Postgres data freshness monitoring with email alerts
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Nodes used (9)
- Schedule Trigger
n8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger - Loop Over Items (Split in Batches)
n8n-nodes-base.splitInBatches - Aggregate
n8n-nodes-base.aggregate - Postgres
n8n-nodes-base.postgres - Date & Time
n8n-nodes-base.dateTime - Edit Fields (Set)
n8n-nodes-base.set - Filter
n8n-nodes-base.filter - Code
n8n-nodes-base.code - Execute Sub-workflow
n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflow
What it does
Monitor Postgres Data Freshness and Email Alert If Stale This template monitors a set of tables inside a Postgres database to ensure they're getting updated. If the table hasn't been updated in 3 days (configurable), an email alert is sent containing the tables that are stale. Requirements You must have a Postgres database containing one or more tables that you'd like to monitor. Each table to monitor must have a date or timestamp column that tracks when data was pushed. For example, this might be: - A timestamp column if your table holds event/timeseries data - A lastupdated column if your rows are expected to be modified Usage 1. Use this template 1. Add your Postgres and email credentials 1. Adjust the Produce tables + date columns node to produce pairs of table, datecolumn that should be monitored for freshness - 💁♂️ Note that a timestamp column also works 1. (Optional) Adjust the Remove fresh tables node for your desired staleness window (default is 3 days, but you can adjust as you please) 1. (Optional) Customize the Send alerts node to call whichever alerting workflow you please (I recommend my alerting workflow for easiest plug-and-play) How it works This template works by: 1. Pulling the most recent row for each table 1. Calculating how out-of-date each table is, in days 1. Dropping fresh tables that have been updated within the past 3 days 1. Sending an email alert with the stale tables that haven't been updated within the past 3 days