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Manage vacation requests with forms, Gmail, and Google Sheets

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Gmail and Google Sheets. 15 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

15 stepsMedium: a working afternoon
2Branches: places the flow splits
0Loops or waits
2Services it connects to

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 7Service 6

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

  1. 1Leaver formForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Every weekday morningSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3SettingsSetLogic
  4. 4Read the registerGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5Build the revocation listCodeLogic
  6. 6Find open revocationsCodeLogic
  7. 7Immediate departure?IfLogic
  8. 8Anything still open?IfLogic
  9. 9Revoke nowGmailService
  10. 10Planned departureNo OpLogic
  11. 11Chase IT and HRGmailService
  12. 12Register is cleanNo OpLogic
  13. 13Critical items to ITGmailService
  14. 14Handover to managerGmailService
  15. 15Add to the registerGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
15, with 2 branches
Size
Medium: a working afternoon
Connects to
Gmail, Google Sheets
Model
None. This is plumbing, not judgement

Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Gmail and Google Sheets accounts. 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?

Plan an afternoon. 15 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 15 steps before you point it at anything that matters.