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Send ClickHouse threshold alerts to Slack

Bring important changes in your analytics to the team without waiting for someone to notice them in a dashboard.

Trigger

Webhook received

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

Action

Post message to channel

Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.

Why this helps

Meaningful changes in business metrics can go unnoticed between manual checks.

  • Kick off a data check from an HTTP request.
  • Share only results that meet the threshold described in the prompt.
  • Give the team a timely signal to investigate.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect ClickHouse and Slack once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for the metric being monitored.
  • 3In one instruction, describe the ClickHouse query, the threshold to check, and what Slack message to post when it is met.
  • 4Choose a webhook as the trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real example that returns a result on each side of the threshold.

Questions about this workflow

Where does the threshold come from?

Include the threshold in the automation instruction. Notis evaluates the query result against the value you specify.

What starts this workflow?

An HTTP request to the automation's webhook starts it. ClickHouse itself does not provide the trigger event here.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link ClickHouse to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

ClickHouse triggers

Slack actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Set snooze duration

Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Add a custom emoji to a Slack team

Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.

ActionInstant

Add an emoji alias

Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.

ActionInstant

Add a remote file

Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.

ActionInstant

Add a star to an item

Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.

ActionInstant

Add call participants

Registers new participants added to a slack call.

ActionInstant

Add emoji

Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.

ActionInstant

Add reaction to message

Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

ClickHouse and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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