Start a global commodity index overview when a course is created
A new course can prompt a broad commodity index lookup, giving your market research a simple starting point.
Trigger
New Course Created for User
Polls Canvas for newly created courses for a specific user.
Action
Get All Commodities Price Index
Tool to retrieve the global price index of all commodities. use when you need monthly, quarterly, or annual aggregated price index data for commodities.
Why this helps
Setting up research for a new course can leave broad market context until later, when it is harder to remember.
- Retrieve an aggregated global commodity price index.
- Choose monthly, quarterly, or annual data.
- Add a market context lookup to course creation.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Canvas and Alpha Vantage once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and specify the index interval to retrieve.
- 3Pick New Course Created for User as the trigger for the relevant user.
- 4Choose where run reports go, then test with one real course event.
Questions about this workflow
What does the all commodities index action return?
It retrieves a global price index of all commodities with monthly, quarterly, or annual aggregated data.
Can it provide a historical comparison baseline?
It returns the index data. Any custom baseline or comparison dates must be part of your instruction or supplied separately.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Canvas to Alpha vantage. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Canvas triggers
Alpha vantage actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get All Commodities Price Index
Tool to retrieve the global price index of all commodities. use when you need monthly, quarterly, or annual aggregated price index data for commodities.
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Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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