Event Generation

The Amazon S3 origin can generate events that you can use in an event stream. When you enable event generation, the origin generates event records each time the origin starts or completes reading an object and after the configured batch wait time has elapsed following all processing of the available data.

Amazon S3 events can be used in any logical way. For example:
  • With the Pipeline Finisher executor to stop the pipeline and transition the pipeline to a Finished state when the origin completes processing available data.

    When you restart a pipeline stopped by the Pipeline Finisher executor, the origin continues processing from the last-saved offset unless you reset the origin.

    For an example, see Stopping a Pipeline After Processing All Available Data.

  • With a destination to store event information.

    For an example, see Preserving an Audit Trail of Events.

For more information about dataflow triggers and the event framework, see Dataflow Triggers Overview.