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Create parsed service call rows from RNS emails

Automatically parse RNS-style emails from Microsoft Outlook across Zapier Tables and Smartsheet. Create and update when original RNS notices are detected, follow-up replies are filtered out, or RNS IDs are missingβ€”so you can extract details, add dispatch rows, and log received timestamps without manual reporting.

How this automation streamlines dispatch-ready work orders

When RNS email notices land in your inbox, missed or misparsed details can slow work order dispatch. This automation cleans email content, extracts RNS IDs, and adds structured service rows and received timestampsβ€”so your team can dispatch faster.

  1. 1.Detect new RNS emails

    Integrate Microsoft Outlook and email inbox filters to detect new emails by subject keywords and continue processing

    Microsoft Outlookor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Skip follow-up replies

    Integrate Filter by Zapier and email triage rules to skip follow-up replies and continue only original RNS notices

    Filter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Clean and split email sections

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and HTML parsing tools to clean HTML, split key sections, and map text fragments

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  4. 4.Extract RNS ID with regex

    Integrate Code by Zapier and regex utilities to parse the numeric RNS reference and output the RNS ID

    Code by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  5. 5.Lookup service request by RNS ID

    Integrate Zapier Tables and database lookup tools to find matching service requests by RNS ID and return match status

    Zapier Tablesor swap with your favorite app
  6. 6.Add row when no match

    Integrate Smartsheet and spreadsheet tracking to add a service row with site, contact, scope, and received at

    Smartsheetor swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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