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Slack Integration

This article explains how to integrate Slack for receiving alert notifications from Actian Data Observability.

Overview

Setting up Slack notifications requires two steps:

  1. Create a Slack app and obtain a Bot OAuth token
  2. Add a Slack notification channel in Data Observability and assign it to an alert policy

Step 1: Create a Slack App

  1. Navigate to Slack API apps
  2. Sign in and click Create an App
  3. Set App Name to Actian Data Observability Notifier
  4. Select the Slack workspace where the bot should post messages, then click Create App

  5. In the left navigation, select OAuth & Permissions

    6. Scroll to the Scopes section. Under Bot Token Scopes, click Add an OAuth Scope and add:

    • chat:write
    • chat:write.public

    7. Scroll back to the top of the OAuth & Permissions page and click Install App to Workspace 8. In the confirmation dialog, click Allow 9. Navigate to Interactivity & Shortcuts in the left sidebar 10. Toggle Interactivity to On 11. Set a Request URL: https://data-observability.actian.com/api/backend/slack/interactions (replace host with proper one in case of private cloud deployment) 12. Copy the Bot User OAuth Access Token — you will need it in the next step

Step 2: Add a Slack Notification Channel in Data Observability

Use the token from Step 1 to create a Slack notification channel in Data Observability, then assign it to an alert policy.

See Configuring Notifications for the full walkthrough.