# Automated weekly project cost reports with MySQL: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across MySQL and Outlook. 6 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-weekly-project-cost-reports-with-mysql (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automated weekly project cost reports with MySQL

Started by a clock, and works across MySQL and Outlook. 6 steps, 1 branch: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

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**6 steps** Small: readable in one sitting

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 1 Service 4

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **MySQL** My Sql *Service*
- 3 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 4 **Microsoft Outlook6** Microsoft Outlook *Service*
- 5 **Microsoft Outlook1** Microsoft Outlook *Service*
- 6 **Microsoft Outlook7** Microsoft Outlook *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 6, with 1 branch
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** MySQL, Outlook
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own MySQL and Outlook accounts. 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?

Not long. At 6 steps it can be read in one sitting and changed without fear.

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 6 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomated-weekly-project-cost-reports-with-mysql)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[MySQL](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=MySQL#library)[Outlook](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Outlook#library)

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