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@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SNS supports many optional properties. To mark a channel as SNS, but use default
|Field Name | Type | Description|
|---|:---:|---|
+| `name` | string | **Required.** The name of the topic. Can be different from the channel name to allow flexibility around AWS resource naming limitations.|
| `type` | [ordering](#ordering)| **Optional.** By default, we assume an unordered SNS topic. This field allows configuration of a FIFO SNS Topic. |
| `policy` |[policy](#policy) | **Optional.** The security policy for the SNS Topic |
| `tags` |Object | **Optional.** Key-value pairs that represent AWS tags on the topic. |