In this article, we'll take a closer look at how you can setup and use Slack to maximise the visibility and accessibility of your experimentation efforts!
🚨 Private Channels are not available for selection by default. In order to connect to a private Slack channel, you will need to add the Effective Experiments app to that channel first. See how you can do that below
Setting Up Slack
To setup Slack, you can follow these steps:
Visit project settings,
Open integrations tab
Go to Slack
Click connect
Authorise
Choose your channel (Private channels not included by default)
Choose your configuration
Complete setup
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Receiving Updates Within Slack
Here's a list of all the updates you can expect to receive within Slack
Research | New research card created |
| Updates made to status |
Ideas & Hypothesis | New idea card created |
| Updates made to status |
Experiments | New experiment card created |
| Updates made to status |
Comments | Comment added to research observation |
| Comment added to ideas card |
| Comment added to experiments card |
Getting access to private channels
🚨 You will need to repeat this process for each private Slack channel you want to connect to Effective Experiments
To gain access to a private channel when setting up the Slack integration, you need to ensure that the Effective Experiments app has been added to the private channel in question.
Step 1
Go to your slack account. Open the private channel that you would like to use with the integration. Locate the icon in the upper right-hand corner with your picture or avatar. Click to open the channel menu. From there, click on the "Integrations" tab and select "Add an App":
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Step 2
Search for "EE App" to locate the Effective Experiments app. Click "Add" to add the app to your private channel.
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Step 3
Go to Effective Experiments account and follow the steps to set up the Slack Integration. During the setup, hen you are prompted to choose a channel, you will now see the option to select your private channel:
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Done! You should now be able to receive updates!