# Monitor workflow health baselines with Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 18 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/monitor-workflow-health-baselines-with-google-sheets (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Alerts and monitoring](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Alerts+and+monitoring#library)

# Monitor workflow health baselines with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 18 steps, 3 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**18 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**3** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**2** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 11 Service 5

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

- 1 **Receive Health Check from a Workflow** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Every Morning at 08:00** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Set Monitor Rules** Set *Logic*
- 4 **Set Digest Settings** Set *Logic*
- 5 **Check Only the Fields You Read** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Read the Whole Run Log** Google Sheets *Service*
- 7 **Read Run History** Google Sheets *Service*
- 8 **Find Workflows That Went Silent** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Compare Against Rolling Baseline** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Is There Anything to Report?** If *Logic*
- 11 **Log This Run to Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 12 **Send the Daily Health Digest** Slack *Service*
- 13 **Nothing to Report** No Op *Logic*
- 14 **Anything Worth Alerting On?** If *Logic*
- 15 **Alert the Team in Slack** Slack *Service*
- 16 **Return Verdict to the Caller** Set *Logic*
- 17 **Should the Parent Run Turn Red?** If *Logic*
- 18 **Fail the Parent Run on Purpose** Stop And Error *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 18, with 3 branches
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets, Slack
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

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. 18 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 18 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%2Fmonitor-workflow-health-baselines-with-google-sheets)
- **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)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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