# Track n8n workflow changes over time with Google Sheets: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. 37 steps, 4 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/track-n8n-workflow-changes-over-time-with-google-sheets (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

[Automation library](https://millionrounds.com/workflows) · [Data collection](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?category=Data+collection#library)

# Track n8n workflow changes over time with Google Sheets

Started by a clock, and works across Google Sheets. 37 steps, 4 branches, 2 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

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**37 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**4** Branches: places the flow splits

**2** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 2 Logic 29 Service 6

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

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **When Executed by Another Workflow** Execute Workflow trigger *Starts it*
- 3 **Get All Workflows** N8n *Service*
- 4 **Switch** Switch *Logic*
- 5 **Loop Over Items** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 6 **Split Nodes Current** Split Out *Logic*
- 7 **Split Nodes Previous** Split Out *Logic*
- 8 **Split Conn Current** Split Out *Logic*
- 9 **Split Conn Previous** Split Out *Logic*
- 10 **Get Values** Set *Logic*
- 11 **Compare Datasets** Compare Datasets *Service*
- 12 **Compare Datasets1** Compare Datasets *Service*
- 13 **Get Row** Google Sheets *Service*
- 14 **Added Nodes** Aggregate *Logic*
- 15 **Same Nodes** Aggregate *Logic*
- 16 **Different Nodes** Aggregate *Logic*
- 17 **Removed Nodes** Aggregate *Logic*
- 18 **Added Connections** Aggregate *Logic*
- 19 **Same Connections** Aggregate *Logic*
- 20 **Different Connections** Aggregate *Logic*
- 21 **Removed Connections** Aggregate *Logic*
- 22 **Row Exists?** If *Logic*
- 23 **Merge Nodes Diff** Merge *Logic*
- 24 **Merge Connections Diff** Merge *Logic*
- 25 **Has UpdatedAt Changed?** If *Logic*
- 26 **Create New Entry** Google Sheets *Service*
- 27 **Report Nodes** Set *Logic*
- 28 **Report Connections** Set *Logic*
- 29 **Previous State** Set *Logic*
- 30 **set non-update response** Set *Logic*
- 31 **Merge Reports** Merge *Logic*
- 32 **Current State** Set *Logic*
- 33 **Set Response** Set *Logic*
- 34 **Calculate Template Diffs** Execute Workflow *Logic*
- 35 **GSheets Rate Limit** Wait *Logic*
- 36 **Has Node or Connection Updates?** If *Logic*
- 37 **Update Entry** Google Sheets *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 37, with 4 branches, 2 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Google Sheets
- **Model:** None. This is plumbing, not judgement

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Google Sheets account. 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?

Take your time. At 37 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

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 37 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%2Ftrack-n8n-workflow-changes-over-time-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)

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Also data collection, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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