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Integration - Slack - Custom Notifications

Configure the SafeBase bot for Slack to use custom mentions for notifications.

Matt Szczurek avatar
Written by Matt Szczurek
Updated over 3 months ago

Overview

By default, SafeBase's Slack notifications notify everyone in the desired channel/Direct Message using an @here mention.

Customers on paid plans (Foundation Growth, Advanced, or Enterprise plans) can optionally choose to customize the users or user groups that are notified when messages get created.

Note: We will configure this for you, please contact our live support chat ("Trust Center Configuration -> Setup Other Integration (CRM, Slack, etc)") when you are ready to enable this feature. Once we gather a few details, we'll direct you to create a ticket.
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​Information you will need: User(s) and/or User Group IDs you'd like assigned.

Event Types

Our bot currently has 5 different event types. Each event can have a different set of users and/or user groups be notified:

  • Access Request Created

  • New User Subscribed

  • File Downloaded

  • Questionnaire Uploaded

  • Questionnaire Assignment


Finding a User/User Group ID

User ID:

  1. Search for the username in the Slack search bar

  2. Click their name at the top of the conversation to open their profile modal

  3. At the bottom, you will see a Channel ID

Channel ID:

  1. In the top menu bar for the Slack app click go then People & User Groups
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  2. Search for the correct user group

  3. Click the "..." on the right and Copy group ID


Miscellaneous Options

In addition to using user and user group IDs, you may also choose to use Slack's existing built-in groups:

  • @here: Notifies everyone in the channel who is active.

  • @channel: Notifies everyone in the channel even if they are inactive. These users will see the notification the next time they open Slack.

  • @everyone: Notifies everyone who is a member of your #general channel.

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