def METHOD_NAME(self, title: str, text: str, alert_type: str = ALERT_INFO,
                  tags: Dict[str, str] = None, aggregation_key: str = None):
    if datadog_initialized():
        api.Event.create(
            title=title, text=text, tags=tags,
            alert_type=alert_type, aggregation_key=aggregation_key,
        )
    else:
        datadog_logger.debug('Metrics event: (%s) %s\n%s\n%s', alert_type, title, text, tags)