End of support notice: On May 20, 2026, Amazon end support for Amazon IoT Events. After May 20, 2026, you will no longer be able to access the Amazon IoT Events console or Amazon IoT Events resources. For more information, visit this Amazon IoT Events end of support.
Supported actions to receive data and trigger actions in Amazon IoT Events
Amazon IoT Events can trigger actions when it detects a specified event or transition event. You can define built-in actions to use a timer or set a variable, or send data to other Amazon resources. Learn how to configure and customize these actions to create automated responses to your various IoT events.
Note
When you define an action in a detector model, you can use expressions for parameters that are string data type. For more information, see Expressions.
Amazon IoT Events supports the following actions that let you use a timer or set a variable:
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setTimer to create a timer.
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resetTimer to reset the timer.
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clearTimer to delete the timer.
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setVariable to create a variable.
Amazon IoT Events supports the following actions that let you work with Amazon services:
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iotTopicPublish to publish a message on an MQTT topic.
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iotEvents to send data to Amazon IoT Events as an input value.
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iotSiteWise to send data to an asset property in Amazon IoT SiteWise.
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dynamoDB to send data to an Amazon DynamoDB table.
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dynamoDBv2 to send data to an Amazon DynamoDB table.
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firehose to send data to an Amazon Data Firehose stream.
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lambda to invoke an Amazon Lambda function.
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sns to send data as a push notification.
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sqs to send data to an Amazon SQS queue.