Get population updates on a schedule
Keep recurring planning documents supplied with population estimates for the places you track.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Population Estimates
Retrieves population estimates and related demographic or population-change data.
Why this helps
Recurring reports are easy to postpone when population data has to be researched from scratch each time.
- Runs on a recurring schedule you choose.
- Collects estimates for the geographies named in the request.
- Creates a repeatable brief for a document workflow.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ActiveMerge and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve population estimates for the specified geographies and prepare a brief using the returned data.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and set the cadence in Notis.
- 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real geography.
Questions about this workflow
Does the schedule know which areas I track?
You must provide the geographies in the instruction or request. Census cannot supply your private tracking list.
Can the brief compare the estimates with a prior period?
It can summarize comparisons when the request and returned dataset contain comparable periods. Otherwise, it should present the available estimate without implying change.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link ActiveMerge to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
ActiveMerge 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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Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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Geocode Address Parts
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Geocode Address with Geography
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
ActiveMerge and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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