# Organize email attachments into Google Drive folders by company: n8n workflow

> Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 13 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/organize-email-attachments-into-google-drive-folders-by-comp (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Organize email attachments into Google Drive folders by company

Started by an arriving email, and works across Gmail, Google Drive and Google Sheets. 13 steps, 2 branches, 1 loop or waits: a working afternoon to understand properly.

Medium

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**13 steps** Medium: a working afternoon

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**3** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Logic 5 Service 7

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

- 1 **Gmail Trigger** Gmail trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Lookup in Sheets** Google Sheets *Service*
- 3 **Search Company Folder1** Google Drive *Service*
- 4 **Company Folder Exists** If *Logic*
- 5 **YYYY/MM** Set *Logic*
- 6 **Create Company Folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 7 **Search For Folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 8 **Check If Folder Exists** If *Logic*
- 9 **Gmail** Gmail *Service*
- 10 **Create Month Folder** Google Drive *Service*
- 11 **Split Up Binary Data1** Function *Logic*
- 12 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 13 **Upload To Folder** Google Drive *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An arriving email
- **Steps:** 13, with 2 branches, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Medium: a working afternoon
- **Connects to:** Gmail, Google Drive, Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

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

What starts it?

It starts on an arriving email.

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.

## 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%2Forganize-email-attachments-into-google-drive-folders-by-comp)
- **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.

[Gmail](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Gmail#library)[Google Drive](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Drive#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)

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