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Automate multi-step onboarding with Google Sheets, Forms and Gmail notifications

Ready for 3.0

by PollupAI ✓ · 982 views · created 2025-08-25 · HR, Multimodal AI

Ready for 3.0. This template uses no nodes that n8n 3.0 removes. No removed nodes, versions or helpers found. Static check, last run 2026-10-19.

What this workflow does

This workflow has 26 nodes and runs when someone submits an n8n form (“Welcome to our company”) (plus 3 other triggers). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Gmail.

How it runs

Trigger: When someone submits an n8n form (“Welcome to our company”) (plus 3 other triggers).

  1. Save registration Data (Google Sheets): append
  2. Read Messages (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  3. Code: runs custom JavaScript code
  4. Form (n8n Form): shows the next form page
  5. Generate message table (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
  6. Gmail: uses Gmail
  7. Read MSG status Rows (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
  8. Set variables (Edit Fields (Set)): sets 1 field: variables
  9. Switch: routes items into 2 branches
  10. Switch: routes items into 5 branches

…plus 10 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsGmail

Before you upgrade to n8n 3.0

Nothing in this workflow is removed in n8n 3.0, so it should import and run after the upgrade.

Nodes used (13)

From the author

This n8n workflow enables teams to automate and standardize multi-step onboarding or messaging workflows using Google Sheets, Forms, Gmail, and dynamic logic powered by Code and Switch nodes. It ensures the right email is sent at the right step, tracks…

Excerpt from PollupAI's description on n8n.io.

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