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Daily cash flow reports with Google Sheets and Slack

Started by a clock, and works across Email, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Slack. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

13 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
0Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
4Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 5Service 7

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

  1. 1Daily at 6 PMSchedule triggerStarts it
  2. 2Get Cash InflowsHttp RequestService
  3. 3Get Cash OutflowsHttp RequestService
  4. 4Calculate InflowsCodeLogic
  5. 5Calculate OutflowsCodeLogic
  6. 6Merge DataMergeLogic
  7. 7Calculate Net Cash FlowCodeLogic
  8. 8Save to Google SheetsGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Generate HTML ReportCodeLogic
  10. 10Convert to PDFPdf MonkeyService
  11. 11Post to SlackSlackService
  12. 12Email ReportEmail SendService
  13. 13Backup to Google DriveGoogle DriveService

How it's built

Starts on
A clock
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Email, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Slack
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Slack 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?

Plan an afternoon. 13 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 13 steps before you point it at anything that matters.