Keep every emailed receipt in Google Drive
Let receipt emails become organized Drive records without another round of downloading, naming, and filing.
Trigger
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Receipt emails get buried in the inbox, making expense review slower and easy to postpone.
- Keep emailed receipts in one searchable location
- Reduce manual saving and filing
- Make expense review easier
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Outlook and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Tell Notis to create a Google Drive document containing the useful details and text from each new receipt email.
- 4Pick the Outlook New Outlook Message trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real receipt email.
Questions about this workflow
Will this archive every new Outlook message?
The instruction can describe how Notis should recognize receipt emails and what details to include. Test it with a real receipt to review the result.
Where will the receipt document be created?
Specify the intended Drive location in your instruction. The workflow uses Google Drive's Create a File from Text action.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Outlook to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Outlook triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
New Contact Added
Triggered when a new contact is added in the Outlook contacts.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Calendar Event Changes
Triggered when a new calendar event occurs (created, updated, or deleted) in the Outlook calendar.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
New Calendar Event
Triggered when a new calendar event is created in the Outlook calendar.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
New Outlook Message
Triggered when a new message is received in the Outlook mailbox.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
New Sent Message
Triggered when a new message is sent from the Outlook mailbox.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Outlook and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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