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The n8n Dashboard

Control and monitor your n8n automations directly from Coda.

Control and monitor your n8n automations directly from Coda.

Denis Lin

With the n8n Pack and this Coda Doc, you now have unprecedented control over and visibility into your n8n instance.

n8n is an amazing workflow automation tool that I’ve used a ton over the past year to help automate huge chunks of work for businesses, but I’ve always been frustrated by the limitations of the n8n interface, especially when it comes to finding executions and workflows.

✨ This document is the dashboard I’ve always wanted for my n8n automations and workflows.

It’s built for anyone who uses n8n or is interested in getting started - not just cloud users, but self-hosted users as well. It’s already pretty powerful, but believe it or not, it can easily be extended to add even more features and capabilities!

Let’s get started.

Set Up Your Doc

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Copy this doc to your workspace →

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New to Coda? You’ll be asked to create a free account first

If you don’t have one yet, create an n8n account (1 month free trial) →

▶️ Sign up⁠

Create an API key →

▶️ Learn how⁠

Add your domain name here:

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https://

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⚠️ Important note: this domain must start with “https://”

For cloud hosted, use this format:

https://xxx.app.n8n.cloud⁠

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For self hosted, use this format:

https://yourdomain.com⁠

Go here to add the Pack to this doc and connect your n8n account →

🚀 Grab the Pack⁠

⚠️ Important note:

The domain name here is exactly what you pasted into Step 4

Set Up Your n8n Instance

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In n8n, make sure you’re saving the executions you want to see: manual, failed, successful

Change default settings for Cloud users

Manage tab → Instance → Executions to Save

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Change individual workflow settings for Self-hosted & Cloud users

Open individual workflow → Workflow (left panel) → Settings

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⚠️ Important note:

If the execution is not saved by n8n, it will not show up in this Doc

What can you do with the n8n for Coda Pack?

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Workflows

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Control Panel Activate, deactivate, and delete workflows from here⁠

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Activate, deactivate, and delete your workflows from a single place

Easily and quickly find the exact workflow you’re looking to control

Emergency button 🚨 to turn off all of them at once

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Workflows Explorer Easily find workflows and workflow details⁠

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Find workflows easily:

Filter by active / inactive

Filter by webhook

Filter by date created / date updated

Search by name

See which workflows are using which nodes

Find webhook IDs directly from here

Open any workflow in n8n with one click

Executions

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Executions Summary Get an overview of your latest executions⁠

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Get a high level health check of your latest executions to quickly identify issues and trends

See how many times each workflow is executing per day, over a given period of time

See the distribution of execution run-time for each of your workflows

See the split of executions across your workflows for a given time period

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Run History The fastest way to find a workflow execution⁠

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Find executions easily:

Filter by run-time

Filter by mode (trigger, retry, or manual)

Filter by finished / not finished

Filter by date

Filter by workflow

Isolate only executions with a run time longer than a selected duration

Open any execution in n8n with one click

✨ As you can see, there’s so much possibility with this Pack!

Treat this doc as the custom dashboard you wish n8n gave you! Some additional ideas for you to extend this doc’s functionality:

Add automations that alert you when certain thresholds are exceeded

Ex: I know Workflow 1 should never run longer than 3 seconds, so if it does, I can automatically send myself an alert via Slack

Add an automation to send yourself a daily snapshot each morning so you can check that everything is operating normally

Create a new table that stores any and all unsuccessful executions to ensure that you don’t miss anything

Known Limitations

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A few important notes about known limitations.

Maximum number of synced workflows: 250*

Maximum number of synced executions: 250*

Free Coda users can only sync the data manually**

*Update coming soon that will increase synced items to 10,000 per type **Pro accounts and above have access to automatic syncing

Why did I create this Pack?

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Hey there, I’m Denis. 👋

I’m a mechanical engineer turned creator, builder, and entrepreneur thanks to my discovery of no-code tools like Coda and n8n.

You can find me on

Twitter⁠

, where I share my learnings and struggles as I try to grow my own business.

When I learned that n8n had released a public API and that I could finally build Packs in Coda, I knew the time was right for me to build the bridge between these two awesome tools.

I’ve built hundreds of automations in n8n for many different use cases, but I’ve always been frustrated with the dashboard. Imagine having hundreds of different workflows in there...it’s all but impossible to find anything. A particularly difficult but essential task: finding a specific execution based on when it ran or how long it ran for, so that I can dig into the details and debug what went wrong.

Here’s another one: turning off all active workflows in an emergency situation. This would have saved me a ton of pain at my last company. 😅

I also wanted the ability to get a high level overview of my entire instance. How frequently are workflows running? How long are they running for? Are things operating normally or are there weird things going on?

These were all important features that the n8n dashboard couldn’t provide out of the box. So I created this Pack and this Doc to meet my needs. After all, that’s the magic of APIs and no-code tools, isn’t it? ✨

Now, I can control, access, and monitor my n8n workflows better than ever before. And so can you. Enjoy!

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FAQ

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Is using the n8n Pack in this dashboard approved and verified by n8n?

Nope, but I’m sure they’re glad that it exists!

There’s a reason that they made the public API available earlier this year. Don’t just take my word for it, this is from their website:

n8n was created to give developers freedom and flexibility. Since n8n is built around 3rd party API access, it makes sense for us to also provide a publicly available API. Now, you can perform most of the actions that are offered by the n8n UI, but from your own script.

How much does it cost to use this n8n dashboard?

To use this dashboard and sync it to your n8n account, you need:

A Pro Coda account: $10/month

n8n for Coda Pack: $4/month

🎁 For the first month after launch, this Pack will be completely free for everybody!

Note for free Coda account users:

In the Beta Trial period of this Pack, you’ll be able to use this dashboard completely free of charge!

You’ll have a 1,000 row limit (isn’t relevant at the moment, see next FAQ)

Can I see all of my executions?

Almost all. You can see up to 250 at the moment, but very soon we will be able to sync up to the latest 10,000 executions. Currently waiting on a bug fix from n8n before we can implement this.

How frequently does the data refresh?

This depends on your Coda plan!

Pro Coda users can automatically sync the data daily

Team Coda users can automatically sync the data hourly

Note for free Coda account users:

Free Coda users can only sync the data manually

The data doesn’t seem right. Is my n8n instance set up correctly?

If you’re having issues with syncing (”syncing failed”), please try connecting your account again

Step 1: Click Settings Icon in the top right → search n8n → click n8n for Coda

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Step 2: Click Settings tab → click the 3 dots → click Sign in again

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If you’re having issues with your executions not showing up, please double check that

your executions are getting saved in your n8n instance⁠

. If you can’t see the execution in the executions list of your n8n instance, you won’t be able to see it here either.

If you’re still having issues, please

send me an email⁠

DM me on Twitter⁠

. Happy to help!

I have questions or need support, what do I do?

You can

chat with me on Twitter⁠

! My DMs are always open. Send me a message or leave a comment on a recent post.

Check out the list below for some things I can help with.

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Need help?

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💌 Send me an email⁠

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💬 DM me on Twitter⁠

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I can help with any of the following:

Guidance on how to automate parts of your business

Transition from a cloud instance to a self-hosted instance

Benefits include free unlimited workflows and executions!

Design and build specific automations

Manage your self-hosted instance

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