Automation library · Research and reporting

Collect form-based report requests and send pdfmill PDFs

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 11 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

11 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
3Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 4Service 6

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

  1. 1Report request formForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Parse and validate the requestCodeLogic
  3. 3Is the request valid?IfLogic
  4. 4Load matching metrics from Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Email request correctionsGmailService
  6. 6Build the report from metric rowsCodeLogic
  7. 7Were matching metrics found?IfLogic
  8. 8Generate the report PDFPdfmillService
  9. 9Email that no metrics matchedGmailService
  10. 10Archive the report in Google DriveGoogle DriveService
  11. 11Email the finished reportGmailService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
11, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on someone submitting a form.

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. 11 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 11 steps before you point it at anything that matters.