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# EventBridge Rule

An EventBridge Rule in AWS defines a pattern to match incoming events and routes them to specified targets such as Lambda functions, Step Functions, or SNS topics. Rules allow you to filter events based on attributes and automate responses to system or application changes. They are central to building event-driven architectures by connecting event sources with processing or notification services.

```
aws.eventbridge_rule
```

## Fields

| Title               | ID   | Type       | Data Type                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Description |
| ------------------- | ---- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------- |
| _key                | core | string     |
| account_id          | core | string     |
| arn                 | core | string     | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| description         | core | string     | The description of the rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| event_bus_name      | core | string     | The name or ARN of the event bus associated with the rule. If you omit this, the default event bus is used.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| event_pattern       | core | string     | The event pattern of the rule. For more information, see Events and Event Patterns in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide .                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| managed_by          | core | string     | If the rule was created on behalf of your account by an Amazon Web Services service, this field displays the principal name of the service that created the rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| name                | core | string     | The name of the rule.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| role_arn            | core | string     | The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the role that is used for target invocation. If you're setting an event bus in another account as the target and that account granted permission to your account through an organization instead of directly by the account ID, you must specify a RoleArn with proper permissions in the Target structure, instead of here in this parameter.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| schedule_expression | core | string     | The scheduling expression. For example, "cron(0 20 * * ? *)", "rate(5 minutes)". For more information, see Creating an Amazon EventBridge rule that runs on a schedule.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| state               | core | string     | The state of the rule. Valid values include: DISABLED: The rule is disabled. EventBridge does not match any events against the rule. ENABLED: The rule is enabled. EventBridge matches events against the rule, except for Amazon Web Services management events delivered through CloudTrail. ENABLED_WITH_ALL_CLOUDTRAIL_MANAGEMENT_EVENTS: The rule is enabled for all events, including Amazon Web Services management events delivered through CloudTrail. Management events provide visibility into management operations that are performed on resources in your Amazon Web Services account. These are also known as control plane operations. For more information, see Logging management events in the CloudTrail User Guide, and Filtering management events from Amazon Web Services services in the Amazon EventBridge User Guide . This value is only valid for rules on the default event bus or custom event buses. It does not apply to partner event buses. |
| tags                | core | hstore_csv |