Create Datadog downtime from leave changes
Keep planned operational gaps from turning into avoidable alert noise.
Trigger
Worker Leave of Absence Changed
Triggers when a worker's leave of absence record changes. This trigger monitors all leaves of absence for a specific worker and detects: - New leave requests created - Changes to existing leaves (status, dates, comments, etc.) - Deleted or rescinded leaves Uses snapshot-based diffing to track changes between polling intervals.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Leave-related maintenance or coverage changes can trigger alerts that the team already expects.
- Suppresses expected alerts during defined windows
- Links people operations context to monitoring
- Reduces alert fatigue
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Workday and Datadog in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation explaining which leave changes should create downtime and provide the maintenance window rule.
- 3Pick the Workday Worker Leave of Absence Changed trigger.
- 4Choose a report destination and test with one real leave change.
Questions about this workflow
Does every leave change create downtime?
Only if your instruction says so and the event includes enough information to determine a valid window.
Can I control the affected monitors?
Yes. Name the monitor scope or tags in your instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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Workday triggers
Datadog actions
Recurring trigger
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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.
Absence Balance Changed
Triggers when a worker's absence balance changes. This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence plan balance and detects any changes to the balance details including quantity available, effective date, position, or other related fields. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful changes.
Create event
Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.
Balance Details Changed
Triggers when details of a specific balance change (quantity, accruals, adjustments, etc.). This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence plan balance and detects any changes to the balance details including quantity available, effective date, position, or other related fields. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful field changes.
Create monitor
Creates a new datadog monitor to track metrics, logs, or other data sources with configurable alerting thresholds and notifications.
Interview Feedback Submitted or Updated
Triggers when interview feedback is submitted or updated for a specific interview. This trigger monitors a specific interview and fires when new feedback entries are detected or existing feedback is modified.
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.
Job Posting Changed
Triggers when a specific job posting's details change (title, status, posting dates, location, etc.). This trigger monitors a single job posting and fires when any of its fields are modified.
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.
Job Posting Questionnaire Changed
Triggers when a job posting's candidate questionnaire is added or changed. This trigger monitors a specific job posting's questionnaires and detects any changes including additions, removals, or modifications to questionnaires and questions. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful changes.
Create Webhook
Create a webhook in datadog. webhooks enable you to receive notifications from datadog monitors and alerts to external services and applications.
New Absence Balance
Triggers when a new absence balance record becomes available for a worker. This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence balances and detects when new balance records appear (e.g., a new plan/bucket becomes available). Uses snapshot-based diffing to compare balance record IDs between polls.
Delete Dashboard
Delete a dashboard in datadog. permanently removes a dashboard from your organization. this action cannot be undone. use with caution.
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Workday and Datadog, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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