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Create a Datadog dashboard from a Google Slides slide

Turn a planning slide into a monitoring surface while the context is still fresh.

Trigger

New Slide Added

Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.

Action

Create Dashboard

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

Why this helps

Dashboard requests often stay trapped in decks and require another handoff before anyone builds them.

  • Converts planning context into a usable dashboard
  • Shortens the path from idea to visibility
  • Creates consistent monitoring follow through

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Slides and Datadog in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation for turning monitoring briefs into dashboards.
  • 3Tell Notis to read each new slide and create a Datadog dashboard when it contains a dashboard request.
  • 4Pick New Slide Added and select a report channel.
  • 5Test with one slide containing a real dashboard brief.

Questions about this workflow

Does this create a dashboard for every slide?

Your instruction can tell Notis to create one only when the slide contains a clear dashboard request.

Can the slide define the dashboard purpose?

Yes, Notis can use the slide content as the dashboard brief.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Slides 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 Slide Added

Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.

TriggerPolling

Create event

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

ActionInstant

Create monitor

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

ActionInstant

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

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

Create Webhook

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

ActionInstant

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.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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