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Create Onfleet Tasks from Spreadsheets

This workflow can automatically extract delivery task information from spreadsheets and create delivery tasks in bulk via the Onfleet API. It streamlines the delivery scheduling process, avoiding the tediousness and errors associated with manual data entry. Users simply need to upload an Excel file containing address and recipient information, and the system will quickly parse the data and generate the corresponding delivery tasks. This significantly enhances the operational efficiency of logistics and e-commerce platforms, ensures data accuracy, and improves the overall automation level of delivery management.

Workflow Diagram
Create Onfleet Tasks from Spreadsheets Workflow diagram

Workflow Name

Create Onfleet Tasks from Spreadsheets

Key Features and Highlights

This workflow automates the extraction of delivery task information from spreadsheets and leverages the Onfleet API to batch-create delivery tasks. By automatically parsing addresses, recipient details, and task information from Excel files, it facilitates effortless generation of delivery schedules, significantly improving task creation efficiency and reducing manual entry errors.

Core Problems Addressed

Manually importing a large number of delivery tasks from Excel or Google Sheets into the Onfleet system is cumbersome and error-prone. This workflow automates data reading, parsing, and task creation, greatly shortening preparation time, ensuring data accuracy, and enhancing the automation level of delivery management.

Use Cases

  • Logistics and delivery companies batch-importing customer order addresses for dispatch planning
  • E-commerce platforms rapidly syncing order delivery information to the Onfleet system
  • Any business scenario requiring bulk generation of Onfleet delivery tasks from spreadsheets

Main Process Steps

  1. Read a local Excel file (example path: “Onfleet Import Google Sheet.xlsx” in the user’s Downloads folder)
  2. Parse the spreadsheet to extract address, recipient name, contact information, and task notes from each record
  3. Call the Onfleet API to create corresponding delivery tasks based on the parsed data, including address, recipient details, and delivery notes

Involved Systems or Services

  • Local file system (for reading Excel files)
  • Built-in n8n nodes: Read Binary File (file reading), Spreadsheet File (spreadsheet parsing)
  • Onfleet API integration node (delivery task management platform)

Target Users and Value

  • Logistics dispatchers and operations teams, saving substantial time on manual delivery task entry
  • E-commerce platforms and third-party delivery services, enabling seamless order-to-delivery task integration
  • Enterprises aiming to enhance delivery management efficiency and reduce human error risks through automation

This no-code automated workflow enables efficient and accurate import of delivery tasks from spreadsheets, greatly boosting the automation level and responsiveness of delivery operations.