Automation library · Money admin

Match vendor invoices with POs and Gmail

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 1Logic 5Service 9

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

  1. 1When Invoice SubmittedForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Set Invoice FieldsSetLogic
  3. 3Set Workflow ConfigurationsSetLogic
  4. 4Read Invoice RegisterGoogle SheetsService
  5. 5If Duplicate InvoiceIfLogic
  6. 6Email Duplicate Invoice WarningGmailService
  7. 7Append Invoice to RegisterGoogle SheetsService
  8. 8Read Purchase OrdersGoogle SheetsService
  9. 9Read Goods ReceiptsGoogle SheetsService
  10. 10Execute 3-Way Match LogicCodeLogic
  11. 11Check 3-Way Match OutcomeIfLogic
  12. 12Update Payment Ready StatusGoogle SheetsService
  13. 13Update Payment Hold StatusGoogle SheetsService
  14. 14Email Finance: Payment ReadyGmailService
  15. 15Email Finance: On HoldGmailService

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.