Compare candidate counties before choosing where to expand
Send a candidate county list and industry through your webhook request. Notis retrieves County Business Patterns and summarizes available establishment and employment statistics for review.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get County Business Patterns
Tool to retrieve county business patterns (cbp) data for a specified year. use when you need county-level business establishment and employment statistics filtered by industry and geography.
Why this helps
Choosing expansion locations is harder when the basic business landscape has to be gathered county by county.
- Review multiple candidate counties against the same industry context.
- Get an initial screen before committing to deeper research.
- Keep the selected year and geography visible in results.
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 to retrieve County Business Patterns for the named industry, year, and candidate counties and summarize comparable figures.
- 4Choose a webhook trigger and a report channel.
- 5Test with one real candidate list and check that the returned geographies are comparable.
Questions about this workflow
Does this recommend the best county?
It can summarize the requested statistics. A recommendation requires your selection criteria and other relevant inputs, which should be stated in the instruction.
Does it reveal named competitors?
No. County Business Patterns provides aggregate business establishment and employment statistics.
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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