Eventbridge Input Transformer example doesnt work

Question

I am trying to setup an eventbridge input transformer, and am following the example instructions on this page: 
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eventbridge/latest/userguide/eb-transform-target-input.html

I need to use reserved variables, so I am testing by trying to use the input template with the description: 
> Including reserved variables in JSON

Here is my Input Template:
```
{
  "instance" : ,
  "state": ,
  "ruleArn" : ,
  "ruleName" : ,
  "originalEvent" : 
}
```

According to the docs, `Generate Output` is supposed to result in:
```
{
  "instance" : "i-0123456789",
  "state": "RUNNING",
  "ruleArn" : "arn:aws:events:us-east-2:123456789012:rule/example",
  "ruleName" : "example",
  "originalEvent" : {
    ... // commented for brevity
  }
}
```

but instead I am getting:
```
{
  "instance" : i-0123456789,
  "state": RUNNING,
  "ruleArn" : ,
  "ruleName" : ,
  "originalEvent" : 
}
```

Is this broken, or am I missing something?

I also need to transform the input before being sent to an `EventBridge event bus` in another account as a Target, but when I select that as the target, the ability to configure the target input as an Input Transformer disappears from the `Additional Settings` section.

Is this not supported? It is obviously a critical use case to be able to filter data before it crosses account boundaries.

Answer

Hi Ethan, thanks for reaching out!

When setting up an Input Transformer in the console, the reserved variables won't populate in the Input Transformer set-up window when clicking `Generate Output` to test a Transformer. However, these variables will populate after creating the Transformer, saving the rule, and passing an event that triggers the rule. For example, here's the output of an event using the same Input Transformer from the documentation utilizing the reserved variables:

```
{
	"instance": "i-68b59f5e3e8m74d47",
	"state": "stopped",
	"ruleArn": "arn:aws:events:us-west-1:123456789012:rule/InputTransformerTest",
	"ruleName": "InputTransformerTest",
	"originalEvent": {
		"id": "79bb5757-adab-984d-crr1-71af1f67d7894",
		"account": "123456789012",
		"detailType": "EC2 Instance State-change Notification",
		"time": 1652796616000,
		"source": "aws.ec2",
		"region": "us-west-1",
		"resources": ["arn:aws:ec2:us-west-1:123456789012:instance/i-68b59f5e3e8m74d47"],
		"version": "0"
	}
}
```

As for utilizing Input Transformers when sending events to another event bus, you are correct that this is not supported. When sending events to another event bus, the entire event must be passed as is. As workarounds, you can either:

1) Send the full event to the target event bus as is, and place the desired Input Transfomer on a rule in the target event bus.

2) Send the event data to a Lambda function target, and have the Lambda function parse and format the event, and perform the PutEvents API to send the transformed event data to the target event bus.

Eventbridge Input Transformer example doesnt work

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