# RecordField
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A structure that represents a valid record field header and whether it is mandatory.

## Contents
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 ** mandatory **   <a name="CWL-Type-RecordField-mandatory"></a>
If this is `true`, the record field must be present in the `recordFields` parameter provided to a [CreateDelivery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDelivery.html) or [UpdateDeliveryConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateDeliveryConfiguration.html) operation.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** name **   <a name="CWL-Type-RecordField-name"></a>
The name to use when specifying this record field in a [CreateDelivery](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_CreateDelivery.html) or [UpdateDeliveryConfiguration](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatchLogs/latest/APIReference/API_UpdateDeliveryConfiguration.html) operation.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
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/logs-2014-03-28/RecordField) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/logs-2014-03-28/RecordField) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/logs-2014-03-28/RecordField)