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Track employee overtime limits with Google Sheets and Slack

Started by someone submitting a form, and works across Google Sheets and Slack. 16 steps, 2 branches: a working afternoon to understand properly.

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

The flow

Starts it 2Logic 7Service 7

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

  1. 1Employee submits monthly hoursForm triggerStarts it
  2. 2Check every Monday morningSchedule triggerStarts it
  3. 3Normalize submissionSetLogic
  4. 4Configure limitsSetLogic
  5. 5Check the submissionCodeLogic
  6. 6Get monthly hoursGoogle SheetsService
  7. 7Is it usable?IfLogic
  8. 8Calculate remaining capacityCodeLogic
  9. 9Save monthly hoursGoogle SheetsService
  10. 10Explain what to fixFormService
  11. 11Anyone running low?IfLogic
  12. 12Confirm the submissionFormService
  13. 13Split into individual employeesSplit OutLogic
  14. 14Confirm everyone has roomSlackService
  15. 15Alert managerSlackService
  16. 16Log warningsGoogle SheetsService

How it's built

Starts on
Someone submitting a form
Steps
16, with 2 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 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. 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.