Tip of the Week: Using Webhooks in Data Alerts for Automated Action Analytics

Tip of the Week: Using Webhooks in Data Alerts for Automated Action Analytics

Are you tired of manually monitoring the data and afraid that you might miss key changes? Worry not. Zoho Analytics will monitor your data, and alert you when there is a significant change in any of the key business metrics. This enables you to take appropriate timely actions, and to seize the right opportunities.


Using the Webhook option available in (Data) Alerts, you can set up automated actions. You can set up any action using this Webhook request. Once the specified condition mentioned in the Alert is met, the webhook will be triggered, and the set action will be executed. 


How to set up a sequence of actions using a Webhook? 

You can set up any action using the Webhook. Services like Zoho Flow and Zapier enable you to set up different actions in various applications.


Here, we're going to set up a chain of actions using Zoho Flow. 

  1. Create a Webhook-based flow in Zoho Flow.



  2. Copy the Webhook URL for the action to be configured. 



  3. Login to Zoho Analytics.
  4. Create the alert over the required report. Here, we track the sales trend.



  5. Define the alert condition.



  6. Select the Webbhook request option in the Action to Perform section.
  7. Specify the Zoho Flow Webhook details in the corresponding section.



  8. Click Save . The Data Alert is saved. 
  9. Now, come back to Zoho Flow to define the actions to be executed when the alert is triggered. 
  10. Open the Zoho Flow builder. All supported applications with the corresponding actions will be listed on the left.
  11. Drag and drop the required actions. Here, we've configured a chain of actions.
    • Send a message in a Zoho Cliq Channel.
    • Send a notification through Zoho Mail.


  12. Click the Edit icon to configure each action. 

Once the data meets the conditions defined in the Alert, it will trigger the actions created in Zoho Flow.


Message in Zoho Cliq



Email Sent



Hope you find this tip to take actions using webhooks useful. Stay tuned for more updates.