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title: Getting Started with Datadog
description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Infrastructure > Datadog Resource Catalog
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# gcp_essentialcontacts_contact{% #gcp_essentialcontacts_contact %}

## `ancestors`{% #ancestors %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `email`{% #email %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `email`**Description**: Required. The email address to send notifications to. The email address does not need to be a Google Account.

## `labels`{% #labels %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `language_tag`{% #language_tag %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `languageTag`**Description**: Required. The preferred language for notifications, as a ISO 639-1 language code. See [Supported languages](https://cloud.google.com/resource-manager/docs/managing-notification-contacts#supported-languages) for a list of supported languages.

## `name`{% #name %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `name`**Description**: Output only. The identifier for the contact. Format: {resource_type}/{resource_id}/contacts/{contact_id}

## `notification_category_subscriptions`{% #notification_category_subscriptions %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`**Provider name**: `notificationCategorySubscriptions`**Description**: Required. The categories of notifications that the contact will receive communications for.

## `organization_id`{% #organization_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `parent`{% #parent %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `project_id`{% #project_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `project_number`{% #project_number %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `region_id`{% #region_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `resource_name`{% #resource_name %}

**Type**: `STRING`

## `tags`{% #tags %}

**Type**: `UNORDERED_LIST_STRING`

## `validate_time`{% #validate_time %}

**Type**: `TIMESTAMP`**Provider name**: `validateTime`**Description**: Output only. The last time the validation_state was updated, either manually or automatically. A contact is considered stale if its validation state was updated more than 1 year ago.

## `validation_state`{% #validation_state %}

**Type**: `STRING`**Provider name**: `validationState`**Description**: Output only. The validity of the contact. A contact is considered valid if it is the correct recipient for notifications for a particular resource.**Possible values**:

- `VALIDATION_STATE_UNSPECIFIED` - The validation state is unknown or unspecified.
- `VALID` - The contact is marked as valid. This is usually done manually by the contact admin. All new contacts begin in the valid state.
- `INVALID` - The contact is considered invalid. This may become the state if the contact's email is found to be unreachable.

## `zone_id`{% #zone_id %}

**Type**: `STRING`