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Production Sync: Sheets to Trello

Real-time production order sync that reads new Google Sheets rows, validates required dimensions, routes by wood species, and creates the correct Trello card while notifying the team in Discord and email when data is incomplete.

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Production Sync: Sheets to Trello workflow

Context

Production teams needed a dependable way to turn spreadsheet-based orders into Trello cards without manually checking dimensions, sorting by wood species, or chasing designers when order details were incomplete.

Approach

Built two connected n8n workflows: the main flow watches for new spreadsheet rows, enriches and validates order data, branches to placeholder handling when dimensions are missing, and otherwise routes orders into Premium or Standard Trello card paths before sending a Discord confirmation; a separate error monitor sends workflow failure alerts by email.

Architecture

  1. Google Sheets rowAdded trigger
  2. Parse + enrich row data
  3. Dimension check
  4. Missing: Discord alert + Gmail to Designer + Trello placeholder card
Present
  1. wood species routing
  2. Premium or Standard Trello card
  3. Merge card-created paths
  4. Discord confirmation
  5. Error Trigger
  6. Gmail workflow error alert

Results

~3 hrs/weekOrder entry time saved
Before production startsMissing-dimension catches
EliminatedManual Trello card creation