Put a focused annual business survey review on the calendar
Choose the annual survey endpoint and year your research depends on. Notis can retrieve that ABS data on a schedule and summarize the returned findings.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get American Business Survey
Tool to retrieve annual business survey (abs) data for a specified year and endpoint.
Why this helps
Annual survey information can be missed when a research owner has to remember both the dataset and the follow-up.
- Make an annual data review part of a regular operating rhythm.
- Keep the survey endpoint explicit in the workflow.
- Deliver the summary to a channel your team checks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 2chat and Census Bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Tell Notis which American Business Survey endpoint and year to retrieve and how to summarize the response.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real year and endpoint before the next scheduled run.
Questions about this workflow
Can it discover the right endpoint?
The Census action requires a specified endpoint. Identify the endpoint in your instruction or request before setting the schedule.
Will results always update each year?
The action retrieves data for a specified year and endpoint. Your instruction should define how to select the appropriate year and the report should state the year retrieved.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 2chat to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
2chat triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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