Workstream.io provides detailed and actionable alerting for every dbt user in Slack, for free.
Our alerts provide all of the information that you need about data incidents in Slack, and we bundle test failures into singular incidents across runs, so that you are never surprised by broken data again.
In this support article, we cover how to get started in the next 10 minutes. <-- Click to go directly there if you want to skip the quick rundown of why existing dbt alerting is broken, an overview of our (free) Slack alerting for dbt failures.
Why existing dbt alerting is so broken:
If you are long time users of dbt Cloud (like us), you are probably used to receiving this Slack alert on a regular basis. What is the problem here?
When a dbt test fails (like in this example), this provides no valuable information. Ex: how many tests have failed, and are those a big deal or not?
This does not tell you how many tests failed. So if something new broke in your next run, you have no idea.
These are not actionable, and force you to hunt and peck for information such as lineage and the compiled SQL to assist in your triage.
This is, of course, if you are a dbt Cloud client. If you leverage dbt Core, you are almost certainly in even worse shape.
What our sophisticated Slack alerting does
You can fix this broken paradigm with our sophisticated Slack alerting that:
Intelligently bundles test and model failures into incidents that automatically open and close, and persist across dbt runs
Provides you all the information you need to know, including:
What models, sources and tests failed
What downstream models, metrics, dashboards and users might be impacted
An canonical incident timeline
Let's you take quick action to organize your triage efforts, including assigning ownership, updating status, and creating JIRA tickets
For a quick preview, view this Loom:
How to get started using our (free) Slack alerting for dbt
To leverage our awesome alerting for dbt (and your other data systems), you can follow these steps to get set up in the next 10 minutes.
Go to app.workstream.io and set-up an account using your work email
Once you are logged into app.workstream.io, go to your settings/workspace connections and:
See the below Loom for where to find your workspace connections:
If you need help, reach out to us via Intercom, [email protected], or join our Weekly Office Hours.