# Event
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Describes an identifiable significant activity that affects a replication instance or task. This object can provide the message, the available event categories, the date and source of the event, and the AWS DMS resource type.

## Contents
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 ** Date **   <a name="DMS-Type-Event-Date"></a>
The date of the event.  
Type: Timestamp  
Required: No

 ** EventCategories **   <a name="DMS-Type-Event-EventCategories"></a>
The event categories available for the specified source type.  
Type: Array of strings  
Required: No

 ** Message **   <a name="DMS-Type-Event-Message"></a>
The event message.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** SourceIdentifier **   <a name="DMS-Type-Event-SourceIdentifier"></a>
 The identifier of an event source.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** SourceType **   <a name="DMS-Type-Event-SourceType"></a>
 The type of AWS DMS resource that generates events.   
Valid values: replication-instance \$1 endpoint \$1 replication-task  
Type: String  
Valid Values: `replication-instance`   
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dms-2016-01-01/Event) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dms-2016-01-01/Event) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dms-2016-01-01/Event)