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Slack Subscribers
Subscribers can sign up to receive status notifications in their own Slack channels.
Multiple subscriptions can be created to receive notifications in multiple Slack channels.
Each subscriber can granularly choose which components to receive notifications for.
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Customize Slack Settings
Configure your Slack settings in the Dashboard from the Notifications/Slack tab.
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Customize Slack Notifications With Variables
Insert variables in notification templates by wrapping them with *| and |*
Example: *|INCIDENTTITLE|*
Maintenance and incident notifications each have their own set of available variables.
Incident
- STATUSPAGENAME
- STATUSPAGEURL
- INCIDENTTITLE
- INCIDENTURL
- AFFECTEDCOMPONENTS (Warning: Could be very long)
- AFFECTEDCONTAINERS (Warning: Could be very long)
- TODAYSDATE (Example: 10/30/2015)
- CURRENTSTATUS
- CURRENTSTATE
- PREVIOUSSTATUS
- PREVIOUSSTATE
- INCIDENTMESSAGE
- TIMESTART
- TIMERESOLVE
Maintenance
- STATUSPAGENAME
- STATUSPAGEURL
- MAINTENANCETITLE
- MAINTENANCEURL
- AFFECTEDCOMPONENTS (Warning: Could be very long)
- AFFECTEDCONTAINERS (Warning: Could be very long)
- MAINTENANCEMESSAGE
- TIMESTART
- TIMEEND
Default Message Templates
The default message templates for Slack notifications
Incident:
[*|CURRENTSTATE|*] *|INCIDENTTITLE|* – *|INCIDENTMESSAGE|* (*|STATUSPAGEURL|*)
Maintenance:
[Maintenance] *|MAINTENANCETITLE|* – *|MAINTENANCEMESSAGE|* (*|STATUSPAGEURL|*)