Automatisez l'importation de dates universitaires dans votre calendrier

Simplifiez la gestion des calendriers académiques en automatisant l'importation de dates importantes directement depuis un fichier Excel universitaire vers votre calendrier numérique préféré. Ce workflow utilise des services avancés pour extraire, transformer et distribuer les informations sous forme de fichiers ICS, réduisant ainsi les erreurs manuelles et économisant du temps précieux. Adoptez cette solution pour une organisation sans faille des événements académiques.

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📋 Automatisez l'importation de dates universitaires dans votre calendrier

💡 Description

Simplifiez la gestion des calendriers académiques en automatisant l'importation de dates importantes directement depuis un fichier Excel universitaire vers votre calendrier numérique préféré. Ce workflow utilise des services avancés pour extraire, transformer et distribuer les informations sous forme de fichiers ICS, réduisant ainsi les erreurs manuelles et économisant du temps précieux. Adoptez cette solution pour une organisation sans faille des événements académiques.

📈 Impact & ROI: Ce workflow réduit considérablement le temps passé à organiser manuellement les calendriers académiques, minimise les erreurs humaines et améliore la communication avec les étudiants et le personnel académique.

🚀 Fonctionnalités Clés

  • ✅ Extraction automatique des dates clés d'un fichier Excel universitaire
  • ✅ Conversion des données en fichiers ICS compatibles avec iCal, Google Calendar et Outlook
  • ✅ Envoi simplifié par email des fichiers ICS aux étudiants ou instructeurs
  • ✅ Utilisation de l'IA pour une extraction précise et rapide des informations

📊 Architecture Technique

18
Nodes
11
Connexions
4
Services

🔌 Services Intégrés

n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractor@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGeminin8n-nodes-base.gmail

🔧 Composition du Workflow

NodeTypeDescription
When clicking ‘Test workflow’manualTriggerTraitement des données
Get Term Dates ExcelhttpRequestRequête HTTP vers une API externe
Extract Key Events and Dates@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.informationExtractorTraitement des données
Extract Target SheetsetTraitement des données
Fix DatessetTraitement des données
Google Gemini Chat Model@n8n/n8n-nodes-langchain.lmChatGoogleGeminiTraitement des données
Create ICS FileconvertToFileTraitement des données
Events to ICS DocumentcodeTraitement des données
Sort Events by DatesortTraitement des données
Sticky NotestickyNoteTraitement des données
Markdown Conversion ServicehttpRequestRequête HTTP vers une API externe
Sticky Note1stickyNoteTraitement des données
Sticky Note2stickyNoteTraitement des données
Events to ItemssplitOutDivision des données en plusieurs branches
Sticky Note3stickyNoteTraitement des données
Send Email with AttachmentgmailTraitement des données
Sticky Note4stickyNoteTraitement des données
Sticky Note5stickyNoteTraitement des données

📖 Guide d'Implémentation

  1. Import du workflow: Téléchargez le fichier JSON et importez-le dans votre instance n8n
  2. Configuration des credentials: Configurez les accès pour chaque service utilisé
  3. Personnalisation: Adaptez les paramètres selon vos besoins spécifiques
  4. Test: Exécutez le workflow en mode test pour vérifier le bon fonctionnement
  5. Activation: Activez le workflow pour une exécution automatique

