Guide: Sending Databox data to Slack
HOW TO
For an overview of using Databox with Slack and a look at certain features, check the following videos.
Automate delivery of Alerts and Scorecards in Slack:
Automate Snapshots of your Databoards in Slack:
How to connect Databox to Slack
How to send Databoards, Reports, and Notifications to Slack
Stay up-to-date on your performance data by sending Databoards, Databoard Loops, Reports, or Notifications (including Scheduled Snapshots, Scorecards, and Alerts) directly to Slack.
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How to send Databoards and Reports directly to Slack
Databoards and Reports can be sent directly to Slack in order to easily your performance data in front of the right people.
Send Databoards to Slack
Pro Tip: If you want to send a Databoard Loop via Slack, navigate to Databoards > Looped Databoards and find the loop that you want to send via Slack, using the Search bar if needed. Click on the dropdown arrow next to the View button and select the Share option.
Pro Tip: If you want to send a Databoard to private channel, navigate to Slack, and send /invite @databox in the selected private channel(s). This will make the channel visible in the Databox Share window.
Send Reports to Slack
Pro Tip: If you want to send a Report to a private channel, navigate to Slack, and send /invite @databox in the selected private channel(s). This will make the channel visible in the Databox Share window.
How to schedule Slack notifications
How to automatically send Alerts, Scorecards and Scheduled Snapshots to a public channel
Alerts, Scorecards, and Scheduled Snapshots will be visible to all users in the selected Slack channel. Databox's name will appear as the sender of the Notification.
How to automatically send Alerts, Scorecards and Scheduled Snapshots to a private channel
Alerts, Scorecards, and Scheduled Snapshots will be visible to all users in the selected Slack channel. If Databox has not been invited to the channel (by sending ''/invite @databox''), the user's name that has set up the notification will appear as the sender of the Notification.
How to automatically send Alerts, Scorecards and Scheduled Snapshots as a direct message
You can set Alerts, Scorecards, and Scheduled Snapshots to be sent to yourself as a direct message.
Additional Information on sending Databoards, Scorecards, and Alerts to Slack
- If you don't select a Slack channel, the Alert, Scorecard or Scheduled Snapshot will be delivered as a direct message to you.
- Slack channels that do not have any members added or have been archived will not be listed as options in Databox.
View and edit Slack notifications
You can review the list of all Alerts, Scorecards, and Scheduled Snapshots that have been scheduled to be sent to Slack or set up new notifications on the Slack Landing Page in Databox.
Navigate to the Notifications icon > Slack Landing Page.
How to update the Slack Workspace connected to Databox
You'll receive a welcome message from the Databox bot in the connected Slack Workspace
Pro Tip: If you updated Slack Workspace you'll need to update Slack channels notifications (Alerts, Scorecrads, Scheduled Snapshots) delivery. To do this, n avigate to the Notifications icon > Slack Landing Page and update Slack channels for the corresponding notifications.
If you don't update Slack channel(s) the notification(s) will be deilvered as direct message(s) to you.
How to disconnect Databox from Slack
Pro Tip: From within Slack, you can get here by clicking on the gear icon and navigating to Add An App > View App Directory.
How to use Slack for Client Accounts
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Only Agency Accounts have access to Client Accounts. Learn more about how to become a Databox Agency Partner
here.
In Slack, you can monitor data for different Clients. Scheduled Snapshots, Scorecards, and Alerts can be automatically sent to the corresponding Slack channels. Learn more about this here.
In order for this to work, a Slack user that is also added as a user in the respective Databox Account can connect the Databox account with the agency Slack workspace. One Slack user can establish only 1 connection between the Databox account and Slack workspace.
How to join the Databox Partner Slack workspace
Agency Partners are invited to join our Databox Partner Slack workspace. Learn how to join here.