Teams - Create Channel
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Overview
You can use this Snap to create a channel for the selected team.
Snap Type
Teams - Create Channel Snap is a Write-type Snap that adds a channel within a team.
Prerequisites
None.
Support for Ultra Pipelines
Works in Ultra Pipelines.
Limitations
You can send up to a maximum of 3000 messages per app per day, to a given channel.
You can create up to 37 channels in a team besides the default channel - General.
Known Issues
None.
Snap Views
Type | Format | Number of Views | Examples of Upstream and Downstream Snaps | Description |
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Input | Document |
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| A document containing details of the channel to create such as channel name or description. |
Output | Document |
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| A document containing details of the new channel. |
Error | Error handling is a generic way to handle errors without losing data or failing the Snap execution. You can handle the errors that the Snap might encounter while running the Pipeline by choosing one of the following options from the When errors occur list under the Views tab:
Learn more about Error handling in Pipelines. |
Snap Settings
Asterisk (*): Indicates a mandatory field.
Suggestion icon (): Indicates a list that is dynamically populated based on the configuration.
Expression icon (): Indicates whether the value is an expression (if enabled) or a static value (if disabled). Learn more about Using Expressions in SnapLogic.
Add icon (): Indicates that you can add fields in the field set.
Remove icon (): Indicates that you can remove fields from the field set.
Field Name | Field Type | Description |
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Label*
Default Value: Channel Operations | String | Specify a unique name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline. |
Team ID*
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression/Suggestion | Specify the ID of the team. Alternatively, click the icon to fetch a list of team IDs associated with the account. |
Channel Name*
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify a name for the new channel. |
Channel Description
Default Value: N/A | String/Expression | Specify a description for the channel. |
Private Channel
Default Value: Deselected | Checkbox | Select to create the specified channel as a private channel. Public and Private Channels Public channels contain all team members, by default. You can add or remove members only in private channels. |
Number of Retries
Default Value: 0 | Integer/Expression | Specify the number of attempts the Snap makes to perform the selected operation in case of connection failure/unsuccessful attempts. |