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Record release context in Datadog automatically

Make every important deployment easy to find during investigation.

Trigger

Webhook received

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

Action

List events

Lists events from datadog within a specified time range. events track important occurrences like deployments, outages, and configuration changes.

Why this helps

Release details often live in a pipeline tool while incident investigation happens in Datadog.

  • Improve deployment timelines
  • Connect changes with incidents
  • Reduce manual event entry

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Datadog in Notis once.
  • 2Create an automation and describe how webhook payloads become release events.
  • 3Choose a notis_webhook trigger and copy its endpoint into your release process.
  • 4Choose a report channel for run results.
  • 5Send one real release payload to test the workflow.

Questions about this workflow

What must the webhook include?

Include the release details you want recorded, such as service, environment, version, and time.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Zendesk 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 User Created

Triggered when a new user is created in Zendesk.

TriggerInstant

Create event

Creates a new event in datadog. events are useful for tracking deployments, outages, configuration changes, and other important occurrences.

ActionInstant

New Zendesk Ticket

Triggers when a new ticket is created in a specified Zendesk view.

TriggerPolling

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.

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

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