Understand the Census variables behind your research
Get clear metadata for a Census variable while reviewing information extracted from a document.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Get Variable Details
Retrieves metadata and valid values for a dataset variable.
Why this helps
Variable codes are hard to interpret later when the reason for researching them is buried in a separate document.
- Retrieve metadata for a specific variable, dataset, and year.
- See labels, concepts, data types, and valid-value constraints in the report.
- Keep the document context connected to the research question.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinda and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis the outcome in plain language.
- 3Ask Notis to use the parsed document context to retrieve details for specified Census variables, dataset, and year.
- 4Pick the webhook trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real document and confirm the variable metadata answers the question.
Questions about this workflow
Can it discover variables when I only have a topic?
This action retrieves details for a specific variable. Use the variable discovery action first if you need to find candidate variables.
What details does the lookup return?
The listed action can provide the label, concept, data type, attribute codes, and valid-value constraints.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
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Webhook trigger
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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