Automated Weekly Project Cost Reports with MySQL and Outlook HTML Emails

Automated Weekly Project Cost Reports with MySQL and Outlook HTML Emails 🧠 Use Case Need to keep your finance or operations team updated on missing project costs? This practical automated report workflow does the job without AI — and saves hours weekly. Runs on a weekly schedule Queries your MySQL database for projects missing cost data Filters by budgeted_project_cost IS NULL Generates a clean HTML email report Sends it through Microsoft Outlook to relevant teams 🚀 How It Works Schedule Trigger – Runs every Monday at 8 AM MySQL Node – Connects and runs SQL to fetch project data missing budgeted_project_cost Switch Node – Routes logic based on cost_center (e.g., Retail, Service, Projects) Outlook Nodes – Sends formatted HTML emails; each node handles a specific group Dynamic Content – Inject values using mustache tags like {{ $json.project_name }} 🔧 Setup Instructions MySQL Setup: Ensure the MySQL node is connected using a valid credential set: Hostname/IP Port (default: 3306) Database name Username with SELECT permissions Password Query Example: SELECT project_name, cost_center FROM tabProject WHERE status = 'Open' AND project_type = 'External' AND budgeted_project_cost IS NULL