Get a Census market brief in WhatsApp
Start the week with the population and economic indicators you need, in one message.
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 whatsapp number. note: the message will reflect on the recipient's phone number only if they have texted first.
Why this helps
Market research gets scattered across reports, tabs, and reminders, making it easy to miss useful changes.
- Review key indicators without opening multiple sources.
- Keep recurring research in a familiar team channel.
- Choose the geography and measures in your instruction.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Census bureau and Whatsapp once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis which geographies and Census measures to summarize and who should receive the brief.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and a report channel in the portal.
- 5Test with one real example and confirm the WhatsApp recipient has texted your number first.
Questions about this workflow
Can I choose the indicators and locations?
Yes. State the geographies, measures, and comparison period in your instruction. Notis can summarize returned Census data.
Will WhatsApp deliver the message to any number?
The Send message action notes that the recipient must have texted your WhatsApp number first for delivery.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Census bureau to Whatsapp. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Census bureau triggers
Whatsapp actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create message template
Create a new message template for the whatsapp business account. templates must be approved by whatsapp before they can be used. templates are required for marketing messages and messages sent outside the 24-hour window.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete message template
Delete a message template from the whatsapp business account. this permanently removes the template and it cannot be recovered. only delete templates that are no longer needed.
Get business profile
Get the business profile information for a whatsapp business phone number. this includes business details like description, address, website, and contact info.
Get media
Get information about uploaded media including a temporary download url. the download url is valid for 5 minutes and can be used to retrieve the actual media file. this is useful for downloading media that was sent to your whatsapp number.
Get media info
Get metadata about uploaded media without generating a download url. this is useful for checking file size, type, and hash without downloading the file. use get media if you need the actual download url.
Get message templates
Get all message templates for the whatsapp business account. templates are required for sending messages outside the 24-hour window and for marketing/utility messages.
Get phone number
Get details of a specific phone number associated with a whatsapp business account.
Get phone numbers
Get all phone numbers associated with a whatsapp business account (waba).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Census bureau and Whatsapp, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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