Notify your team in Slack when a new Liferay event is triggered
When a Liferay event you have set up is sent to FlowMattic, this workflow posts a message to a Slack channel, so your team hears about activity on the portal without checking Liferay.
Liferay
Slack2 steps Setup ~5 min Used on 1.8k sites Free to import
What this workflow does
Things happen in a Liferay portal that your team wants to know about, but nobody sits watching the admin screens. Slack is where they already talk. This workflow passes the Liferay events you choose into a Slack channel.
The Liferay trigger is Setup Webhooks. FlowMattic's catalog describes it as firing for the events you specify, so you decide which portal activity starts a run when you set up the trigger after import. Each event's data is then available to map into the message.
The Slack step is Send Channel Message. You pick the channel and write the text, adding Liferay values from the event so the message says what happened. Send a test event after setup to see which values Liferay includes.
Every event that reaches the trigger produces one Slack message. If you send several kinds of Liferay events to the same workflow, all of them post to the same channel unless you add a Filter or Router.
Intranet content updates
When the event you set up covers new content on your company intranet, the communications team sees a Slack post and can share it in the right place.
Customer portal activity
A support team running a Liferay customer portal gets a channel message for the portal events they care about, without opening the admin panel.
Keeping developers in the loop
Developers maintaining a Liferay site follow a Slack channel that lists the portal events they asked to be sent, which helps while testing changes.
How this workflow runs
What happens at each step once the workflow is on, and what you need before you import it.
Liferay Setup WebhooksFires when Liferay sends one of the events you set up for this trigger. Choose those events after import; the event data is passed on so you can map it into Slack.
- Slack Send Channel Message
Sends a message into the Slack channel of your choice. Write the text and map in values from the Liferay event so the team can tell what happened and where.
What you need
- FlowMatticCore
- Liferay AccountAccount
- Slack AccountAccount
After importing, map your own data. To keep the template universal, not every step is pre-filled. Open each step in the builder and connect your accounts and fields (channels, lists, sheets, recipients) before you switch the workflow on.
Make it yours
Changes worth making after you import it.
- Sending several Liferay events to this workflow? Add a Router with one route per event type, each with its own Slack step and channel.
- For a private Slack channel, swap in Slack's Send Private Channel Message action; to message a single teammate, switch to Send Direct Message.
- Start with a single Liferay event while you test, then add more once the Slack message reads the way you want.
Questions about this workflow
Which Liferay events can start this workflow?
The ones you set up for the Setup Webhooks trigger. Per FlowMattic's catalog it fires for specified events, so you choose them during setup and send a test to see the data.
Can Liferay alerts post into a private Slack channel?
The imported step isn't meant for private Liferay alert channels. FlowMattic's Slack app has a separate Send Private Channel Message action, so use it for private channels.
Will older Liferay activity be posted to Slack?
No. Only events Liferay sends after the trigger is set up and the workflow is on reach Slack.
Can different Liferay events go to different Slack channels?
Yes, with a Router. Give each route a condition on the event type from your test data and its own Send Channel Message step.
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