V2/CMS Tutorial/User Tools/Creating Content/Automation/Event/Inputs

Event Inputs

Event inputs are used to pass "variables"/"messages" from a triggered expression to the event, and on to the event's action/alarm.

The following can be embedded:

• Embed value/tag of an Input Metric
• Embed event name
• Embed event description

Embed value & tag

You can embed the value or tag of an Input metric in the content of an event action/description.

To embed:

• metric's value, use ${<measurement_code>.<metric_code>}. e.g: ${iot_temperature_sensor_v1.temperature}
• metric's tag, use ${<measurement_code>.<tag>}. e.g: ${iot_temperature_sensor_v1.site_id}

Embed Event Name

You can embed the name of an event in the content of an event action/description.

To embed:

• Event's name, use ${name}.

Embed Event Description

You can embed the description of an event in the content of an event action.

To embed:

• Event's description, use ${description}.