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Keep Datadog dashboards easier to own and review

Use a regular inventory and relevant team context to spot dashboards that may need a human follow-up.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

List dashboards

Lists all datadog dashboards with basic information. useful for dashboard management and getting an overview of available dashboards.

Why this helps

Dashboards accumulate over time, while ownership and review decisions can be buried in team conversations.

  • Makes dashboard inventory easier to review
  • Connects available team context to the inventory
  • Surfaces ownership questions for follow-up

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 dashboard details and Ably messages to review and what should be flagged for human follow-up.
  • 4Choose a recurring schedule and a channel for run reports.
  • 5Test with one real inventory and confirm the report does not assume unknown owners.

Questions about this workflow

Can this determine dashboard ownership if it is not recorded?

No. Notis can report available metadata or messages, but you must supply missing ownership information or ask it to flag unknown owners.

Does this workflow update dashboards?

No. It lists dashboards and reports review candidates; it does not edit or delete them.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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.

TriggerScheduled

Create Dashboard

Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

ActionInstant

Create monitor

Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Create Webhook

Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.

ActionInstant

Delete Dashboard

Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Ably and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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