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AWS organizations documentation change

Service: organizations · 2025-05-28 · Documentation low

File: organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_backup_syntax.md

Summary

Updated documentation links and clarified backup index actions

Security assessment

Minor corrections and link updates without security implications. Mentions of IAM permissions are existing security documentation, not new additions.

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diff --git a/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_backup_syntax.md b/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_backup_syntax.md
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+++ b//organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_manage_policies_backup_syntax.md
@@ -84 +84 @@ Backup rule elements Element | Description | Required
-`schedule_expression` | Cron expression in UTC that specifies when AWS Backup initiates a backup job. For information about cron expression, see [Using cron and rate expressions to schedule rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-feature-availability.html#features-by-resource) in the _User Guide_ | Yes  
+`schedule_expression` | Cron expression in UTC that specifies when AWS Backup initiates a backup job. For information about cron expression, see [Using cron and rate expressions to schedule rules](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/eb-scheduled-rule-pattern.html) in the _Amazon EventBridge User Guide_. | Yes  
@@ -112 +112 @@ Backup rule elements Element | Description | Required
-`index_actions` | Specifies whether AWS Backup creates backup index of your EBS Snapshots and/or S3 Backups. Backup indexes are created in order to search the metadata of your backups. For more information about backup index creation and backup search, see [Backup Search](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-search.html#backup-search-overview). **Note: additional[IAM role permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-search.html#backup-search-access) are required for EBS snapshot backup index creation.** Each index action contains the following element: `resource_types` where resource types supported for indexing are EBS and S3. This parameter specificies which resource type will be opted into indexing.  | No  
+`index_actions` | Specifies whether AWS Backup creates a backup index of your Amazon EBS snapshots and/or Amazon S3 backups. Backup indexes are created in order to search the metadata of your backups. For more information about backup index creation and backup search, see [Backup search](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-search.html#backup-search-overview). **Note:** Additional [IAM role permissions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/aws-backup/latest/devguide/backup-search.html#backup-search-access) are required for Amazon EBS snapshot backup index creation. Each index action contains the following element: `resource_types` where resource types supported for indexing are Amazon EBS and Amazon S3. This parameter specifies which resource type will be opted into indexing.  | No