Before you startBefore you can start using the alerts, make sure to install the dbt package, configure a profile and install the CLI. This is required for the alerts to work.Elementary sends alerts using Microsoft Teams Adaptive Cards format, which provides rich formatting and interactive capabilities. You can create a webhook URL using either Microsoft Teams Connectors (legacy, being deprecated) or Power Automate Workflows (recommended).
First create a Microsoft Teams team:
Now it's time to set up a webhook. You have two options for creating a webhook:
Lastly, pass the webhook URL (from either method) to the CLI as a param or in the config.yml file:

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Execute the CLI

Make sure to run the following command after your dbt runs and tests: 
edr monitor --teams-webhook <your_teams_webhook> --group-by [table | alert]
Or just edr monitor if you used config.yml.

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Alert on source freshness failures

Not supported in dbt cloud To alert on source freshness, you will need to run edr run-operation upload-source-freshness right after each execution of dbt source freshness. This operation will upload the results to a table, and the execution of edr monitor will send the actual alert.
  • Note that dbt source freshness and upload-source-freshness needs to run from the same machine.
  • Note that upload-source-freshness requires passing --project-dir argument.

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Continuous alerting

In order to monitor continuously, use your orchestrator to execute it regularly (we recommend running it right after your dbt job ends to monitor the latest data updates). Read more about how to deploy Elementary in production. If you need help or wish to consult on this, reach out to us on Slack.