# How to trigger slack notifications as a Validation Action

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**Created:** [May 28, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-trigger-slack-notifications-as-a-validation-action/228 "2020-05-28T16:44:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![kyle](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.greatexpectations.io/kyle/32/18_2.png) [@kyle](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/kyle)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-trigger-slack-notifications-as-a-validation-action/228/1 "2020-05-28T16:44:24Z")

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This article is for comments to: [How to trigger Slack notifications as a Validation Action — great\_expectations documentation](https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/guides/how_to_guides/validation/how_to_trigger_slack_notifications_as_a_validation_action.html)

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**Author:** ![Sandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Sandra](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/Sandra)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-trigger-slack-notifications-as-a-validation-action/228/2 "2020-08-31T23:33:55Z")

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[https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/guides/how\_to\_guides/validation/how\_to\_trigger\_slack\_notifications\_as\_a\_validation\_action.html](https://docs.greatexpectations.io/en/latest/guides/how_to_guides/validation/how_to_trigger_slack_notifications_as_a_validation_action.html)

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**Author:** ![EliPino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EliPino](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/u/EliPino)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2020, 4:38pm UTC](https://discourse.greatexpectations.io/t/how-to-trigger-slack-notifications-as-a-validation-action/228/3 "2020-09-14T16:38:14Z")

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Super useful article!  
I’d also like to know how to customize Slack notifications.  
I’m currently doing this by changing the renderer in great\_expectations.yml but it only works when the change is done inside the local GE module.  
I cannot use my own module to read the renderer from there. The message I’m getting is:

 ![Captura de pantalla 2020-09-14 a las 18.37.01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/greatexpectations/original/1X/04085e57c356eadab69453f3efff9a0f79c7c7da.png)