Slack Messaging Setup

When are slack messages sent?

renderbot sends messages to groups or users on slack when

• There is a new publish
• If a task status is changed to “Update to Comp” or “Update to Lighting” in ftrack.

How can I ensure my channel receives messages?

In order for the messaging to work, we need to make sure

• renderbot is part of the slack group

  type /invite @renderbot in the slack channel to make renderbot part of that group

• Add the slack channel or user to the config file. The config file is located at /data/production/pipeline/linux/common/config/slack_ftrack_users.json The file contains a one to one correspondence between the ftrack project name or ftrack username and the slack channel or username.

  Example:

  {
  #Ftrack username : Slack username
  "Natasha":"@natasha",
  "Derik":"@derik",
  "Jeanelize":"@jeaneliz",
  "JC":"@jc",
  "Will":"@will",
  "David": "@davetheron",
  "Gina":"@gina_gibson",
  "Dominique":"@dominique",
  "George":"@gwebster",
  "Jason":"@jason",
  "Bradlee":"@hyro-chan",
  "vf_alone":"#alone",
  "sep_dsl":"#dsl",
  #Ftrack Project: Slack channel name
  "osg_szm":"#sizematters",
  "rnd_pipeline":"#test",
  "tutorials":"tutorials"
  }