Developer & DevOps

Update User Roles from Excel Files via API

9 nodes 274 167 Automatic trigger
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Workflow Description

Automate role updates by extracting data from Excel files, merging with existing records, and applying changes through HTTP requests. Eliminate manual updates and reduce data entry errors across your backend systems.

How it works

  1. 1.Manually trigger the automation when uploading a new Excel file
  2. 2.Extract and parse role data from the spreadsheet
  3. 3.Merge new role information with existing user records
  4. 4.Map and format data according to API requirements
  5. 5.Send HTTP requests to update roles in your backend system

Use cases

  • Bulk update employee roles from Excel without manual errors
  • Synchronize role changes across Excel and internal systems automatically
  • Validate updates before applying them using built-in notes for review

Requirements

  • API access credentials for your backend system
  • Properly formatted Excel file with clear role and identifier columns
  • Understanding of your target API's data structure and endpoints

Service Value

Ready-made workflow template for automation delivery and service execution.

Apps Used

Manual Trigger Twitter/X Merge Set HTTP Request Note

Details

Trigger Automatic trigger
Nodes 9
Apps 6
Views 274
Downloads 167

How to Use

  1. 1.Click "Download Template"
  2. 2.Open your n8n dashboard
  3. 3.Go to Workflows > Import from File
  4. 4.Select downloaded file and configure credentials

Nodes Used (9)

When clicking "Execute Workflow"

Manual Trigger

#1

Extract from File

Extract From File

#2

Merge

Merge

#3

Basic Variables

Set

#4

Zammad Univeral User Object

Set

#5

Download Excel

HTTP Request

#6

Find Zammad User by email

HTTP Request

#7

Update User Roles

HTTP Request

#8

Sticky Note

Sticky Note

#9