• The AWS Systems Manager CloudWatch Dashboard will no longer be available after April 30, 2026. Customers can continue to use Amazon CloudWatch console to view, create, and manage their Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, just as they do today. For more information, see [Amazon CloudWatch Dashboard documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Dashboards.html). 

# Configure EventBridge rules to create OpsItems
Configure EventBridge rules

When Amazon EventBridge receives an event, it creates a new OpsItem based on default rules. You can create a rule or edit an existing rule to set OpsCenter as the target of an EventBridge event. For information about how to create an event rule, see [Creating a rule for an AWS service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/create-eventbridge-rule.html) in the *Amazon EventBridge User Guide*.

**To configure an EventBridge rule to create OpsItems in OpsCenter**

1. Open the Amazon EventBridge console at [https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/](https://console.aws.amazon.com/events/).

1. In the navigation pane, choose **Rules**.

1. On the **Rules** page, for **Event bus**, choose **default**.

1. For **Rules**, choose a rule by selecting the check box next to its name.

1. Select the name of the rule to open its details page. In **Rule details**, verify that **Status** is set to **Enabled**.
**Note**  
If required, you can update the status using **Edit** in the upper-right corner of the page.

1. Choose the **Targets** tab. 

1. On the **Targets** tab, choose **Edit**.

1. For **Target types**, select **AWS service**.

1. For **Select a target**, choose **Systems Manager OpsItem**.

1. For many target types, EventBridge needs permission to send events to the target. In these cases, EventBridge can create the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role needed for your rule to run: 
   + To create an IAM role automatically, choose **Create a new role for this specific resource**.
   + To use an IAM role that you created to give EventBridge permission to create OpsItems in OpsCenter, choose **Use existing role**.

1. In **Additional settings**, for **Configure target input**, choose **Input Transformer**.

   You can use the **Input transformer** option to specify a deduplication string and other important information for OpsItems, such as title and severity.

1. Choose **Configure input transformer**.

1. In **Target input transformer**, for **Input path**, specify the values to parse from the triggering event. For example, to parse the start time, end time, and other details from the event that triggers the rule, use the following JSON.

   ```
   {
       "end-time": "$.detail.EndTime",
       "failure-cause": "$.detail.cause",
       "resources": "$.resources[0]",
       "source": "$.detail.source",
       "start-time": "$.detail.StartTime"
   }
   ```

1. For **Template**, specify the information to send to the target. For example, use the following JSON to pass information to OpsCenter. The information is used to create an OpsItem.
**Note**  
If the input template is in the JSON format, then the object value in the template can't include quotes. For example, the values for resources, failure-cause, source, start time, and end time can't be in quotes. 

   ```
   {
       "title": "EBS snapshot copy failed",
       "description": "CloudWatch Event Rule SSMOpsItems-EBS-snapshot-copy-failed was triggered. Your EBS snapshot copy has failed. See below for more details.",
       "category": "Availability",
       "severity": "2",
       "source": "EC2",
       "operationalData": {
           "/aws/dedup": {
               "type": "SearchableString",
               "value": "{\"dedupString\":\"SSMOpsItems-EBS-snapshot-copy-failed\"}"
           },
           "/aws/automations": {
               "value": "[ { \"automationType\": \"AWS:SSM:Automation\", \"automationId\": \"AWS-CopySnapshot\" } ]"
           },
           "failure-cause": {
               "value": <failure-cause>
           },
           "source": {
               "value": <source>
           },
           "start-time": {
               "value": <start-time>
           },
           "end-time": {
               "value": <end-time>
           },
            },
           "resources": {
               "value": <resources>
           }
       }
   }
   ```

   For more information about these fields, see [Transforming target input](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/transform-input.html) in the *Amazon EventBridge User Guide*.

1. Choose **Confirm**.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. Choose **Next**.

1. Choose **Update rule**.

After an OpsItem is created from an event, you can view the event details by opening the OpsItem and scrolling down to the **Private operational data** section. For information about how to configure the options in an OpsItem, see [Manage OpsItems](OpsCenter-working-with-OpsItems.md).