Slack

Slack Integration for StatsLab

StatsLab 18.3.06 now supports integration with Slack for certain functions.

Configure Slack to Accept StatsLab Notifications

In Slack:

• Log in to Slack as a workspace administrator
• From your workspace menu, choose Administration -> Workspace Settings
  • This will open a new browser tab/window for your Slack workspace to the Settings & Permissions page.
• In the left navigation bar, choose “Configure apps”
  • This will open a new browser tab/windor titled Apps.
• From the left navigation menu, choose Custom Integrations
• You should have something titled “Incoming Webhooks”. If not, you’ll need to install/enable it first
• Click “Incoming Webhooks”
• On the left, click “Add Configuration”
• In the Post to Channel box, you’ll be asked to choose a default channel to post to. Pick a channel and then click Add Incoming WebHooks integration
  • Note that StatsLab has settings to override the default channel specified here.
• The new webhook setting will be created and you will see information about how to configure an incoming Webhook.
  • Copy the entire Webhook URL, and save it somewhere.
• Find the Customize Name field and enter something like “StatsLab Integration”. You can also change other things like the Descriptive Label and Customize the icon. A preview message updates with any changes.
  • Be sure to click “Save Settings”!

Configure StatsLab to Send to Slack

In StatsLab:

• Log in to StatsLab as an administrator
• Go to the main Admin page, and scroll to the bottom section titled Slack Configuration
• Paste the Webhook URL into the Slack Service URL field.
• Optionally:
  • Override the Custom Name field with a Slack Username
  • Override the Slack Icon with an icon here. “:baseball:” is a recommended option.
  • Override the Slack channel that you chose when creating the integration in Slack.
    • For testing purposes, you can use something like “@username” to send it to yourself.