Service Accounts for Workflows

To add an automated trigger to a workflow, the workflow must have an associated service account. The service account is needed to:

• resolve the connections defined in the workflow actions at runtime
• provide an identity for workflow executions
• provide an identity for workflow audit trails

To create a service account for a workflow, you must have either the Datadog admin role, or a custom role with the Service Account Write permission. The service account you create adopts your role and permissions. For more information on service accounts and permissions, see Service accounts.

Associate a service account with a workflow

You can dynamically create a service account for your workflow when you add an automatic trigger. Alternatively, click on the workflow name and click Create.

Service accounts use the email address associated with your Datadog account and follow the pattern: [WF]: <your-workflow-name>.

View service account details

To view a service account’s details:

1. On your workflow canvas, click on the automated trigger.
2. Next to the service account, click View.

Further reading

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

Learn more about Datadog service accountsDOCUMENTATION Learn how to create Connections for the actions in your workflow.DOCUMENTATION