# Conditions
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Contains information about which resources to include or exclude from a backup plan using their tags. Conditions are case sensitive.

## Contents
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 ** StringEquals **   <a name="Backup-Type-Conditions-StringEquals"></a>
Filters the values of your tagged resources for only those resources that you tagged with the same value. Also called "exact matching."  
Type: Array of [ConditionParameter](API_ConditionParameter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** StringLike **   <a name="Backup-Type-Conditions-StringLike"></a>
Filters the values of your tagged resources for matching tag values with the use of a wildcard character (\$1) anywhere in the string. For example, "prod\$1" or "\$1rod\$1" matches the tag value "production".  
Type: Array of [ConditionParameter](API_ConditionParameter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** StringNotEquals **   <a name="Backup-Type-Conditions-StringNotEquals"></a>
Filters the values of your tagged resources for only those resources that you tagged that do not have the same value. Also called "negated matching."  
Type: Array of [ConditionParameter](API_ConditionParameter.md) objects  
Required: No

 ** StringNotLike **   <a name="Backup-Type-Conditions-StringNotLike"></a>
Filters the values of your tagged resources for non-matching tag values with the use of a wildcard character (\$1) anywhere in the string.  
Type: Array of [ConditionParameter](API_ConditionParameter.md) objects  
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/backup-2018-11-15/Conditions) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/backup-2018-11-15/Conditions) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/backup-2018-11-15/Conditions)