Create monitoring groups from maintenance plans
Turn a maintenance window into a clear home for its heartbeat checks.
Trigger
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Action
Create Heartbeat Group
Tool to create a new heartbeat group. use when you need to organize related heartbeat checks under a single, logical group. example prompt: "create a new heartbeat group named 'backend services'."
Why this helps
New service work starts without a consistent monitoring structure, making checks hard to find.
- Creates a shared monitoring home
- Improves discoverability during maintenance
- Standardizes setup for new service clusters
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Better Stack once.
- 2Create an automation for maintenance heartbeat grouping.
- 3Tell Notis to use the service cluster name and requested interval from the calendar event to create the group.
- 4Pick New Calendar Event as the trigger and select a report channel.
- 5Test it with one maintenance event.
Questions about this workflow
Are individual heartbeats created too?
No. This workflow creates the heartbeat group only.
What if no interval is stated?
Notis can use the interval you specify in the automation prompt or report the missing value.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Better stack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Better stack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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Create Heartbeat Group
Tool to create a new heartbeat group. use when you need to organize related heartbeat checks under a single, logical group. example prompt: "create a new heartbeat group named 'backend services'."
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New Outlook Message
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New Sent Message
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Get Heartbeat
Tool to get a single heartbeat by id. use when you need to fetch details of a specific heartbeat.
Get Heartbeat Availability
Tool to retrieve availability summary for a specific heartbeat. use when you need availability metrics for a heartbeat within an optional date range.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Better stack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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