<p><strong>Contact - </strong><strong>alias</strong></p>
<p>This directive is used to define a longer name or description for the contact. Under the rights circumstances, the $CONTACTALIAS$ macro will contain this value.  If not specified, the <em>contact_name</em> will be used as the alias.</p>
<p><em>Parameter name:</em> alias<br> <em>Required:</em> no (yes in Nagios 2.x)</p>