Answer local market questions with Census data
Ask in Slack about a US market and get a focused demographic lookup without pausing to search datasets yourself.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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
A promising market question can become a research detour when you have to identify and query demographic data manually.
- Reduces context switching during planning discussions
- Uses the geography and audience named in the channel
- Keeps an evidence source close to the original question
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Census bureau to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, or ask Notis to create it conversationally.
- 3Write one plain-language instruction to retrieve relevant ACS 1-year estimates when a channel asks about market size, then summarize the figures in the run report.
- 4Select Channel Message Received as the trigger and choose a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real question that names a US geography.
Questions about this workflow
Does this estimate every possible market size?
No. It retrieves ACS 1-year estimates for the geography and indicators identified in the Slack question. Define a specific population measure in the instruction.
Will it run on direct messages?
No. This workflow uses the Slack channel message trigger, which does not match direct messages.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack 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 Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get American Business Survey
Tool to retrieve annual business survey (abs) data for a specified year and endpoint.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
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.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
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.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.
Slack and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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