Make Datadog usage easier to review each month
Usage figures are easy to postpone until billing surprises arrive. Put a monthly summary in your report channel and compare it with targets you provide.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get usage summary
Retrieves usage summary information from datadog including api calls, hosts, containers, and other billable usage metrics. useful for cost monitoring and usage analysis.
Why this helps
Usage and cost decisions often require manually gathering figures and remembering the agreed budget context.
- Summarize available Datadog usage figures on a schedule
- Compare results with a user-provided target or prior period
- Make usage review a predictable routine
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Datadog and, if needed, Box once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Monthly usage review.
- 3Tell Notis: Get the Datadog usage summary and compare the available totals with the budget thresholds or historical baseline I provide; call out what needs review.
- 4Pick a monthly schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real usage summary and supplied baseline.
Questions about this workflow
Does Datadog provide the budget target?
No. Provide a target, historical comparison, or other baseline for Notis to use.
Will this change billing settings?
No. It retrieves usage information and reports a comparison.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
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Webhook trigger
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Create event
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Comment Changed
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Create monitor
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New File Comment Added
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Create SLO
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Create Synthetic API Test
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File Shared Link Changed
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Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
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