Notifications

Oblique sends notifications about events in Oblique, such as requests, to ensure these are reviewed and applied in a timely manner.

Events

Oblique sends notifications about the following events:

Type	Event
Requests	A request was created.
	A request was assigned to a reviewer.
	A request was approved.
	A request was applied.
	A request was closed.

Notification methods

Oblique supports sending notifications in the following ways:

• Slack. Oblique has a Slack app that can be used to send notifications about requests made in Oblique to a Slack channel.

Slack app

The Slack integration lets Oblique notify users about pending requests directly in Slack.

The Slack app sends notifications to a single channel for all requests made in Oblique. The notification tags the requestor and the reviewers for the request, if they exist in the Slack workspace. All updates for a given request are threaded.

Note

The Oblique Slack app does not currently support making or approving requests via Slack.

Note

Notifications about a request approval do not currently include any approval comments.

Caution

The Oblique Slack app does not currently support previews in platform notifications, e.g., macOS, iOS, Apple Watch, and Android notifications.

Required permissions

The Oblique Slack app requires the following permissions to operate in your Slack workspace:

• View basic information about public channels in your workspace
• View email addresses of people in your workspace
• View people in your workspace
• Send messages as @Oblique

Add the Oblique app to your Slack workspace

Navigate to the Integrations page.

1. Select Add integration.
2. Select Slack.
3. Select Connect Slack.
4. In the Slack OAuth flow, review the required permissions, ensure you have selected the correct Slack workspace, and select Allow.
5. From the Slack desktop or web app, right-click on the name of the channel you want to receive notifications in, select View channel details, scroll to the bottom of the About tab, and copy the channel ID.
6. In Oblique, paste the channel ID into the Channel ID field and select Add integration.
7. In Slack, open the channel you want to receive notifications in and invite the Oblique Slack app to the channel. You can do this by tagging @Oblique in the channel, and then selecting Add Them.

Caution

By default, any Slack member can add an app to a workspace. If your Slack workspace has app approval ↗ enabled, you may need additional permissions to add or approve the app.

Note

The Oblique Slack app is not currently available via the Slack Marketplace. You will need to manually install it from Oblique. The Oblique Slack app has the app ID A09EG3AJEHZ.

Note

The Oblique Slack app does not currently support Slack Enterprise Grid.

Change the Slack channel used by the Oblique app

You can only select a single channel for use with the Oblique Slack app. To change the channel, from the Slack integration’s detail page:

1. Navigate to Settings.
2. Under Channel ID, enter the new channel ID for the new channel you want to receive notifications in. To get the channel ID, from the Slack desktop or web app, select View channel details, scroll to the bottom of the About tab, and copy the channel ID.
3. Select Save.

Remove the Oblique app from your Slack workspace

Remove the Oblique app from Slack to stop receiving Slack notifications about requests in Oblique.

From the Slack integration’s detail page:

1. Navigate to Settings.
2. Select Delete integration.
3. Review and confirm you wish to delete the integration. Select Confirm.