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Tag: Web Hooks

Introducing the Webhooks Extension in Dovetail Carrier

August 8, 2017 We recently added a new extension to Dovetail Carrier - a Webhooks Extension.  What's a webhook?Webhooks are "user-defined HTTP callbacks". They are usually triggered by some event, such as pushing code to a repository or a comment being posted to a blog. When that event occurs, the source site makes an HTTP request to the URI configured for the webhook. Users can configure them to cause events on one site to invoke behavior on another. The action taken may be anything.This allows for making a web request based on an event within your Clarify/Dovetail system. A business rule can fire based on the event. Dovetail Rulemanager will evaluate the rule, and send a message to Dovetail Carrier. With the webhooks extension, that message can tell Carrier to make an HTTP request.When Carrier receives a message with a type of InvokeUrl, the…

Collecting In-App User Feedback in Dovetail Agent

July 25, 2017 In a previous post, I covered the basics of Action Items, and how they can be used. Here, I'll illustrate how we used action items as a way of capturing user feedback within the Dovetail Agent app.   Within the page header in Dovetail Agent is a Send Feedback icon. Send Feedback Icon / Link in Dovetail Agent   Clicking that opens a Send Feedback form. Send Feedback Form   It's a very simple form - a dropdown for the subject: Suggestion, Bug, Compliment, or Question, and then a Feedback text box, where the user can type in some feedback. This feedback mechanism allows our users to easily report a bug, ask a question, or send us a compliment about something within the app. Upon submitting the form, the user gets a…