Configuring Services

FME Flow Hosted can send an alert to any e-mail address.

  1. Open the Account Settings page: Click your account name (upper right), and select Account Settings.
  2. On the Alert Settings tab, click Create Service.
  3. In the Create New Service dialog, select External Email, and click Next.
  4. In the New External Email Service dialog, specify:
    1. Service Name: Enter a name for your e-mail service. You can enter more than one e-mail address, so enter a name that represents the person or people you are sending e-mails to.
    2. Email Addresses: A comma-separated list of e-mail addresses that you wish to send alerts to.
      3. Note  Email addresses are not validated.
  5. Click Create.

To receive alerts on Slack, you must have a Slack account.

  1. Open the Account Settings page: Click your account name (upper right), and select Account Settings.
  2. On the Alert Settings tab, click Create Service.
  3. In the Create New Service dialog, select Slack, and click Next.
  4. In the New Slack Service dialog, specify:
    1. Service Name: Enter a name for your Slack service. We suggest a name that describes the channel you are sending notifications to.
    2. Slack WebHook URL: The Slack integration on FME Flow Hosted uses Slack incoming WebHooks. You must generate a URL in Slack that FME Flow Hosted can send messages to. The Webhook maps directly to a Slack channel.
  5. Click Create.

FME Flow Hosted can send an alert to any HTTP/HTTPS endpoint via POST. This service sends the alert payload to a URL that you specify any time the alert is triggered.

  1. Open the Account Settings page: Click your account name (upper right), and select Account Settings.
  2. On the Alert Settings tab, click Create Service.
  3. In the Create New Service dialog, select Webhooks, and click Next.
  4. In the New Webhooks Service dialog, specify:
    1. Service Name: Enter a name for your Webhook service.
    2. WebHook URL: Enter the full URL and ensure that no authentication is required to perform a POST against the URL.
  5. Click Create.

POST request

When an alert fires that is associated with a Webhook service, a POST request is made to the URL provided. The following is an example of the payload sent to the POST address:

{

"type":"alert_triggered",

"trigger_value":0.10371602326631546,

"time":"2016-05-03T21:13:37+00:00",

"alert_id":1360,

"alert_name":"Test",

"instance_id":2192,

"instance_name":"Notification Doc",

"message":"Alert \"Test\" triggered for instance \"Notification Doc\""

}

Encoding

The payload JSON is encoded with application/json.