Datadog

Create events in Datadog

Actions

Create Event Create a new event in Datadog

Instructions

To configure Datadog to work with SuperPlane:

1. Get API Keys: In Datadog, go to Organization Settings > API Keys to get your API Key
2. Get Application Key: Go to Organization Settings > Application Keys to create an Application Key
3. Select Site: Choose the Datadog site that matches your account (US1, US3, US5, EU, or AP1)
4. Enter Credentials: Provide your API Key, Application Key, and Site in the integration configuration

Create Event

The Create Event component creates a new event in Datadog.

Use Cases

• Deployment tracking: Log deployment events to correlate with metrics
• Incident annotation: Add context to incidents with custom events
• Workflow notifications: Create events to track workflow execution milestones

Outputs

The component emits an event containing:

• id: The unique identifier of the created event
• title: The event title
• text: The event body
• date_happened: Unix timestamp when the event occurred
• alert_type: The severity level (info, warning, error, success)
• priority: Event priority (normal, low)
• tags: Array of tags attached to the event
• url: Link to view the event in Datadog

Example Output

{
  "data": {
    "alert_type": "info",
    "date_happened": 1704067200,
    "id": 1234567890,
    "priority": "normal",
    "tags": [
      "env:prod",
      "service:web"
    ],
    "text": "Application v1.2.3 has been deployed successfully",
    "title": "Deployment completed",
    "url": "https://app.datadoghq.com/event/event?id=1234567890"
  },
  "timestamp": "2026-01-19T12:00:00Z",
  "type": "datadog.event"
}