Understand service dependencies during an issue
Start from the affected service in AnyDB and retrieve its Datadog dependency mapping for investigation.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get Service Dependencies
Retrieves a service’s upstream and downstream dependency map.
Why this helps
When an issue affects a service, manually tracing upstream and downstream dependencies adds time and context switching.
- See upstream and downstream dependencies for the named service.
- Support blast-radius investigation from the issue record.
- Reduce manual navigation during service triage.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect AnyDB and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for service investigations.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve Datadog dependencies for the service named in each incoming issue and summarize the returned mapping.
- 4Choose the webhook trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real service issue that names the affected service.
Questions about this workflow
Does this identify dependencies for every service automatically?
The action retrieves a dependency mapping for a specific service. The incoming record needs to identify that service.
How can the result help?
Datadog's dependency mapping can help show upstream and downstream services and support blast-radius investigation.
When this happens · Trigger
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