Keep planned validation maintenance from adding alert noise
Create a Datadog downtime from a clear maintenance request so planned work has the right alert context.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Create downtime
Creates downtime to silence alerts during maintenance or planned outages.
Why this helps
Planned maintenance can trigger alerts that distract from the work and create avoidable follow-up.
- Create a downtime from an explicit maintenance request.
- Keep alert suppression scoped to the service and window you provide.
- Make maintenance planning easier to trigger from a webhook.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Abstract and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for planned validation maintenance.
- 3Tell Notis to use Abstract to verify any submitted service contact details if relevant, then create a Datadog downtime for the service, scope, and time window in the request.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and confirm the downtime details.
Questions about this workflow
Does Abstract need to be used for every maintenance request?
Only if the request includes contact details you want verified. The Datadog downtime itself depends on the service, scope, and window supplied.
Can the workflow choose a downtime window?
Provide the planned start and end details in the request. The automation should not invent a maintenance window.
Does this mute one monitor?
No. It creates a Datadog downtime with the scope you provide.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Abstract to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Abstract triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Creates a dashboard for viewing infrastructure, application, or business metrics.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Aggregate logs
Create downtime
Creates downtime to silence alerts during maintenance or planned outages.
Create event
Creates an event to record an important occurrence, such as a deployment or outage.
Create monitor
Creates a monitor to track data and trigger alerts.
Create On-Call escalation policy
Create SLO
Creates a service level objective to track service reliability targets.
Create Synthetic API Test
Creates a synthetic API test to monitor API availability and performance from multiple locations.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Abstract and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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