Add sent deployment notices to the Datadog timeline
When you send a deployment notice, record the change in Datadog without duplicating the announcement by hand.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Why this helps
Deployment context is in a sent email, but people investigating a later issue look for it in Datadog.
- Record qualifying deployment notices as Datadog events.
- Keep sent announcement context available during investigations.
- Reduce manual timeline updates after communicating a change.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation instructing Notis to create events for sent deployment notices with the available change context.
- 3Pick Email Sent as the trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test by sending one real deployment notice.
Questions about this workflow
Will every sent message become an event?
Instruct Notis to act only on messages that are deployment notices. It can use the sent email metadata and available content.
Can the event include a release identifier?
Yes, when that identifier is present in the message or supplied in your instruction.
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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
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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.
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Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Gmail and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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