Send notifications to Slack

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You can find more examples at the Integration with Slack page

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How to apply these rules?

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Warning: sample URLs!

Please make sure to replace https://hooks.slack.com/services/some/slack/endpoint with your Slack Webhook URL and https://youraccount.tpondemand.com/ with your Targetprocess URL

Basic template

This basic template can be used in order to receive notifications about created, modified and deleted work items.

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[
  {
    "type": "source:targetprocess:EntityChanged",
    "entityTypes": [
      "Request"
    ],
    "modifications": {
      "created": true,
      "deleted": true,
      "updated": [
        "ModifyDate"
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "type": "action:SendHttpRequest",
    "body": {
      "type": "concat",
      "operands": [
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "{\n  \"text\": \""
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "EntityType",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "/"
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Id",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "EntityUri",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " was "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Modification",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " by "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "FullName",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "Author",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "\",\n  \"username\": \"Targetprocess\"\n}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "constant",
      "value": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some/slack/endpoint"
    }
  }
]

Information about changed Effort

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[
  {
    "type": "source:targetprocess:EntityChanged",
    "entityTypes": [
      "UserStory",
      "Task",
      "Bug"
    ],
    "modifications": {
      "created": false,
      "deleted": false,
      "updated": [
        "Effort"
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "or": [
      {
        "and": [
          {
            "value": {
              "type": "constant",
              "value": "Kanban"
            },
            "target": {
              "name": "Name",
              "type": "field",
              "target": {
                "name": "Project",
                "type": "field",
                "target": {
                  "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
                }
              }
            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "is"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "type": "filter:Relational"
  },
  {
    "type": "action:JavaScript",
    "script": "const link = `<https://youraccount.tpondemand.com/entity/${args.ResourceId}|${args.Current.Name}>`;\nlet message = ``;\nif (args.Previous.Effort == 0) {\n  message = `:black_circle_for_record: Entity# ${args.ResourceId} ${link} was estimated ${args.Current.Effort} points`;\n}\nelse if (args.Current.Effort > args.Previous.Effort) {\n  message = `:arrow_up: Entity #${args.ResourceId} ${link}. Effort increased from ${args.Previous.Effort} to ${args.Current.Effort} points`;\n}\nelse {\n  message = `Entity #${args.ResourceId} ${link}. Effort decreased from ${args.Previous.Effort} to ${args.Current.Effort} points`;\n}\n\nreturn {\n  command: \"SendHttpRequest\",\n  payload: {\n    url: \"https://hooks.slack.com/services/some/slack/endpoint\",\n    body: {\n      \"text\": message,\n      \"icon_emoji\": \":bee:\",\n      \"username\": \"Targetprocess\"\n    }\n  }\n};"
  }
]
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Information about changed state

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[
  {
    "type": "source:targetprocess:EntityChanged",
    "entityTypes": [
      "UserStory",
      "Task",
      "Bug",
      "Feature",
      "Epic",
      "Request"
    ],
    "modifications": {
      "created": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "updated": [
        "EntityState"
      ]
    }
  },
  {
    "or": [
      {
        "and": [
          {
            "value": {
              "type": "constant",
              "value": "Kanban"
            },
            "target": {
              "name": "Name",
              "type": "field",
              "target": {
                "name": "Project",
                "type": "field",
                "target": {
                  "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
                }
              }
            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "is"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "type": "filter:Relational"
  },
  {
    "type": "action:SendHttpRequest",
    "body": {
      "type": "concat",
      "operands": [
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "{ \n   \"text\": \"Change state for #"
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "ID",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " <"
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "EntityUri",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "|"
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "> by "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "FullName",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "Author",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " ["
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "EntityState",
            "target": {
              "type": "field",
              "name": "Previous",
              "target": {
                "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "] -> ["
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "EntityState",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "]\",\n   \"username\": \"Targetprocess\"\n}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "url": {
      "type": "constant",
      "value": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some/slack/endpoint"
    }
  }
]
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A user is assigned to an entity

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Don't use any filter if you'd like to post notifications even if the user assigns an entity to himself.

[
  {
    "type": "source:targetprocess:EntityChanged",
    "entityTypes": [
      "Assignment"
    ],
    "modifications": {
      "created": true,
      "deleted": false,
      "updated": false
    }
  },
  {
    "or": [
      {
        "and": [
          {
            "target": {
              "type": "field",
              "name": "Id",
              "target": {
                "type": "field",
                "name": "Author",
                "target": {
                  "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
                }
              }
            },
            "value": {
              "type": "field",
              "name": "Id",
              "target": {
                "type": "field",
                "name": "GeneralUser",
                "target": {
                  "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
                }
              }
            },
            "operator": {
              "type": "is not"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "type": "filter:Relational"
  },
  {
    "url": {
      "type": "constant",
      "value": "https://hooks.slack.com/services/some/slack/endpoint"
    },
    "body": {
      "type": "concat",
      "operands": [
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": "{ \n   \"text\": \""
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "EntityType",
            "target": {
              "type": "field",
              "name": "Assignable",
              "target": {
                "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " #"
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Id",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "Assignable",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "Name",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "Assignable",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " assigned to "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "FirstName",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "GeneralUser",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "LastName",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "GeneralUser",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " by "
        },
        {
          "type": "field",
          "name": "FullName",
          "target": {
            "type": "field",
            "name": "Author",
            "target": {
              "type": "pipelineBlockOutput"
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "type": "constant",
          "value": " \",\n   \"username\": \"Targetprocess\",\n}"
        }
      ]
    },
    "type": "action:SendHttpRequest"
  }
]
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Available fields

In the filter and template, you can use Fields of Assignment resource.