# Policy
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Contains information about a managed policy.

This data type is used as a response element in the [CreatePolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_CreatePolicy.html), [GetPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetPolicy.html), and [ListPolicies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_ListPolicies.html) operations. 

For more information about managed policies, refer to [Managed policies and inline policies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/policies-managed-vs-inline.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. 

## Contents
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 ** Arn **   
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN). ARNs are unique identifiers for AWS resources.  
For more information about ARNs, go to [Amazon Resource Names (ARNs)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-arns-and-namespaces.html) in the * AWS General Reference*.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.  
Required: No

 ** AttachmentCount **   
The number of entities (users, groups, and roles) that the policy is attached to.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** CreateDate **   
The date and time, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601), when the policy was created.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** DefaultVersionId **   
The identifier for the version of the policy that is set as the default version.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `v[1-9][0-9]*(\.[A-Za-z0-9-]*)?`   
Required: No

 ** Description **   
A friendly description of the policy.  
This element is included in the response to the [GetPolicy](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_GetPolicy.html) operation. It is not included in the response to the [ListPolicies](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_ListPolicies.html) operation.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 1000.  
Required: No

 ** IsAttachable **   
Specifies whether the policy can be attached to an IAM user, group, or role.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** Path **   
The path to the policy.  
For more information about paths, see [IAM identifiers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_Identifiers.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 512.  
Pattern: `((/[A-Za-z0-9\.,\+@=_-]+)*)/`   
Required: No

 ** PermissionsBoundaryUsageCount **   
The number of entities (users and roles) for which the policy is used to set the permissions boundary.   
For more information about permissions boundaries, see [Permissions boundaries for IAM identities ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_boundaries.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
Type: Integer  
Required: No

 ** PolicyId **   
The stable and unique string identifying the policy.  
For more information about IDs, see [IAM identifiers](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/Using_Identifiers.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 16. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[\w]+`   
Required: No

 ** PolicyName **   
The friendly name (not ARN) identifying the policy.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.  
Pattern: `[\w+=,.@-]+`   
Required: No

 ** Tags.member.N **   
A list of tags that are attached to the instance profile. For more information about tagging, see [Tagging IAM resources](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_tags.html) in the *IAM User Guide*.  
Type: Array of [Tag](API_Tag.md) objects  
Array Members: Maximum number of 50 items.  
Required: No

 ** UpdateDate **   
The date and time, in [ISO 8601 date-time format](http://www.iso.org/iso/iso8601), when the policy was last updated.  
When a policy has only one version, this field contains the date and time when the policy was created. When a policy has more than one version, this field contains the date and time when the most recent policy version was created.  
Type: Timestamp  
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/iam-2010-05-08/Policy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/iam-2010-05-08/Policy) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/iam-2010-05-08/Policy)