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Coordinate Datadog downtime with a Confluence announcement

Keep planned maintenance aligned with the documentation that announces it.

Trigger

Blog Post Like Count Changed

Triggers when a Confluence blog post's like count changes (someone likes or unlikes).

Action

Create downtime

Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.

Why this helps

Maintenance announcements and alert suppression are often handled separately, creating noisy alerts or missed windows.

  • Align announcements and alert suppression
  • Reduce maintenance alert noise
  • Make planned work easier to coordinate

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Confluence and Datadog in Notis once
  • 2Create an automation with strict maintenance criteria and timing instructions
  • 3Pick Blog Post Like Count Changed as the trigger
  • 4Choose a report channel for confirmation
  • 5Test it with one controlled example

Questions about this workflow

Will every like change create downtime?

No. Instruct Notis to proceed only when the post and maintenance details meet your stated criteria.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Confluence triggers

Datadog actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Create Dashboard

Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create downtime

Creates a new downtime in datadog to suppress alerts during maintenance windows or planned outages. useful for preventing false alarms during deployments or maintenance.

ActionInstant

New Attachment Added

Triggers when a new attachment is uploaded to a Confluence page. Optionally filters by media type.

TriggerPolling

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Added to Label

Triggers when a new blog post is added to a specific label in Confluence.

TriggerPolling

Create monitor

Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.

ActionInstant

Blogpost Inline Comment Added

Triggers when a new inline comment is added to a Confluence blog post.

TriggerPolling

Create SLO

Create a service level objective (slo) in datadog. slos help you define and track reliability targets for your services, enabling data-driven decisions about service quality and reliability investments.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Like Count Changed

Triggers when a Confluence blog post's like count changes (someone likes or unlikes).

TriggerPolling

Create Synthetic API Test

Create a synthetic api test in datadog. creates a new synthetic api test that continuously monitors api endpoints from multiple locations worldwide. useful for proactive monitoring of api uptime, performance, and functionality.

ActionInstant

Blog Post Updated

Triggers when a Confluence blog post is updated (any edit that creates a new version).

TriggerPolling

Create Webhook

Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.

ActionInstant

Content Restrictions Changed

Triggers when view or edit restrictions change on a Confluence page or blog post. Detects user/group restrictions being added, removed, or modified.

TriggerPolling

Delete Dashboard

Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Confluence and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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