# TargetAction
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A JSON format string of the Amazon Redshift Serverless API operation with input parameters. The following is an example of a target action.

 `"{"CreateSnapshot": {"NamespaceName": "sampleNamespace","SnapshotName": "sampleSnapshot", "retentionPeriod": "1"}}"` 

## Contents
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**Important**  
This data type is a UNION, so only one of the following members can be specified when used or returned.

 ** createSnapshot **   <a name="redshiftserverless-Type-TargetAction-createSnapshot"></a>
The parameters that you can use to configure a [scheduled action](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_CreateScheduledAction.html) to create a snapshot. For more information about creating a scheduled action, see [CreateScheduledAction](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift-serverless/latest/APIReference/API_CreateScheduledAction.html).  
Type: [CreateSnapshotScheduleActionParameters](API_CreateSnapshotScheduleActionParameters.md) object  
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/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/TargetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/TargetAction) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/redshift-serverless-2021-04-21/TargetAction)