Compare Ably channel activity with Datadog metrics
Bring channel activity and the metrics you care about into one scheduled check, so you can notice meaningful changes without switching tools.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Query metrics
Queries datadog metrics and returns time series data. useful for retrieving historical metric data, creating custom dashboards, or building reports.
Why this helps
Looking at message activity and performance metrics in separate tools makes it harder to connect a change with its operational context.
- Pairs selected channel activity with Datadog metrics
- Creates a repeatable review point
- Helps focus attention on changes you define
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis which Ably activity and Datadog metrics to review, and what changes should be reported.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real example and confirm the report includes the intended context.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow create or update a dashboard?
No. It queries Datadog metrics for a scheduled review and reports the results through the selected Notis report channel.
Can it compare activity with a historical baseline?
Only if that baseline is available in the returned data or you provide it in the instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Create SLO
Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.
Create Synthetic API Test
Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Ably and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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