Automation library · Money admin

Archive last month’s invoice sheet with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Drive. 10 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

10 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
1Service it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 5

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

  1. 1Run monthlySchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Find last month's Drive folderGoogle DriveService
  3. 3Get all tabs in the main sheetHttp RequestService
  4. 4Create archive spreadsheet in folderHttp RequestService
  5. 5Flatten the tab listCodeLogic
  6. 6Combine folder and tabMergeLogic
  7. 7Keep last month's tabFilterLogic
  8. 8Group into one itemAggregateLogic
  9. 9Copy the tab to the archiveHttp RequestService
  10. 10Rename the copied tabHttp RequestService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
10
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Drive account. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

No. Every step is fixed logic or a call to a service, so it does the same thing every time.

How long does it take to set up?

Plan an afternoon. 10 steps is enough that you should read each one before running it.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

Before you run it

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 10 steps before you point it at anything that matters.