Adding Notifications for Slack

Learn about how to add notifications for Slack channels...

OVERVIEW

Oobeya has an integration with Slack to send notifications and reports to your own chat channels. See the steps below to add channels and incoming webhooks for Slack.

After creating incoming webhooks, you can connect the Oobeya notification service with Slack.

1. CREATING A NEW TEAM CHANNEL ON SLACK

  1. Open Slack and click the "Add channels" icon.

2. Select the "Create a channel" option.

3. Enter the channel name and select the privacy option. Then click the "Create" button.

4. You can either add people to your channel or skip this step.

5. After all steps are done, it takes the final form as in the following.

2. ADDING WEBHOOKS TO SLACK CHANNELS 🔌

  1. Click the "Add an app" link.

2. Click the "View / Add" button for "Incoming Webhooks".

3. Click the "Configuration" button.

4. After you are navigated to the browser, click the "Add To Slack" button.

5. Choose your channel or username, then click the "Add Incoming WebHooks Integration".

6. Now, you have added the Incoming Webhook URL. Copy this URL to the clipboard. (It is useful to keep it somewhere).

7. You can always manage your integration below the page;

3. ADDING NOTIFICATIONS ON OOBEYA 🔔

1. Open the Profiles & Teams. Select the Profiles or Teams tab to add a new notification.

2. Click the Add Notification button and configure the notification settings.

3. You can test the connection via the "Send Notification Now" button.

4. Click Add to save the notification settings.

That's it! Now you have a scheduled notifier for your Slack channel.

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