# Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences
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**Important**  
 AWS Application Discovery Service is no longer open to new customers. Existing customers can continue to use the service as normal. For more information, see [AWS Application Discovery Service availability change](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/userguide/application-discovery-service-availability-change.html). 

 Indicates that the exported data must include EC2 instance type matches for on-premises servers that are discovered through AWS Application Discovery Service. 

## Contents
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 ** cpuPerformanceMetricBasis **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-cpuPerformanceMetricBasis"></a>
 The recommended EC2 instance type that matches the CPU usage metric of server performance data.   
Type: [UsageMetricBasis](API_UsageMetricBasis.md) object  
Required: No

 ** enabled **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-enabled"></a>
 If set to true, the export [preferences](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/application-discovery/latest/APIReference/API_StartExportTask.html#API_StartExportTask_RequestSyntax) is set to `Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences`.   
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 ** excludedInstanceTypes **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-excludedInstanceTypes"></a>
An array of instance types and families to exclude from recommendations. The following is an example: `["m5.4xlarge", "r3.large", "t3"]`   
Type: Array of strings  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 25.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9\d\.\-]+`   
Required: No

 ** preferredRegion **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-preferredRegion"></a>
 The target AWS Region for the recommendations. You can use any of the Region codes available for the chosen service, as listed in [AWS service endpoints](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/rande.html) in the * AWS General Reference*.   
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 30.  
Pattern: `[a-z]{2}-[a-z\-]+-[0-9]+`   
Required: No

 ** ramPerformanceMetricBasis **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-ramPerformanceMetricBasis"></a>
 The recommended EC2 instance type that matches the Memory usage metric of server performance data.   
Type: [UsageMetricBasis](API_UsageMetricBasis.md) object  
Required: No

 ** reservedInstanceOptions **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-reservedInstanceOptions"></a>
 The contract type for a reserved instance. If blank, we assume an On-Demand instance is preferred.   
Type: [ReservedInstanceOptions](API_ReservedInstanceOptions.md) object  
Required: No

 ** tenancy **   <a name="DiscServ-Type-Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences-tenancy"></a>
 The target tenancy to use for your recommended EC2 instances.   
Type: String  
Valid Values: `DEDICATED | SHARED`   
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/discovery-2015-11-01/Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/discovery-2015-11-01/Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/discovery-2015-11-01/Ec2RecommendationsExportPreferences)