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Overview

The Webex integration unlocks a workflow action that automatically creates a Webex meeting for each incident. If you’re unfamiliar with how workflows function, see the Workflows documentation first.
Webex workflow action in Rootly

Available Actions

Create Webex Meeting

This action creates a Webex meeting link for a specific incident.
Rootly enforces one Webex meeting per incident. If this action runs again for the same incident, it will be skipped.
Create Webex Meeting action configuration
Meeting Name
string
The title of the Webex meeting. Defaults to {{ incident.title }}. Supports Liquid variables.
Password
string
The meeting password. Leave blank to have Rootly generate a secure password automatically.
Slack Channels
string
One or more Slack channels to post the meeting link to. Use {{ incident.slack_channel_id }} to post to the incident channel, or {{ parent_incident.slack_channel_id }} for the parent incident’s channel.
Use the Liquid Variable Explorer to preview what values Liquid variables return before saving your workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. Use Liquid variables in the Meeting Name field. For example: {{ incident.severity }} - {{ incident.title }} will produce names like SEV1 - Database Outage.
The most common trigger is Incident Created. This creates the meeting immediately when an incident is declared. You can also use Incident Updated if you want to create a meeting only when certain conditions are met (e.g., severity escalates to SEV1).