Make Ably deployment broadcasts part of your Datadog timeline
When a deployment is announced through Ably, keep the same milestone visible alongside Datadog incidents and monitoring data.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Why this helps
Deployment context can be scattered across chat and monitoring tools, making it harder to tell whether a release lines up with an incident.
- Keeps deployment announcements alongside operational events
- Reduces manual timeline updates
- Makes release context easier to find during incident review
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 to inspect the relevant Ably broadcast and create a Datadog event when it announces a deployment.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one real deployment broadcast and review the Datadog event.
Questions about this workflow
Does Ably provide the trigger for this workflow?
No Ably trigger event is listed here. A Notis webhook starts the automation, and Notis can use its Ably connection to inspect the relevant broadcast.
What should the webhook represent?
Use an HTTP request from your existing process when it is time to check for a deployment announcement. The request starts the workflow; it does not create an Ably event.
When this happens · Trigger
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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.
Create downtime
Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.
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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