Put incident review start times in Datadog
Keep the start of a scheduled incident review visible in the same timeline your team uses to understand operational changes.
Trigger
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
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
Responders lose time comparing meeting schedules with Datadog timelines when reviewing how an incident unfolded.
- Adds a meeting start marker to the Datadog event timeline.
- Reduces manual timeline reconstruction after an incident.
- Keeps review meetings tied to their scheduled start time.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Calendar and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Datadog event when an incident review meeting is starting, including its available meeting details.
- 4Pick Event Starting Soon as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real incident review meeting.
Questions about this workflow
What starts this automation?
Google Calendar's Event Starting Soon trigger. It runs when a calendar event is within the configured number of minutes from starting.
Does it identify incident review meetings automatically?
Notis can use the event details returned by Calendar to identify relevant meetings. Describe the meeting naming or details to look for in your instruction.
What does Datadog receive?
A Datadog event with meeting details available from the Calendar trigger. Review the result with one real meeting before relying on it.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Calendar to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Calendar triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Event Canceled or Deleted
Triggers when a Google Calendar event is cancelled or deleted. Returns minimal data: event_id, summary (if available), and cancellation timestamp.
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Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Event Starting Soon
Triggers when a calendar event is within a configured number of minutes from starting. Returns event details, time remaining, attendees, and join links when available.
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Calendar Event Changes
**SOON TO BE DEPRECATED** - Use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger) instead. Real-time webhook trigger for calendar event changes. Returns event metadata only. For full event data, use Calendar Event Sync (polling trigger).
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Event Created
Polling trigger that fires when a new calendar event is created. Returns event ID, summary, start/end times, and organizer info.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Calendar Event Sync
Polling trigger that returns full event data including details, attendees, and metadata. For real-time notifications with basic info, use Calendar Event Changes (webhook).
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.
Google Calendar and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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