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Review Datadog usage on a schedule

See usage trends before they become a surprise bill or capacity issue.

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 reviews are easy to postpone until spend or infrastructure pressure is already high.

  • Create a predictable review habit
  • Spot unusual usage changes
  • Share summaries without manual exports

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Datadog in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation that retrieves and summarizes Datadog usage.
  • 3Choose a recurring Notis schedule as the trigger.
  • 4Select a report channel and test with one immediate run.

Questions about this workflow

Can the report cover billable resources?

Yes, Datadog usage summaries include available billable usage categories.

How often can it run?

Choose the recurring schedule that fits your review cadence.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Timelinesai 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 WhatsApp Message Received

Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.

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.

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

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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