Search Datadog traces from an incident slide
Start incident analysis with the traces that match the timeline and service in the deck.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Search Traces
Search for traces in datadog apm. this action allows you to search for distributed traces across your services. it's essential for: - finding specific request flows during incident investigation - analyzing performance bottlenecks across services - understanding error propagation through your system - correlating user requests with backend operations traces provide the complete picture of a request as it travels through your distributed system, making them crucial for root cause analysis.
Why this helps
Incident slides often summarize symptoms but leave responders to manually locate matching traces.
- Finds relevant traces faster
- Improves incident review quality
- Reduces manual filtering
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Datadog in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation for incident slides.
- 3Tell Notis to search Datadog traces using the service, time range, and symptoms in each new slide.
- 4Pick New Slide Added and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one incident slide.
Questions about this workflow
Can it search by service and time?
Yes, provide those details in the slide or instruction.
Can Notis summarize the returned traces?
Yes, ask for the common errors, latency, and affected services.
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.
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.
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
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.
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.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
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 Slides and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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