Put planned maintenance on Datadog's downtime calendar
Maintenance notices can become actionable downtime in Datadog without another round of copying dates and context.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
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
Planned maintenance details sit in email while alerts continue to fire during the work.
- Create downtime based on relevant incoming maintenance notices.
- Carry over provided timing and maintenance context.
- Reduce avoidable alert interruptions during planned work.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and instruct Notis to create downtime for qualifying maintenance notices.
- 3Pick New Gmail Message Received as the trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test with a maintenance email that includes a clear time window.
Questions about this workflow
Can this work if an email has no maintenance window?
Notis can flag the missing timing in its run report. A usable window must be supplied before downtime can be scheduled reliably.
Does this mute a specific monitor?
This workflow creates Datadog downtime. The email or instruction needs to provide enough context to determine the intended scope.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail 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
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Email Sent
Triggers when a Gmail message is sent by the authenticated user. It polls the 'SENT' label and emits metadata including sender, recipients, subject, timestamp, and thread ID.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Create monitor
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Create Webhook
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Delete Dashboard
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Gmail and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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