Refresh the demographics snapshot for your active markets
Give your market review a regular refresh using the latest annual ACS estimates available for each specified area.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Tool to retrieve 1-year american community survey (acs) estimates for a specified geography. use when you need the most recent annual acs data for a given area.
Why this helps
Market snapshots become stale when no one owns repeating the Census lookup and refreshing the working notes.
- Retrieve the most recent annual ACS estimates available for specified areas.
- Summarize selected demographic statistics in one brief.
- Reduce manual repeat lookups during market reviews.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Ably and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Notis and give it a clear name.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve ACS 1-year estimates for the specified geographies and variables, then summarize the data and state the year used.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real geography and review the reported year and figures.
Questions about this workflow
Which ACS data does this use?
It uses the ACS 1-year estimates action, intended for the most recent annual estimates available for a specified geography.
Will every geography have a 1-year estimate?
Availability depends on the specified geography and data. Ask Notis to state when the requested estimate is unavailable.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Tool to retrieve 1-year american community survey (acs) estimates for a specified geography. use when you need the most recent annual acs data for a given area.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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