topic Re: Customize button in Slack block with Qlik Application Automation in order to interact with Qlik API in Qlik Automate

Customize button in Slack block with Qlik Application Automation in order to interact with Qlik API

achampire — Tue, 26 Apr 2022 21:08:18 GMT

Hello and welcome to every readers !

I am looking to go forward with Qlik Application Automation and precisely the Send Message With Blocks from Slack.

I correctly built a wonderful box with button but I want to customize buttons in order to interact with my Qlik Tenant.

I want for example to add a member into a managed space using the Spaces Qlik Rest API with the Post method but I don't figure it out how to do that or if it is possible to do it this way.

Is someone from Qlik or an automation expert with some experience with Slack API can help me ?

Thank a lot !

Alexandre CHAMPIRÉ

Re: Customize button in Slack block with Qlik Application Automation in order to interact with Qlik API

Emile_Koslowski — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 14:47:05 GMT

Hi Alexandre,

Can you make POST or GET requests through the Slack button? If so, you can use that to run a triggered automation. Inside the automation, you can then add the member to a space.

More information on triggered automations can be found here: Triggered automations

Kind regards,
Emile

Re: Customize button in Slack block with Qlik Application Automation in order to interact with Qlik API

achampire — Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:18:40 GMT

Hi Emile.

In the Slack Button you can add an url value.

As you mentionned, I created a Triggered automation. I retreive the triggered url from it, add to the url generated by my button the assigneeId and spaces id to used them on the Add member to space blocks.

It's not the scenario I had in mind because I didn't want to triggered another automation from my button (I would prefer it triggered the automation content directly from the button itself) but it is working.

Thank you.

Alexandre CHAMPIRÉ