Set a Channel Topic

Slack

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Availability

This workflow action is available on our Business and Enterprise for Incident Management pricing plans. Please contact our Sales Team to upgrade to an account with this action.

Description

Set a Slack channel's topic.

Instructions

  1. If you have not done so already, please follow our instructions to Create an Incident Workflow.
  2. When you are prompted to add actions , select this action.
  3. Enter the following Inputs and then click Save. Continue following instructions to Publish the Workflow. When the action runs, you will see the Outputs listed below.

Inputs

NameDescription
WorkspaceSelect the Slack Workspace with your desired channel from the list in the dropdown, or click Connect Another Slack Workspace to add a new one.
ChannelSelect Dedicated Incident Channel or A specific channel to determine where the message is sent.

- If you select Dedicated Incident Channel, the action will run on the channel associated with the incident. If there is no dedicated slack channel for the incident, the action will fail.
- If you select A specific channel, choose your desired channel from the Select the Channel dropdown. Note: If you have not already done so, you or an administration may need to link your Slack account before your workspace's channels will appear in the dropdown.
TopicEnter the channel topic. The topic must be less than 250 characters, and will overwrite the existing channel topic when this action is invoked.

Outputs

NameDescription
ResultValue that shows if the action was successful or not. Either "Success" or "Failed."
Result SummaryBrief description of what the action did or if it failed.
ErrorBrief description that is populated if the action failed.