description**: A cloudwatch alarm template's id. AWS provided templates have ids that start with `aws-`

## `metric_name`{% #metric_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `MetricName`**Description**: The name of the metric associated with the alarm. Must be compatible with targetResourceType.

## `modified_at`{% #modified_at %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `ModifiedAt`

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Name`**Description**: A resource's name. Names must be unique within the scope of a resource type in a specific region.

## `period`{% #period %}

**Type**: `INT32`**Provider name**: `Period`**Description**: The period, in seconds, over which the specified statistic is applied.

## `statistic`{% #statistic %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `Statistic`

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `target_resource_type`{% #target_resource_type %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `TargetResourceType`

## `threshold`{% #threshold %}

**Type**: `DOUBLE`**Provider name**: `Threshold`**Description**: The threshold value to compare with the specified statistic.

## `treat_missing_data`{% #treat_missing_data %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `TreatMissingData`