🏷️ Tags

calendrieruniversitéautomatisation

Structure JSON

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                "url": "https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/public-files\/general-documents\/undergraduate-term-dates-2025%E2%80%932026.xlsx",
                "options": {
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                "options": {
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                },
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                "content": "## 1. Parse Excel Files Using Cloudflare®️ Markdown Conversion\n[Learn more about Cloudflare's Markdown Conversion Service](https:\/\/developers.cloudflare.com\/workers-ai\/markdown-conversion\/)\n\nToday's LLMs cannot parse Excel files directly so the best we can do is to convert the spreadsheet into a format that they can, namely markdown. To do this, we can use Cloudflare's brand new document conversion service which was designed specifically for this task. The result is the sheet is transcribed as a markdown table.\n\nThe **Markdown Conversion Service** is currently free to use at time of writing but requires a Cloudflare account."
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            "position": [
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            ],
            "parameters": {
                "color": 7,
                "width": 680,
                "height": 540,
                "content": "## 2. Extract Term Dates to Events Using AI\n[Learn more about the Information Extractor](https:\/\/docs.n8n.io\/integrations\/builtin\/cluster-nodes\/root-nodes\/n8n-nodes-langchain.information-extractor)\n\nData entry is probably the number one reason as to why we need AI\/LLMs. This time-consuming and menial task can be completed in seconds and with a high degree of accuracy. Here, we ask the AI to extract each event with the term dates to a list of events using structured output."
            },
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                "width": 660,
                "height": 480,
                "content": "## 3. Use Events to Create ICS Document\n[Learn more about the code node](https:\/\/docs.n8n.io\/integrations\/builtin\/core-nodes\/n8n-nodes-base.code\/)\n\nNow we have our events, let's create a calendar to put them in. Using the code now, we can construct a simple ICS document - this is the format which can be imported into iCal, Google Calendar and Outlook. For tasks like these, the Code node is best suited to handle custom transformations."
            },
            "typeVersion": 1
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                "fieldToSplitOut": "output"
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                "content": "## 4. Create ICS Binary File for Import\n[Learn more about the Convert to File node](https:\/\/docs.n8n.io\/integrations\/builtin\/core-nodes\/n8n-nodes-base.converttofile)\n\nFinally with our ICS document ready, we can use the \"Convert to File\" node to build an ICS binary file which can be shared with team members, classmates or even instructors."
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                "sendTo": "jim@example.com",
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                "options": {
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                        "attachmentsBinary": [
                            []
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                "emailType": "text"
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            "parameters": {
                "color": 5,
                "width": 280,
                "height": 80,
                "content": "### Cloudflare Account Required\nAdd your Cloudflare {ACCOUNT_ID} to the URL"
            },
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                "content": "## Try it out!\n### This n8n template imports an XLSX containing terms dates for a university, extracts the relevant events using AI and converts the events to an ICS file which can be imported into iCal, Google Calendar or Outlook.\n\nManually adding important term dates to your calendar by hand? Stop! Automate it with this simple AI\/LLM-powered document understanding and extraction template. This cool use-case can be applied to many scenarios where Excel files are predominantly used.\n\n### How it works\n* The term dates excel file (xlsx) are imported into the workflow from the university's website using the http request node.\n* To parse the excel file, we use an external service - [Cloudflare's Markdown Conversion Service](https:\/\/developers.cloudflare.com\/workers-ai\/markdown-conversion\/). This converts the excel's sheets into markdown tables which our LLM can read.\n* To extract the events and their dates from the markdown, we can use the Information Extractor node for structured output. LLMs are great for this use-case because they can understand the layout; one row may have many data points.\n* With our data, there are endless possibilities to use it! But for this demonstration, we'll generate an ICS file so that we can import the extracted events into our calendar. We use the Python code node to combine the events into the ICS spec and the \"Convert to File\" node to create the ICS binary.\n* Finally, let's distribute the ICS file by email to other students or instructors who  may also find this incredibly helpful for the upcoming semester!\n\n### How to use\n* Ensure you're downloading the correct excel file and amend the URL parameter of the \"Get Term Dates Excel\" as necessary.\n* Update the gmail node with your email or other emails as required. Alternatively, send the ICS file to Google Drive or a student portal.\n\n### Requirements\n* Cloudflare Account is required to use the Markdown Conversion Service.\n* Gemini for LLM document understanding and extraction.\n* Gmail for email sending.\n\n### Customising the workflow\n* This template should work for other Excel files which - for a university - there are many. Some will be more complicated than others so experiment with different parsers and extraction tools and strategies.\n\n### Need Help?\nJoin the [Discord](https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/XPKeKXeB7d) or ask in the [Forum](https:\/\/community.n8n.io\/)!\n\nHappy Hacking!"
            },
            "typeVersion": 1
        }
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                        "node": "Sort Events by Date",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
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            ]
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                        "index": 0
                    }
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            ]
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                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
                ]
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                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
                ]
            ]
        },
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                    {
                        "node": "Extract Key Events and Dates",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
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                        "node": "Markdown Conversion Service",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
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            "main": [
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                        "node": "Create ICS File",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
                ]
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        "Google Gemini Chat Model": {
            "ai_languageModel": [
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                        "type": "ai_languageModel",
                        "index": 0
                    }
                ]
            ]
        },
        "Markdown Conversion Service": {
            "main": [
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                        "node": "Extract Target Sheet",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
                    }
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            ]
        },
        "Extract Key Events and Dates": {
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                        "node": "Events to Items",
                        "type": "main",
                        "index": 0
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                        "node": "Get Term Dates Excel",
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                    }
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            ]
        }
    }
}
                                

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