# Validate emissions data and generate carbon compliance reports: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/validate-emissions-data-and-generate-carbon-compliance-repor (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Validate emissions data and generate carbon compliance reports

Started by a clock, and works across n8n data table. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 22 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

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

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 12 Logic 6 Service 3

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

- 1 **OpenAI Model - Validation** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 2 **Validation Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 3 **OpenAI Model - Accounting** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 4 **Accounting Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 5 **OpenAI Model - Compliance** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Compliance Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 7 **OpenAI Model - Orchestrator** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Report Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 9 **Trigger for data collection** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 10 **Emissions Validation Agent** Agent *Model*
- 11 **Carbon Accounting Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 12 **Regulatory Compliance Agent Tool** Agent Tool *Model*
- 13 **Reporting Orchestrator Agent** Agent *Model*
- 14 **Workflow Configuration** Set *Logic*
- 15 **Route by Validation Status** Switch *Logic*
- 16 **Route by Compliance Status** Switch *Logic*
- 17 **Generate Sample Emissions Data** Code *Logic*
- 18 **Store Invalid Emissions Data** Data Table *Service*
- 19 **Store Compliant Reports** Data Table *Service*
- 20 **Store Non-Compliant Reports** Data Table *Service*
- 21 **Merge All Results** Merge *Logic*
- 22 **Format Final Summary** Set *Logic*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 22, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** n8n data table
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 22 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 22 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%2Fvalidate-emissions-data-and-generate-carbon-compliance-repor)
- **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.

[n8n data table](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=n8n+data+table#library)

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