The Amazon Web Services (AWS) IoT output type in ArcGIS Velocity sends event data to the AWS Internet of Things (IoT). AWS IoT is a managed cloud service that provides a solution for connected devices to interact with AWS cloud services, as well as other IoT devices.
Examples
The following are example use cases for the output:
- A data analyst wants to send the results of their big data analytic to AWS IoT Hub.
- A logistics company configures an AWS IoT output to send enriched vehicle fleet information to various department systems.
Usage note
AWS IoT connection parameters can be obtained from the AWS IoT web interface.
Parameters
The following are the parameters for the output:
| Parameter | Description | Data type |
|---|---|---|
| Endpoint | The endpoint for the AWS IoT broker. | String |
| Access key ID | The access key for the AWS IoT credentials. | String |
| Secret access key | The secret access key for the AWS IoT credentials. | Password |
| Topic | The topic over which event messages are streamed. | String |
| Quality of Service level | Specifies the Quality of Service (QoS) level for a connection to the AWS IoT message broker. The AWS IoT message broker supports QoS levels 0 and 1. For more information, refer to the QoS options in the AWS documentation.
| Integer |
| Session token (optional) | The session token for the AWS IoT broker. | String |
Configure message from an Arcade expression | The message constructed using an ArcGIS Arcade expression. | Arcade expression |
| Send feature to AWS IoT in specified format | The feature sent to AWS IoT in a specified format. When you choose this parameter, the Data format option appears. The default data format option is Delimited. Other supported formats include EsriJSON, GeoJSON, and JSON . | Data format type |