From 13a782b3f6491b62fba6fc36fc11e79b77607d7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brkelley Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:40:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Updated DO monitor docs to support manual triggers --- .vscode/settings.json | 22 ++++++++++++++++++- .../en/monitors/types/data_observability.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json index 8ab8467bd76..b6410704492 100644 --- a/.vscode/settings.json +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -7,5 +7,25 @@ "editor.defaultFormatter": "stripe.markdoc-language-support", "editor.formatOnSave": false, "editor.tabSize": 2 - } + }, + "workbench.colorCustomizations": { + "activityBar.activeBackground": "#7b3acb", + "activityBar.background": "#7b3acb", + "activityBar.foreground": "#e7e7e7", + "activityBar.inactiveForeground": "#e7e7e799", + "activityBarBadge.background": "#d0894e", + "activityBarBadge.foreground": "#15202b", + "commandCenter.border": "#e7e7e799", + "sash.hoverBorder": "#7b3acb", + "statusBar.background": "#632ca6", + "statusBar.foreground": "#e7e7e7", + "statusBarItem.hoverBackground": "#7b3acb", + "statusBarItem.remoteBackground": "#632ca6", + "statusBarItem.remoteForeground": "#e7e7e7", + "titleBar.activeBackground": "#632ca6", + "titleBar.activeForeground": "#e7e7e7", + "titleBar.inactiveBackground": "#632ca699", + "titleBar.inactiveForeground": "#e7e7e799" + }, + "peacock.color": "#632CA6" } diff --git a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md index 0f6ddc8b849..9614fbaa65e 100644 --- a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md +++ b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md @@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ Set how often the monitor evaluates your data: - **Hourly**: The monitor runs every hour. - **Daily**: The monitor runs once per day. +- **Manual**: The monitor only runs when triggered programmatically. You can triggers these monitors using the APIs found [here](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/data-observability/). ### Set alert conditions From e785d049f29b6afd87d1b3f770169d01bb6ccafe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brkelley Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 14:59:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/4] removed settings and updated wording --- .vscode/settings.json | 22 +------------------ .../en/monitors/types/data_observability.md | 3 ++- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json index b6410704492..8ab8467bd76 100644 --- a/.vscode/settings.json +++ b/.vscode/settings.json @@ -7,25 +7,5 @@ "editor.defaultFormatter": "stripe.markdoc-language-support", "editor.formatOnSave": false, "editor.tabSize": 2 - }, - "workbench.colorCustomizations": { - "activityBar.activeBackground": "#7b3acb", - "activityBar.background": "#7b3acb", - "activityBar.foreground": "#e7e7e7", - "activityBar.inactiveForeground": "#e7e7e799", - "activityBarBadge.background": "#d0894e", - "activityBarBadge.foreground": "#15202b", - "commandCenter.border": "#e7e7e799", - "sash.hoverBorder": "#7b3acb", - "statusBar.background": "#632ca6", - "statusBar.foreground": "#e7e7e7", - "statusBarItem.hoverBackground": "#7b3acb", - "statusBarItem.remoteBackground": "#632ca6", - "statusBarItem.remoteForeground": "#e7e7e7", - "titleBar.activeBackground": "#632ca6", - "titleBar.activeForeground": "#e7e7e7", - "titleBar.inactiveBackground": "#632ca699", - "titleBar.inactiveForeground": "#e7e7e799" - }, - "peacock.color": "#632CA6" + } } diff --git a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md index 9614fbaa65e..2eb878cf307 100644 --- a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md +++ b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Set how often the monitor evaluates your data: - **Hourly**: The monitor runs every hour. - **Daily**: The monitor runs once per day. -- **Manual**: The monitor only runs when triggered programmatically. You can triggers these monitors using the APIs found [here](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/data-observability/). +- **Manual**: The monitor only runs when triggered programmatically. Trigger these monitors using the [Data Observability API][10]. ### Set alert conditions @@ -299,3 +299,4 @@ On a monitor's status page, click **Annotate Bounds**, select a time range on th [7]: https://app.datadoghq.com/data-obs/monitors [8]: /monitors/configuration/?tab=thresholdalert#thresholds [9]: /help/ +[10]: /api/latest/data-observability/ From 5e49ac0ec1c72b6ec96637cdc174d3722e624d46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bebo Kelley Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:21:40 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Update content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com> --- content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md index 2eb878cf307..505cad619ab 100644 --- a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md +++ b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Set how often the monitor evaluates your data: - **Hourly**: The monitor runs every hour. - **Daily**: The monitor runs once per day. -- **Manual**: The monitor only runs when triggered programmatically. Trigger these monitors using the [Data Observability API][10]. +- **Manual**: The monitor runs only when triggered programmatically. Trigger these monitors using the [Data Observability API][10]. ### Set alert conditions From 594229774de500df059d3387b3dabca10d704e0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: brkelley Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:44:03 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 4/4] updated docs with more information to help users understand the limitations of this feature --- content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md index 505cad619ab..e9e7436f818 100644 --- a/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md +++ b/content/en/monitors/types/data_observability.md @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ Set how often the monitor evaluates your data: - **Hourly**: The monitor runs every hour. - **Daily**: The monitor runs once per day. -- **Manual**: The monitor runs only when triggered programmatically. Trigger these monitors using the [Data Observability API][10]. +- **Manual**: The monitor runs only when triggered programmatically. Trigger these monitors using the [Data Observability API][10] on a schedule so enough historical data can accumulate for modeling to be useful. Currently, the UI does not support default metrics like row counts and freshness, so this workflow only applies to custom or column-level metrics. ### Set alert conditions