Webhooks allow Collibra Data Quality & Observability to communicate data quality events to a web server in real time. When a data quality event, such as an alert condition being met, Collibra Data Quality & Observability sends an HTTP POST or PUT request in the form of a JSON payload to the specified URL. The receiving URL, which can be an endpoint in an application such as Microsoft Teams or Slack, processes the alert based on how you have configured handle such requests outside of Collibra Data Quality & Observability.
Webhooks offer the following benefits over SMTP:
- Instantaneous delivery.
- Improves downstream automation.
- JSON format provides dynamic scalability and easier integrations with other systems.
Note You cannot use webhooks for global alerts. However, this will feature will be available in a future release. Currently, you can configure job-level alerts to capture runtime events.
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Webhook Name |
The name you assign to a webhook to help you identify and use it in Collibra Data Quality & Observability. |
| URL | The location where JSON payloads containing alert information are sent. |
| Method |
The API request method. The options are POST (default) and PUT, which correspond to the following endpoints:
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| Action | Click Actions to edit or delete a webhook. |