Supported actions
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.
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.