Use Cases
- Automate data extraction from receipts and invoices
- Streamline financial document management
- Reduce manual data entry efforts
- Maintain organized records in Google Sheets
- Enhance operational efficiency with automated workflows
How It Works
Trigger the workflow manually or automatically on new file creation in Google Drive Load files from a specified Google Drive folder Filter out already processed files to avoid duplication Download files for OCR processing Send files to the OCR service for data extraction Parse the JSON response from the OCR service Save the extracted data into Google Sheets
Setup Steps
- 1Import the workflow template into n8n
- 2Connect the 'Test workflow' trigger to the Google Drive and Google Sheets nodes
- 3Set up RapidAPI credentials for OCR processing
- 4Authenticate Google Drive and Google Sheets accounts
- 5Configure the folder to monitor for new files in Google Drive
- 6Test the workflow to ensure proper functionality
Apps Used
Google Drive
Google Sheets
RapidAPI
Categories
Target Roles
Industries
Tags
#document automation
#process automation
#pdf automation