What is included in the Slack integration?

With two of your most important workspaces connected, you can save time and improve the way you share data assets with your team.

Once you integrate Slack with Atlan you can do all of the following — all without leaving Atlan!

• Share data assets on Slack.
• Link important Slack threads to Atlan assets.
• Start Slack conversations.

When users share assets on Slack (like assets, glossaries and saved queries) Atlan provides an embedded preview and context for the asset directly in Slack.

Ask questions about assets, without leaving Atlan

To ask questions about assets on Slack, without leaving Atlan:

1. For any asset, in the asset sidebar, click the Slack icon.
2. In the Share on Slack dialog:
   1. For Channel, choose the Slack channel where you want to post your question.
   2. For Message, enter the question you want to ask on the Slack channel.
   3. (Optional) For Add as a resource, toggle the slider on to add the message as a resource to your asset. When you add the message as a resource, anyone viewing the asset in Atlan will be able to see previous discussions in Slack about that asset.
3. Click Share to post on Slack.

Your message is now on Slack and linked to the asset for future reference! 🎉

Add existing Slack discussions to assets

Ever discussed a data asset in Slack? It's important to bring that context back to your asset.

From within Slack

To add existing discussions in Slack into Atlan, from Slack:

1. On any discussion in Slack, open the context menu for actions and click Send to Atlan.
2. Find the asset you want to link the discussion to:
   1. For Title enter a brief summary of the discussion.
   2. For Asset Types select the type of asset you want to link the discussion to.
   3. For Asset start typing in the asset you want to link the discussion to. Slack will run a search against Atlan and give you a list of options — select your asset from the list.
3. At the bottom right of the dialog, click the Submit button.

Your existing discussion on Slack is now linked to the asset for future reference. And Atlan has even updated the discussion thread with a link to the asset for everyone's convenience within Slack! 🎉

From within Atlan

To add existing discussions in Slack into Atlan, from Atlan:

1. From the asset, on the right of the screen, click the Slack sidebar icon:
   • If there are existing discussions on the asset, to the right of Slack Conversations, click the Add link.
   • If there are no existing discussions on the asset, click the Add Slack Thread button.
2. In the Add Slack Thread dialog, under the Link heading, paste the link to the Slack discussion.
3. Under the Title heading, write a brief description of the discussion. This will only be displayed to users who have not linked their Slack account.
4. At the bottom of the dialog, click the Add button.

Your existing discussion on Slack is now linked to the asset for future reference! 🎉

Start direct chats from Atlan user profiles

To start a direct chat with another Atlan user:

1. Hover over any username.
2. In the resulting dialog, click the Say Hi Slack icon next to the user's name.

You are now in a direct chat with that user in Slack! 🎉

Query Atlan from within Slack

Find terms

To search for terms in Atlan from within Slack:

1. Enter /search-term <search words>.
2. Review the results (only visible to you).
3. Send any result(s) you want to the channel.

You've now shared terms with others without ever leaving Slack! 🎉

Find queries

To search for queries in Atlan from within Slack:

1. Enter /search-query <search words>.
2. Review the results (only visible to you).
3. Send any result(s) you want to the channel.

You've now shared queries with others without ever leaving Slack! 🎉

Provide context for any asset link

Other times you may have a link for an asset already. You can do more than just share the link — Atlan's bot will expand the context of that link directly in Slack.

To provide detail for an asset in Slack:

1. Paste an asset link into Slack, along with any other context in your message.
2. The Atlan bot will expand the link with a card of contextual metadata.

The channel can now understand the basics about the asset without ever leaving Slack! 🎉

View workflow alerts in Slack

You can configure the Slack integration to receive alerts for workflow activities from Atlan. This can help you monitor your workflows directly in Slack. You can also choose to receive failure alerts only.

To view workflow alerts in Slack:

1. Open the Slack channel you configured to view workflow notifications.
2. The Atlan bot will share workflow alerts — including details like run status, start time, run time, trigger type, and last three runs.
3. (Optional) Click View on Atlan to open the workflow link in Atlan.

You can now inspect crawled assets or troubleshoot in case of any failed workflows.

Take action on requests in Slack

You can configure the Slack integration to receive notifications for metadata update requests raised in Atlan, and approve or reject them directly from Slack.

To take action on requests in Slack:

1. From the left Apps menu in Slack, click the Atlan app.
2. If request notifications are enabled, the app will display requests raised in Atlan — including asset name and basic information, and the type of metadata update requested. To take action on a request:
   • Click Reject to reject the update.
   • Click Accept to accept the update.

The status of the request will be updated in Slack to inform your team that no further action is required.