Trigger Slack notifications as an Action
This guide will help you trigger Slack notifications as an ActionA Python class with a run method that takes a Validation Result and does something with it. It will allow you to send a Slack message including information about a Validation ResultGenerated when data is Validated against an Expectation or Expectation Suite., including whether or not the ValidationThe act of applying an Expectation Suite to a Batch. succeeded.
Great Expectations is able to use a Slack webhook or Slack app to send notifications.
Prerequisites
- For Webhook
- For App
- A Slack app with the Webhook function enabled. See Sending messages using Incoming Webhooks.
- A Webhook address for your Slack app.
- A Slack channel to send messages to.
- A Checkpoint configured to send the notification.
- A Slack app with a Bot Token. See Sending messages using Incoming Webhooks.
- A Bot Token for your Slack app.
- A Slack channel to send messages to.
- A Checkpoint configured to send the notification.