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# ContentArea

ContentArea represents a defined section of reusable content in a classic email. An Email object can contain one or more ContentAreas.

## Properties

| Name                | Data Type                                      | Description                                                                                                             |
| ------------------- | ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `CategoryID`        | Int                                            | Specifies the identifier of the folder.                                                                                 |
| `Client`            | [ClientID](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/clientid.md) object                 | Specifies the account ownership and context of an object.                                                               |
| `Content`           | String                                         | Identifies content contained in a content area.                                                                         |
| `CorrelationID`     | String                                         | Identifies correlation of objects across several requests.                                                              |
| `CreatedDate`       | DateTime                                       | The date and time when the object was created.                                                                          |
| `CustomerKey`       | String                                         | User-supplied unique identifier for an object within an object type.                                                    |
| `ID`                | Int                                            | Read-only legacy identifier for an object. Not supported on all objects.                                                |
| `IsBlank`           | Boolean                                        | Indicates if specified content area contains no content.                                                                |
| `IsDynamicContent`  | Boolean                                        | Indicates if specific content area contains dynamic content.                                                            |
| `IsSurvey`          | Boolean                                        | Indicates whether a specific content area contains survey questions.                                                    |
| `Key`               | String                                         | Specifies key associated with content area in HTML body.                                                                |
| `Layout`            |                                                | Indicates layout type of content area.                                                                                  |
| `ModifiedDate`      | DateTime                                       | Last time object information was modified.                                                                              |
| `Name`              | String                                         | Name of the object or property.                                                                                         |
| `ObjectID`          | String                                         | System-controlled, read-only text string identifier for object.                                                         |
| `Owner`             | [Owner](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/owner.md) object                       | Describes account ownership of subscriber in an on-your-behalf account.                                                 |
| `PartnerKey`        | String                                         | Unique identifier provided by partner for an object. This property is accessible only via API.                          |
| `PartnerProperties` | Array of [APIProperty](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/marketing/marketing-cloud/guide/apiproperty.md) objects | A collection of metadata supplied by the client and stored by the system. These properties are accessible only via API. |