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Generate course certificates from Google Sheets

Started by a change in a Google Sheet, and works across Google Drive, Google Sheets and Outlook. 13 steps: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 6Service 5

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

  1. 1New participantGoogle Sheets triggerStarts it
  2. 2Manual TriggerManual triggerStarts it
  3. 3E-Mail not sentFilterLogic
  4. 4Test DataSetLogic
  5. 5InputSetLogic
  6. 6Generate and save reportNo OpLogic
  7. 7Generate reportHttp RequestService
  8. 8MergeMergeLogic
  9. 9Upload fileGoogle DriveService
  10. 10Send to participantNo OpLogic
  11. 11Update row in sheetGoogle SheetsService
  12. 12Send a messageMicrosoft OutlookService
  13. 13Update row in sheet1Google SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
A change in a Google Sheet
Steps
13
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Google Drive, Google Sheets, Outlook
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a change in a Google Sheet.

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.