AI-Powered Purchase Order Automation from Outlook Excel Attachments
Automates processing of XLSX purchase order forms from Outlook emails using AI to extract, validate data, send notifications, and forward to ERP systems.
This n8n workflow streamlines the handling of purchase order submissions received via Outlook emails with XLSX attachments. It triggers on incoming emails to a shared inbox, downloads the form attachment, converts it to markdown for AI processing, and uses an LLM-powered extractor to parse key details like PO number, line items, and amounts.
A validation step checks for errors such as missing PO numbers or mismatched totals, automatically replying to the buyer with notifications if issues are f
- Platform
- n8n
- Category
- Education
- Price
- $24.99
- Creator
- Vera Petrova
- purchase-order
- outlook
- excel
- xlsx
- ai
- llm
- ocr
- automation
- validation
- erp
- file-processing
How to import this workflow into n8n
- 1Purchase or download the workflow to get the n8n workflow JSON file.
- 2In your n8n instance, open Workflows and choose "Import from File" (or paste the JSON with Ctrl+V on the canvas).
- 3Open each node marked with a credential warning and connect your own accounts and API keys.
- 4Run the workflow once manually to verify the data flow, then toggle it to Active.
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