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Add a Workflow Notification Strategy

You can specify a notification strategy for a Workflow (or for a Workflow phase in a Canary or Multi-Service Workflow) that send notifications using different criteria.

Before You Begin​

Step: Add Notification​

To add a notification strategy, do the following:

  1. In a Workflow, click Notification Strategy. The default notification step appears.

  2. To edit the default strategy, click the pencil icon next to the strategy item.

  3. To add a new notification strategy, click Add Notification Strategy. The Notification Strategy settings appear.

Condition​

Click the drop-down to select the condition that will execute the notification strategy (Failure, Success, Paused). Click all the conditions that apply.

Scope​

Select Workflow or Workflow Phase (for Canary or Multi-Service) as the scope for the condition(s) you selected.

  • If you select Workflow, it applies to all Workflow settings, including Pre-deployment, Post-deployment, and all Workflow Phases.
  • If you select Workflow Phase, it applies to Phases only. Pre-deployment, Post-deployment, and any settings outside of the Phases are not used.

User Group​

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The default User Group is Account Administrator. You can change this, but it is always the default when a new Workflow is created.

Select the User Group to notify when the condition is met within the scope. For information on setting up the notification channels for a User Group, see User Notifications and Alert Settings.

You can also enter variable expressions for Workflow variables.

You could create a Workflow variable named StageOpsAdmin and use that in User Group.

For the Workflow and Workflow Phase scopes, you can select Workflow variables using a ${workflow.variables.varName} expression.

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You cannot use Service or Environment Service Variables Overrides in User Group.

Slack Notification Example​

Once Slack has been configured in the Harness User Group Notification Settings, you can add the User Group in the Workflow Notification Settings:

When the Workflow deployment is completed, the Slack channel is notified:

In the event of a failure, the Slack is notified because we selected Failure as a Condition.

Notice that the error message is included in the Slack message. If multiple steps failed, they are included in the message: