Create an ACS market snapshot from every relevant email
Move from an inbound question to credible local statistics in one instruction.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Tool to retrieve 1-year american community survey (acs) estimates for a specified geography. use when you need the most recent annual acs data for a given area.
Why this helps
Important research requests sit in your inbox while context gathering gets postponed.
- Cuts research context switching
- Adds current demographic evidence
- Creates a repeatable response starting point
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Census bureau in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named New email ACS snapshot.
- 3Describe that Notis should read the email, identify the requested geography and topics, and retrieve matching ACS 1-year estimates.
- 4Choose New Outlook Message as the trigger and select a report channel.
- 5Test with one real research request email.
Questions about this workflow
What if the email does not include a geography?
Tell Notis to flag the missing geography in the report instead of guessing.
Can it retrieve any Census variable?
It can retrieve variables supported by the ACS 1-year action, with variable details supplied when needed.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Get ACS 1-Year Estimates
Tool to retrieve 1-year american community survey (acs) estimates for a specified geography. use when you need the most recent annual acs data for a given area.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get ACS 5-Year Estimates
Tool to retrieve 5-year american community survey estimates for a specified year. use when detailed acs data by geography and variables is required.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Get American Business Survey
Tool to retrieve annual business survey (abs) data for a specified year and endpoint.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Get Community Resilience Estimates
Tool to retrieve community resilience estimates for a specified year. use after selecting variables and geography to get cre data for analysis.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
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.
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Get Decennial Census Data
Tool to retrieve decennial census data for a specified vintage and dataset. use when you need census variables for a given geography.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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