Track attendance anomalies in Datadog
Make time clock exceptions visible alongside the rest of your operational data.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Submit metrics
Submits custom metrics to datadog. useful for sending application-specific metrics, business kpis, or custom performance indicators.
Why this helps
Attendance anomalies are handled as one off messages and rarely become a measurable trend.
- Track exception volume over time
- Create a shared operational signal
- Reduce manual metric entry
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 7shifts and Datadog in the Notis portal once.
- 2Create an automation for attendance anomaly metrics.
- 3Tell Notis to interpret the incoming 7shifts anomaly summary and submit the defined custom metric with its supported dimensions.
- 4Choose the Notis webhook trigger and send a real example.
- 5Select a report channel and verify the submitted metric in Datadog.
Questions about this workflow
Do I need to define the metric first?
Yes, state the metric meaning and any allowed dimensions in the instruction.
Can Notis submit raw employee details?
Only include information appropriate for your Datadog organization and the payload you provide.
What if the anomaly summary is ambiguous?
Notis can report that it needs a clearer definition before submitting a metric.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 7shifts to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
7shifts triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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