Use the Datadog Connector to send data from Decodable to Datadog for downstream analytics. You can use this connector to send data from the Decodable _metrics stream into Datadog in order to monitor the state and health of your Decodable connections and pipelines. For information about the type of metrics that Decodable tracks, see System Events and Metrics.

Overview


Connector name	Datadog
Type	Sink
Delivery Guarantee	at least once

Create a connection to Datadog using the Datadog Connector

Prerequisites

A Datadog API key. You can generate an API key in Datadog by navigating to the Organization Settings under your account menu, and then choosing API Keys. Select New Key to generate an API Key.

Steps: Create a connection with the Datadog Connector

Follow these steps to send data from Decodable into Datadog. These steps assume that you are using the Decodable web interface. However, if you want to use the Decodable CLI to create the connection, you can refer to the Property Name column for information about what the underlying property names are.

From the Connections page, select the Datadog connector and complete the following fields.

UI Field	Property Name in the Decodable CLI	Description
API Key	api-key	The Datadog API key that you generated as part of the prerequisites. If you are using the Decodable CLI, this is the ID of a secret resource in your account. Run `decodable secret list` to view available secrets or `decodable secret --help` for help with creating a new secret. Note: For security purposes, Decodable will never display secret values in plaintext. You can manage which users have permissions to create, delete, or modify secrets in the Access Control management view. See Manage Roles, Groups, and Permissions for more information.
Site	site	The site that you want to send data to. Must be one of the following values: - datadoghq.com - us3.datadoghq.com - us5.datadoghq.com - datadoghq.eu - ddog-gov.com See Getting Started with Datadog Sites in the Datadog documentation for more information about sites.
Metric Name Column	metric-name-column	The field name in the input stream containing the metric name. If you want to send data from the `_metrics` stream, enter `metric_name`.
Metric Value Column	metric-value-column	The field name in the input stream containing the metric value. If you want to send data from the `_metrics` stream, enter `metric_value`.
Timestamp Column	timestamp-column	The field name in the input stream containing the timestamp. If you want to send data from the `_metrics` stream, enter `timestamp`.
Tag Columns	tag-columns	Enter any additional field names that you'd like to include as tags on the metrics. If you want to send data from the `_metrics` stream, see Metrics for the field names that you can include.
Static Tags	static-tags	Optional. A comma-separated list of static key:value pairs that will be included as tags on the metrics.
Metric Name Prefix	metric-name-prefix	Optional. A prefix to add to the names of your metrics. For example, for the metric `records-in-total` and a prefix `myaccount_`, the metric name you would see in Datadog would be `myaccount_records-in-total`.

Select which stream contains the records that you’d like to send to Datadog. Then, select Next.
Give the newly created connection a Name and Description and select Save.

You can now use this connection to send data from Decodable into Datadog for additional monitoring!