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Generate interactive quantity reports

Started by an event in a connected app. It calls services over plain HTTP rather than through connectors. 16 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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16 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
3Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
0Services by connector: it calls them over plain HTTP

The flow

Starts it 1Logic 11Service 4

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

  1. 1Start - Click to beginManual triggerStarts it
  2. 2Setup - Define file pathsSetLogic
  3. 3Extract - Run Revit converterExecute CommandService
  4. 4Check - Did extraction succeed?IfLogic
  5. 5Error - Show what went wrongSetLogic
  6. 6Success - Create Excel filenameSetLogic
  7. 7Extract - Read Excel file from diskRead Binary FileService
  8. 8Extract - Parse Excel to dataSpreadsheet FileService
  9. 9On the standard 3D ViewIfLogic
  10. 10Transform - Filter only OST_WallsIfLogic
  11. 11Non-3D View Elements OutputSetLogic
  12. 12Transform - Clean wall dataSetLogic
  13. 13Transform - Group by Type Name & sum VolumeFunctionLogic
  14. 14Transform - Generate HTML ReportFunctionLogic
  15. 15Load - Save HTML ReportWrite Binary FileService
  16. 16Success - Final resultsSetLogic

How it's built

Starts on
An event in a connected app
Steps
16, with 3 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Nothing by connector; it calls services over plain HTTP
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n 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. 16 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 16 steps before you point it at anything that matters.