Bulk generate payment reminder PDFs from NocoDB with Autype — n8n Workflow

Medium complexity⏰ Scheduled8 nodes🏷️ Invoice Processingby 8Automator

Overview

⚠️ Important: This workflow uses the Autype community node and requires a self-hosted n8n instance.

This workflow reads overdue invoices from a NocoDB database, generates a personalized payment reminder PDF for each record using the Autype Bulk Render API, and sends the resulting ZIP archive by email via SMTP. Days overdue are calculated automatically from the due date at runtime. Supported output formats: PDF, DOCX (Word), ODT.

Who is this for?

Finance teams, accounting departments, and deve

Nodes used

Send EmailNocoDBCode

Workflow Preview

Bulk Generate Payment Reminder PDFs from Noco
This workflow reads overdue invoices from a NocoDB tabl
One-time Setup
Run once to create the Autype project and payment remin
1. Get Overdue Invoices
Reads all rows from NocoDB where . Columns:
- customer_name (text)
- customer_address (text)
- invoice_number (Number)
- amount_due (Number)
2. Build Bulk Items
Maps NocoDB rows to Autype variable sets. Calculates f
3. Bulk Render
Sends all variable sets in one request. Downloads the o
4. Send ZIP via Email
Emails the ZIP to a printer service, accounting team, o
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W
Weekly Schedule
Get Overdue Invoices
Build Bulk Items
B
Bulk Render Payment Remi…
Send ZIP via Email
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R
Run Setup Once
C
Create Project
C
Create Document
8 nodes6 edges

How it Works

  1. 1

    Trigger

    The workflow starts with a scheduled trigger, running on a defined schedule.

  2. 2

    Process

    Data flows through 8 nodes, connecting code, emailsend, manualtrigger.

  3. 3

    Output

    The workflow completes its automation and delivers the result to the configured destination.

Node Details (8)

SE

Send Email

emailSend

#1
NO

NocoDB

nocoDb

#2
CO

Code

code

#3

How to Import This Workflow

  1. 1Click Download JSON button on the right to save the workflow file.
  2. 2Open your n8n instance. Go to Workflows → New → Import from file.
  3. 3Select the downloaded bulk-generate-payment-reminder-pdfs-from-nocodb-with-autype file and click Import.
  4. 4Set up credentials for each service node (API keys, OAuth, etc.).
  5. 5Click Test Workflow to verify everything works, then activate it.

Or paste directly in n8n → Import from JSON:

{ "name": "Bulk generate payment reminder PDFs from NocoDB with Autype", "nodes": [...], ...}

Integrations

codeemailsendmanualtriggern8n-nodes-autype.autypenocodbscheduletrigger

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Nodes8
Complexitymedium
Triggerscheduled
CategoryInvoice Processing

Created by

8Automator

8Automator

@kesim0

Tags

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