# Extract purchase order line items from PDFs with Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets. 8 steps, 1 loop or waits: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/extract-purchase-order-line-items-from-pdfs-with-google-shee (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [E-commerce](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=E-commerce#library)

# Extract purchase order line items from PDFs with Google Sheets

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets. 8 steps, 1 loop or waits: small enough to read in one sitting and change without fear.

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

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 4 Service 3

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

- 1 **On form submission** Form trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Prepare: Split PDFs** Code *Logic*
- 3 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 4 **Build: Flag Summary** Code *Logic*
- 5 **Extract: PO Data** Easybits Extractor *Service*
- 6 **Form: Completion** Form *Service*
- 7 **Build: Article Rows** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Append: PO Rows to Sheet** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** Someone submitting a form
- **Steps:** 8, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Small: readable in one sitting
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. 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?

Not long. At 8 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 8 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%2Fextract-purchase-order-line-items-from-pdfs-with-google-shee)
- **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.

[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

## Workflows like it

Also e-commerce, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Order to shipment - OFN - Purplship [WIP] with Google Sheets** 8 steps · Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/order-to-shipment-ofn-purplship-wip-with-google-sheets)
- [**Shopify review aggregator: Trustpilot, Google, Facebook** 8 steps · Google Sheets, Shopify](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/shopify-review-aggregator-trustpilot-google-facebook)
- [**AI Post-Purchase Upsell Engine: Personalized Offers** 8 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-post-purchase-upsell-engine-personalized-offers)
- [**Cart abondent with a local model and Gmail** 8 steps · calls a model · Gmail, Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/cart-abondent-with-a-local-model-and-gmail)