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Create 2 XML files with MySQL

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across MySQL. 11 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 6Service 4

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

  1. 1When clicking "Execute Workflow"Manual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Show 16 random productsMy SqlService
  3. 3Define file structureSetLogic
  4. 4Define file structure1SetLogic
  5. 5Concatenate ItemsItem ListsLogic
  6. 6Concatenate Items1Item ListsLogic
  7. 7Convert to XMLXmlLogic
  8. 8Convert to XML1XmlLogic
  9. 9Move Binary DataMove Binary DataService
  10. 10Move Binary Data1Move Binary DataService
  11. 11Write Binary FileWrite Binary FileService

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
11
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
MySQL
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

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.