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In order to be a member of an existing Slack workspace, you will have to join one first. Create a new workspace or find an existing one in Slack to integrate it with our app. 

In this notification provider, everything happens on a workspace which is a group of people using Slack together. For this reason, it is best to add our notification app to your Slack channels and workspaces. You can install it by clicking the Add to Slack button.

Adding a Slack Channel Provider

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  1. Log in as a user with

  2. the Jira Administrators 
  3. the 'Jira Administrators' global permission.

  4. Choose the cog icon> Add-ons
  5. Navigate to Admin menu →  Manage apps. Select SLA PowerBox

  6. >
  7. Notification Providers to open the SLA Notification Providers page.
    (info) Tip: Keyboard shortcutg + g + start typing notification providers...

  8. Click the Add Provider button.  

  9. Select Slack Channel Next.

  10. Fill in

    all required fields which are listed and described below.
  11. Confirm your choice with the Create button.  

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Configuration Fields:

  1. Name

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Description - A short description of your notification.

  1. and optional Description.

  2. Click Add to Slack button. You will be redirected to your Slack workspace, select a channel for SLA PowerBox notifications and press Allow button.

  3. Authorization token will appear on your screen, please copy it and paste it into Token field.

  4. Fill in Channel

Slack application - You can install it by clicking the Add to Slack button to add our notification app to your Slack channels and workspaces.

Token - It is a Slack token required for authorization. In this case the authorization is based on a Slack token. The required token should appear on your screen after the installation of the app.

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  1. to which the notification will be sent. 

Username - Enter the bot's display username.

As user - When creating a Slack provider, you have to decide if you want the notification to be sent by a user or by a bot.
If the Username field will be filled in and the As a user field will be marked false, the message will be sent by a bot with the name you have previously entered.

  1. Confirm your choice with the Create button.  

  2. Go to your Slack workspace and invite SLA PowerBox bot to the desired channel: start typing @SLA PowerBox… → Invite to Channel.

Test token Test token - You can test your Slack token and check if the notifications will be send are sent properly by clicking this button.