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OpenAI and Google Sheets integration
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How to connect OpenAI and Google Sheets
- Step 1: Create a new workflow
- Step 2: Add and configure nodes
- Step 3: Connect
- Step 4: Customize and extend your integration
- Step 5: Test and activate your workflow
Step 1: Create a new workflow and add the first step
In n8n, click the "Add workflow" button in the Workflows tab to create a new workflow. Add the starting point – a trigger on when your workflow should run: an app event, a schedule, a webhook call, another workflow, an AI chat, or a manual trigger. Sometimes, the HTTP Request node might already serve as your starting point.
Step 2: Add and configure OpenAI and Google Sheets nodes
You can find OpenAI and Google Sheets in the nodes panel. Drag them onto your workflow canvas, selecting their actions. Click each node, choose a credential, and authenticate to grant n8n access. Configure OpenAI and Google Sheets nodes one by one: input data on the left, parameters in the middle, and output data on the right.
Step 3: Connect OpenAI and Google Sheets
A connection establishes a link between OpenAI and Google Sheets (or vice versa) to route data through the workflow. Data flows from the output of one node to the input of another. You can have single or multiple connections for each node.
Step 4: Customize and extend your OpenAI and Google Sheets integration
Use n8n's core nodes such as If, Split Out, Merge, and others to transform and manipulate data. Write custom JavaScript or Python in the Code node and run it as a step in your workflow. Connect OpenAI and Google Sheets with any of n8n’s 1000+ integrations, and incorporate advanced AI logic into your workflows.
Step 5: Test and activate your OpenAI and Google Sheets workflow
Save and run the workflow to see if everything works as expected. Based on your configuration, data should flow from OpenAI to Google Sheets or vice versa. Easily debug your workflow: you can check past executions to isolate and fix the mistake. Once you've tested everything, make sure to save your workflow and activate it.
Popular OpenAI and Google Sheets workflows
Qualify new leads in Google Sheets via OpenAI's GPT-4
This n8n workflow was developed to evaluate and categorize incoming leads based on certain criteria. The workflow is triggered by adding a new row in a Google Sheets document.
The workflow uses the OpenAI node to process the lead information. The system query contains detailed qualification rules and the response format. The user message contains the data for the individual lead.
The JSON response from the OpenAI node is then processed by the Edit Fields node to extract the response. This response is merged together with the original lead data by the Merge node.
Finally, the Google Sheets node updates the original lead entry in the Google Sheets document with the qualification result ("qualified" or "not qualified") in a separate column. This allows for easy tracking and sorting of the qualified leads.
OpenAI GPT-3: Company Enrichment from website content
Enrich your company lists with OpenAI GPT-3 ↓
You’ll get valuable information such as:
Market (B2B or B2C)
Industry
Target Audience
Value Proposition
This will help you to:
add more personalization to your outreach
make informed decisions about which accounts to target
I've made the process easy with an n8n workflow.
Here is what it does:
Retrieve website URLs from Google Sheets
Extract the content for each website
Analyze it with GPT-3
Update Google Sheets with GPT-3 data
Summarize Google Sheets form feedback via OpenAI's GPT-4
This n8n workflow was developed to collect and summarize feedback from an event that was collected via a Google Form and saved in a Google Sheets document. The workflow is triggered manually by clicking on the "Test workflow" button.
The Google Sheets node retrieves the responses from the feedback form. The Aggregate node then combines all responses for each question into arrays and prepares the data for analysis.
The OpenAI node processes the aggregated feedback data. System Prompt instructs the model to analyze the responses and generate a summary report that includes the overall sentiment regarding the event and constructive suggestions for improvement.
The Markdown node converts the summary report, which is in Markdown format, into HTML. Finally, the Gmail node sends an HTML-formatted email to the specified email address.
AI Customer feedback sentiment analysis
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How it works
Create a form for customer feedback, have OpenAI classify the sentiment of the feedback (positive/neutral/negative) and store it in Google sheets!
Set up steps
Connect Google sheets
Connect your OpenAi account (api key + org Id)
Create a customer feedback form, use an existing one or use the one below as example.
All set!
Here is the example google sheet being used in this workflow: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1omWdRbiT6z6GNZ6JClu9gEsRhPQ6J0EJ2yXyFH9Zng4/edit?usp=sharing. You can download it to your account.
Send a ChatGPT email reply and save responses to Google Sheets
This workflow sends a OpenAI GPT reply when an email is received from specific email recipients. It then saves the initial email and the GPT response to an automatically generated Google spreadsheet. Subsequent GPT responses will be added to the same spreadsheet.
Additionally, when feedback is given for any of the GPT responses, it will be recorded to the spreasheet, which can then be used later to fine-tune the GPT model.
Prerequisites
OpenAI credentials
Google credentials
How it works
This workflow is essentially a two-in-one workflow. It triggers off from two different nodes and have very different functionality from each trigger.
The flow triggered from On email received node is as follows:
Triggers off on the On email received node.
Extract the email body from the email.
Generate a response from the email body using the OpenAI node.
Reply to the email sender using the Send reply to recipient node. A feedback link is also included in the email body which will trigger the On feedback given node. This is used to fine-tune the GPT model.
Save the email body and OpenAI response to a Google Sheet. If a sheet does not exist, it will be created.
The flow triggered from On feedback given node is as follows:
Triggers off when a feedback link is clicked in the emailed GPT response.
The feedback, either positive or negative, for that specific GPT response is then recorded to the Google Sheet.
Build your own OpenAI and Google Sheets integration
Create custom OpenAI and Google Sheets workflows by choosing triggers and actions. Nodes come with global operations and settings, as well as app-specific parameters that can be configured. You can also use the HTTP Request node to query data from any app or service with a REST API.
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