Classify past emails and save to Google Sheets
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How does this automation work?
Bardeen’s playbook for classifying past emails and saving the categorized data to Google Sheets is designed to increase efficiency in email management. By automating the categorization process, users can swiftly organize their inbox based on specific criteria without manual sorting. This saves time and ensures that important emails are easily accessible. With this automation, you can analyze email trends, manage your inbox more effectively, and maintain a structured record of email communications in a spreadsheet format.
Here's how this workflow operates to classify emails and log them into Google Sheets:
- Step 1: Find emails in Gmail - Utilizing Google Mail, this command finds all emails within your specified date range. Gmail is known for its robust search and organization capabilities.
- Step 2: Classify emails with Bardeen AI - Bardeen AI Actions are then used to categorize the text of the found emails based on the classification task you input. This is where the automation applies your custom logic to organize emails.
- Step 3: Save to Google Sheets - Finally, the categorized emails are added to a Google Sheets spreadsheet. Google Sheets is a powerful tool for sharing and analyzing data collaboratively.
How to run the playbook
Are you drowning in a sea of emails, spending valuable time sifting through your inbox to find crucial messages while unwanted ones clutter your digital workspace? It's a common frustration.
Consider a practical solution that effortlessly tackles this email overload. This automation scans and identifies emails within your specified timeframe, categorizing them as either valuable or unwanted based on your unique classifier. No more tedious manual sorting or missing important correspondences.
It also takes the results and securely stores them in a Google Sheets spreadsheet, simplifying your record-keeping process. Whether you're tracking leads, managing subscriptions, or keeping tabs on critical updates, this automation streamlines your email management, freeing up your time for more meaningful tasks.
Bid farewell to email chaos and regain control over your digital communication. It's time to declutter your inbox and optimize your workflow.
Let’s set it up!
Step 1: Pin the playbook and integrate Google Sheets
First, click the “Pin it” button at the top of this page to save this automation. You will be redirected to install the browser extension when you run it for the first time. Bardeen will also prompt you to integrate Google Sheets.
Activate Bardeen (or hit Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard) and click on the playbook card. The setup flow will start.
Bardeen will then prompt you to modify your email classifier. You can choose an existing one or create a new classifier with criteria for your emails.
After you click “customize classifier”, Bardeen’s classifier configuration will launch. You will be asked questions about the emails you want to keep. Answer in as much detail as possible. This will ensure that the classifier is more accurate.
After you answer your questions, Bardeen will request that you create your categories. Your emails will be classified based on your categories and descriptions here. For example, I entered “Emails with Invoice” as a category and added a description. Emails that fit that description will be categorized as “Emails with Invoice” and any other emails will be categorized as “unwanted”.
Finally, we recommend that you train your classifier with sample emails to increase accuracy of the results.
Finally, enter the category that will trigger the automation and update your Google Sheets row. For this example, I want all emails with invoices and receipts to be saved in my spreadsheet. So I entered “Emails with Invoice” as the classification I want. This will ensure that only emails that fit this category will be saved to my spreadsheet.
Click on “Save Input” and checkmark Google Sheets and your classifier. This will save you time from setup in the future. You can edit Inputs later by hovering over the playbook.
Step 2: Run the playbook to classify past emails as wanted or unwanted and save to Google Sheets
Press Option + B on Mac or ALT + B on PC on your keyboard to launch Bardeen. Click on the playbook card and run the playbook to classify your emails from a timeframe. It will go over every email for the timeframe, categorize them based on your classifier and save the results and classification to a Google Sheets spreadsheet.
You can also edit the playbook and add your next action to further customize the automation.
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