Connect incident intake to Datadog span analysis
Turn an incident entry into a focused look at span data, latency, and errors while the details are at hand.
Trigger
New Rows in Google Sheet
Simple polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets for new rows. Detects when new rows are added and returns the complete row data. Perfect for triggering any workflow based on new sheet entries.
Action
Search Spans Analytics
Search and analyze span data with aggregations in datadog. this action uses the datadog spans analytics api to perform advanced queries and aggregations on trace span data. it's essential for: - analyzing error rates and latency patterns - understanding service dependencies and bottlenecks - root cause analysis during incidents - performance monitoring and optimization the api supports complex queries with grouping, filtering, and various aggregation functions similar to log analytics.
Why this helps
Incident intake and trace analysis live in separate tools, making the first investigative step easy to delay.
- Begin trace analysis from a new incident entry.
- Focus span searches around relevant services and time.
- Keep an investigation summary with the run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Sheets and Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
- 3Describe the span analysis to run and the service, time window, and aggregation to use.
- 4Choose the New Rows in Google Sheet trigger and select where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real example incident row.
Questions about this workflow
What can span analytics help investigate?
It can search and analyze span data with aggregations, including error rates and latency patterns.
Does the row need a service name?
Include the service or other identifiers needed for a useful search in your instruction and the incident row.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Dashboard
Create a dashboard in datadog. dashboards provide customizable visualizations for monitoring your infrastructure, applications, and business metrics in a unified view.
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.
Aggregate Metric Changed
Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
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.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
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.
Developer Metadata Changed
Triggers when developer metadata entries change (new/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
Filtered Range Values Changed
Polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets filtered ranges for value changes. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect when values matching a data filter change. Emits the matched values when changes are detected.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
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