Assign a Broadcast Topic to a Slack Channel

To let users share incident updates in Slack, assign a broadcast topic to one or more Slack channels. When an incident occurs, incident teams can then send broadcast Slack messages to a channel in Slack based on a broadcast topic.

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Before you assign a broadcast topic to a Slack channel, create a broadcast topic.

Note
Note Only public channels are supported for broadcast Slack messages.

You can assign a broadcast topic to only one Slack channel at a time. After the broadcast topic is assigned to a channel, a broadcast topic collaboration room record is created.

  1. From a broadcast topic record, select the Assign to Slack Channel quick action.
    Assign to Slack Channel button highlighted
  2. Select your Slack workspace.
  3. Select the Slack channel that incident team members can send a broadcast Slack message to based on the selected broadcast topic.
  4. Click Assign.
  5. To assign the broadcast topic to more Slack channels, click Add Another, and then repeat steps 1 through 4.

After you finish assigning broadcast topics to Slack channels, give users access to Broadcast Communication objects.