Keep an eye on Datadog usage
Bring Datadog usage into a regular review so changes in API calls, hosts, containers, and other billable measures are easier to notice.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get usage summary
Retrieves usage summary information from datadog including api calls, hosts, containers, and other billable usage metrics. useful for cost monitoring and usage analysis.
Why this helps
Usage can grow between billing reviews, leaving founders to reconstruct what changed after the fact.
- Make usage review a repeatable routine.
- See available billable usage categories in one report.
- Support earlier investigation of unexpected usage changes.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Datadog once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis from any channel.
- 3Ask Notis to retrieve and summarize the Datadog usage summary for cost review.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test the automation once and review the returned usage.
Questions about this workflow
Does this calculate a forecast or invoice total?
No. It retrieves Datadog usage summary information for review.
Can it alert on a particular cost threshold?
The listed action retrieves usage. If you need a threshold decision, specify your criteria and use the returned data as input for review.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Jira to Datadog. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Jira 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 Issue
Fires when a new issue is created in the Jira project you configure. Only issues created in that project produce an event.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
New Project
Triggered when a new project is added in Jira
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Updated Issue
Fires when an existing issue is changed in the Jira project you configure — for example its status, assignee, or any other field on the issue is updated. Only issues in that project produce an event. It does not fire on comment activity: adding, editing, or deleting a comment on an issue will not produce an event from this trigger.
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.
Jira and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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