1.Monitors new order emails
Integrate Gmail and email parsing tools to pass the email plain body and trigger order processing.
Update daily menu counts from incoming order emails
Automatically monitor new order emails across Gmail for delivery dates and item quantities. Create and update daily menu counts in Google Sheets when order emails arrive, delivery date is detected, or item totals are presentβso you can extract items, normalize quantities, and keep counts current without manual spreadsheet updates.
How this automation updates daily menu counts
When new order emails arrive, missed parsing can throw off today and tomorrowβs menu counts. This automation monitors order messages and extracts item details and updates the daily Google Sheets worksheetβso your team can keep counts accurate without spreadsheet busywork.
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2.Extracts delivery and item details
Integrate Formatter by Zapier and text extraction tools to pull delivery date, items block, and totals for mapping.
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3.Parses item quantities and normalizes date
Integrate Code by Zapier and data parsing tools to convert items into dish quantity pairs and normalize the delivery date to ISO.
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4.Looks up row by delivery date
Integrate Google Sheets and worksheet lookup tools to find the existing row using the ISO delivery date key.
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5.Updates or creates the date row
Integrate Google Sheets and spreadsheet update tools to add parsed quantities into dish columns and create the row if missing.
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