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Add county business context to market files

Bring establishment and employment statistics into the same review cycle as new market files in Box.

Trigger

New Item Added to Folder

Triggers when a new item (file, folder, or web link) is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new items are detected.

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

Comparing local business activity takes repeated searches across counties and industries, delaying a useful market screen.

  • Retrieve county level establishment and employment statistics for named industries.
  • Compare candidate counties from a single research pass.
  • Identify missing industry or geography details before analysis.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Box and Census bureau once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to read new market files and retrieve county business patterns for their named counties and industries.
  • 4Pick New Item Added to Folder as the trigger and select the Box folder.
  • 5Choose where run reports go, then test with one real market file.

Questions about this workflow

Does this workflow support files and folders?

The trigger fires for a new file, folder, or web link in the selected Box folder. Tell Notis to proceed only when it can read useful geography and industry details.

What data does County Business Patterns provide?

The action retrieves county business patterns data for a specified year, with filters for industry and geography.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Box to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Box triggers

Census bureau actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

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ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

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ActionInstant

Collaboration Details Changed

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TriggerPolling

Get American Business Survey

Tool to retrieve annual business survey (abs) data for a specified year and endpoint.

ActionInstant

Comment Changed

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TriggerPolling

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ActionInstant

New File Comment Added

Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.

TriggerPolling

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.

ActionInstant

File Metadata Changed

Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.

TriggerPolling

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Tool to retrieve decennial census data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need census variables for a given geography.

ActionInstant

File Shared Link Changed

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TriggerPolling

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ActionInstant

New File Version Uploaded

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TriggerPolling

Get Variable Details

Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific variable in a census dataset for a given year. use when you need the label, concept, data type, attribute codes, and valid-value constraints.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Box and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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