@gdavison Thanks for working on this. We created a fork based on 3.12.0, merged in your changes from this PR (and resource_aws_cloudwatch_event_target) but noticed we cannot import rules that are defined on an event bus different from default. Here's a minimal config:

provider "aws" {
  version = "3.12.0-with-15727-and-15799"

  region = "eu-west-1"
}

data "aws_caller_identity" "current" {}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_bus" "test" {
  name = "test-awendt"
}

resource "aws_cloudwatch_event_rule" "non-default-bus" {
  event_bus_name = aws_cloudwatch_event_bus.test.name

  description    = "Filters all events from EventBridge Bus ${aws_cloudwatch_event_bus.test.name}"
  is_enabled     = false
  name           = "test-rule"
  event_pattern  = jsonencode(
    {
      account = [
        data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id,
      ]
    }
  )
}

Steps to reproduce

1. Create the event bus using AWS CLI: aws events create-event-bus --name test-awendt
2. Create an event rule on that bus: aws events put-rule --name test-rule --state DISABLED --event-pattern "{\"account\": [\"AWS_ACCOUNT_ID\"]}" --event-bus-name test-awendt (you need to interpolate the account ID)
3. Import the event bus: terraform import aws_cloudwatch_event_bus.test test-awendt
4. Import the event rule: terraform import aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus test-rule

This last step fails with:

aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus: Importing from ID "test-rule"...
aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus: Import prepared!
  Prepared aws_cloudwatch_event_rule for import
aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus: Refreshing state... [id=test-rule]

Error: Cannot import non-existent remote object

While attempting to import an existing object to
aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus, the provider detected that no
object exists with the given id. Only pre-existing objects can be imported;
check that the id is correct and that it is associated with the provider's
configured region or endpoint, or use "terraform apply" to create a new remote
object for this resource.

Can you reproduce this? What could be causing this behavior?

@gdavison Some more context: We noticed Terraform wanted to create a resource that was already existing. It seems both refresh and import are not working as intended.

Hi @awendt. When importing a rule for a non-default bus, the format of the import id is /, and it assumes that the bus is the default bus if only the is passed. In the example you posted, you'd need to call terraform import aws_cloudwatch_event_rule.non-default-bus test-awendt/test-rule.

@gdavison Thanks for catching this, I can confirm the import works as you described. 🎉

I was also able to track down the root cause why refresh isn't working for us, and I believe we can just re-import the resources and all will be good.

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