# X-Pack reporting watcher slack

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [November 22, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801 "2018-11-22T06:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mihail\_Homenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mihail_homenko/32/46108_2.png) [@Mihail\_Homenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mihail_Homenko)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801/1 "2018-11-22T06:11:01Z")

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Hi,  
we're using Elastic Cloud SaaS (v6.3.0). Going to periodically send X-Pack reports to a Slack channel using watcher. I could be wrong but, as I understand, we cannot send reporting files in such a way. [Here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/configuring-slack.html) attachments are mentioned but seems it's not related to files.  
[This example](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/automating-report-generation.html) describes 'email' action usage.  
So, the question is could I use Slack action to send X-Pack reporting files from Elastic Cloud?  
Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801/2 "2018-11-26T16:27:41Z")

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Hey,

currently you can only use the `email` action to attach a PDF, but not the slack action.

--Alex

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**Author:** ![Mihail\_Homenko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mihail_homenko/32/46108_2.png) [@Mihail\_Homenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mihail_Homenko)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801/3 "2018-11-26T16:47:05Z")

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Hi Alex,  
Ok, thank you for response.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/x-pack-reporting-watcher-slack/157801/4 "2018-12-24T16:47:17Z")

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