Validate population trend slides automatically
Draft the trend story and let Notis retrieve the matching population estimates for review.
Trigger
New Slide Added
Fires when a new slide is added to a Google Slides presentation.
Action
Get Population Estimates
Tool to retrieve population estimates program (pep) data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need population or demographic estimates for specific geographies.
Why this helps
Population trend slides can ship with mismatched vintages or geographies when verification happens late.
- Catches mismatched trend inputs
- Supports repeatable growth analysis
- Keeps source context with the slide
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Slides and Census bureau in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Population trend check.
- 3Tell Notis to identify the vintage, dataset and geography on each new slide, then retrieve Population Estimates data.
- 4Pick New Slide Added as the trigger and choose a report channel.
- 5Test with one real trend slide.
Questions about this workflow
Can it retrieve estimates for several years?
Yes, if the instruction or slide specifies the vintages or range to retrieve.
Does it calculate growth rates?
Notis can analyze returned estimates, but the requested geographies and vintages must be available.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Slides to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Slides triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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