Request a Datadog metric query through a webhook
Start a focused metrics lookup from an external signal without opening Datadog first.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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
Metric checks can require a manual context switch when another workflow already has the signal to investigate.
- Start a metrics lookup from an HTTP request.
- Reduce manual navigation during operational follow-up.
- Summarize returned time series data.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which metric query to run and how to summarize its returned time series.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Send one real HTTP request to test the automation.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this workflow?
A Notis webhook trigger starts when an HTTP request is sent to it.
Can it query any metric without a query definition?
The metric query needs to be stated in the instruction or supplied by the request in a usable form.
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