Get a recurring population roundup for selected regions
See the requested regions together in one Telegram update, with the reporting period visible for each result.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Reviewing regions one at a time makes it harder to keep a consistent picture across a recurring planning conversation.
- Bring selected region figures into one message.
- Use consistent requested measures across the roundup.
- Make available reporting periods easy to spot.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Census bureau and Telegram once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or tell Notis in plain language from any channel.
- 3List the regions and population measures to retrieve and ask for one Telegram roundup with each result's available period.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real run and verify coverage for every requested region.
Questions about this workflow
Can the roundup use several population measures?
Yes, if they are available for the requested geographies and periods. Keep the requested measures explicit.
Does it fill gaps for a region?
No. Ask it to label missing results rather than estimate or reuse another region's value.
Can the schedule match a data release?
The available trigger is a recurring schedule. If release dates vary, choose a practical cadence and have the message state the period returned.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Census bureau to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Census bureau triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Census bureau and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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