Verify Receiving Events in CloudWatch

Verify that events sent from Salesforce are received in EventBridge using a CloudWatch log.

1. Click the rule that you just created.
2. Under Targets, click the log. The CloudWatch log opens in a new tab.
3. Publish an event from Salesforce. In this example, we publish an event message with REST API.
   1. Perform a POST request to this URI. If using Postman, click REST > SObject > SObject Create, and replace the :SOBJECT_API_NAME placeholder with Carbon_Comparison__e.

      /services/data/v58.0/sobjects/Carbon_Comparison__e/

      Use this request body.

      {
        "Annual_Mileage__c" : "12003",
        "Current_Vehicle__c" : "Fast Car",
        "Model_Year__c" : "2021"
      }

      To find out about methods for publishing an event, see Publishing Platform Events in the Platform Events Developer Guide. For example, you can use REST API to publish this Carbon_Comparison__e event message.
4. You get a response similar to this response. The status of OPERATION_ENQUEUED means that the platform event message is published asynchronously.

   {
     "id": "e00xx0000000001AAA",
     "success": true,
     "errors": [
         {
             "statusCode": "OPERATION_ENQUEUED",
             "message": "e4aa03c9-d0e0-4c80-bf93-2e6779096018",
             "fields": []
         }
     ]
   }

5. Refresh the CloudWatch log stream. The received event is displayed in the log group, similar to this event.

   {
       "version": "0",
       "id": "6f33d717-8e35-4488-5690-89e681b5737c",
       "detail-type": "Carbon_Comparison__e",
       "source": "aws.partner/salesforce.com/00DRM000000LqxV2AS/0YLRM00000001es4AA",
       "account": "XXXXXXXXXXXX",
       "time": "2023-04-03T19:23:23Z",
       "region": "us-west-2",
       "resources": [],
       "detail": {
           "payload": {
               "CreatedById": "005RM000002eap4YAA",
               "Current_Vehicle__c": "Fast Car",
               "CreatedDate": "2023-04-03T19:23:22.686Z",
               "Model_Year__c": "2021",
               "Annual_Mileage__c": 12003
           },
           "schemaId": "mVBhpA7tU9MCtBEbqjycBQ",
           "id": "118dab75-7b45-498e-8478-52d0324c1060"
       }
   }

   The received event contains the payload of the Salesforce event in the detail field. The top-level fields, such as version and detail-type, are EventBridge event fields. The detail-type field contains the Salesforce event API name. In combination with the source field, the detail-type field identifies the fields and values that appear in the detail field. For more information, see Amazon EventBridge events in the AWS documentation.