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# Slack

The following section explains how to integrate Slack as collaboration tool with cfxOIA using Webhook.

### Create Webhook for Slack Messages in cfxOIA

**Step 1:** Login to cfxDimensions through web-browser UI (as Project Admin user)

**Step 2:** Click on ‘OIA (Ops Intelligence & Analytics)’ app

**Step 3:** Click on an existing Project hamburger menu and click on 'Configure Project'.

**Step 4**: Click on Messages tab from Project Configuration Tab.

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**Step 5**: Click '+' to add Slack as Message Endpoint to the selected project.

**Step 6**: Select 'Source' as Endpoint Role. Enter Name and Description.

**Step 7**: Select 'Default Slack collaboration messages from cfxOIA Incident Room' as Event Type.

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**Step 8**: Select 'Webhook With Basic Authentication' as Endpoint Type

**Step 9**: For 'Hostname or IP address', enter FQDN DNS Name or IP Address of cfxDimension platform. This is used within the Webhook URL.

**Step 10**: Protocol, Port, URI and Security Token are optional and not required

**Step 11**:  Enter 'Username' and 'Password' to enable HTTP Basic authentication for Webhook. Leave empty to disable HTTP Basic authentication.

**Step 12**:  Click on 'Save' to create Webhook based messaging for Slack tool

**Step 13**: On the context menu of newly created message end point, click on 'Enable' to activate it.

**Step 14**: On the context menu of newly created message end point, click on 'Webhook URL' to view and copy the URL. A sample webhook url is as shown below.

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### Configure Slack for Messages over a Webhook

**Step 1**: Login to <https://api.slack.com/apps>

**Step 2**: Click on 'Create New App' or use an existing App.

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**Step 3**: Click on 'Slash Commands' to create new outgoing webhook. Always choose the right channel in Slack for which the messages needs flow as shown below.

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**Step 4**: Configure the Webhook. The details as given below.

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