Bring emailed business KPI updates into Datadog
Keep selected business signals with operational metrics by submitting clearly reported values to Datadog.
Trigger
New Email Received
Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox
Action
Submit metrics
Submits custom metrics to datadog. useful for sending application-specific metrics, business kpis, or custom performance indicators.
Why this helps
Business metrics shared in email can remain disconnected from the monitoring and reporting context.
- Reduce manual re-entry of business metric updates.
- Keep selected KPIs accessible in Datadog.
- Capture metric context from the original message.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Agent Mail and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a named automation in Automations, New Automation.
- 3In one instruction, specify which KPI emails qualify and tell Notis to submit only metrics with a clear identity and value.
- 4Choose New Email Received and select a run report destination.
- 5Test with one real KPI email.
Questions about this workflow
Can this calculate a metric from incomplete information?
Only use values and context supplied in the email or instruction. Missing values or units should not be guessed.
Does this work for every emailed number?
Describe the business metrics that should be submitted; unrelated numbers should not qualify.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Agent mail triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
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