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The worst part about taking a vacation is returning to work. You have to catch up on everything you missed, and of course something significant happened while you were out.

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Often it's helpful to store, backup and organize emails matching certain characteristics to a Google Spreadsheet. This Gmail Google Sheets integration makes it a breeze to setup a simple rule (i.e. emails from: 

One of the most popular email services, Gmail keeps track of all your emails with threaded conversations, tags, and Google-powered search to find any message you need.

Gmail

Triggers when you receive a new attachment.

New Attachment

New Label

Triggers when you receive a new email and label it within two days.

New Labeled Email

Triggers when a new email appears in the specified mailbox.

New Email

Triggers when you receive a new email that matches a search string you provide.

New Email Matching Search

Triggers when you receive a new email and star it within two days.

New Starred Email

New Thread

Find Email

Find or Send Email

Add Label to Email

Delete Email

Create Draft

Create a draft reply to an existing email.

Create Draft Reply

Create Label

Send Email

Remove Label From Email

Reply to Email

Create, edit, and share spreadsheets wherever you are with Google Sheets, and get automated insights from your data.

Google Sheets

Triggers when a new row is added to the bottom of a Google Team Drive spreadsheet.

New Spreadsheet Row (Team Drive)

Triggers when a new row is added to the bottom of a spreadsheet.

New Spreadsheet Row

Triggers when a new spreadsheet is created.

New Spreadsheet

Triggers when a new row is added or an existing row is updated in a spreadsheet. Optimized for Team Drive.

New or Updated Spreadsheet Row (Team Drive)

Triggers when a new row is added or modified in a spreadsheet.

New or Updated Spreadsheet Row

Triggers when a worksheet is created in a spreadsheet.

New Worksheet

Find up to 500 rows based on a column and value as line items.

Lookup Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)

Find Worksheet

Return up to 500 rows as a single JSON value or as line items.

Get Many Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)

Find a specific spreadsheet row based on a column and value. If found, it returns the entire row. Optionally, create a new row if no match is found.

Lookup Spreadsheet Row

Finds or creates a specific find worksheet.

Find or Create Worksheet

Find or Create Row

Create a new column in a specific spreadsheet.

Create Spreadsheet Column

Create a new row in a specific spreadsheet.

Create Spreadsheet Row

Create one or more new rows in a specific spreadsheet (with line item support).

Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows

Creates a new worksheet by copying an existing worksheet.

Copy Worksheet

Creates a new spreadsheet. Choose from a blank spreadsheet, a copy of an existing one, or one with headers.

Create Spreadsheet

Creates a new worksheet in a Google Sheet.

Create Worksheet

Clears the contents of the selected row(s) while keeping the row(s) intact in the spreadsheet.

Clear Spreadsheet Row(s)

Deletes the selected row(s) from the spreadsheet. This action removes the row(s) and all associated data.

Delete Spreadsheet Row(s)

Format Spreadsheet Row

Update Spreadsheet Row

Update one or more rows in a specific spreadsheet (with line item support).

Update Spreadsheet Row(s)

Custom Actions (Beta)

This is an advanced action which makes a raw HTTP request that includes this integration's authentication.

API Request (Beta)

Save new Gmail emails matching certain traits to a Google Spreadsheet

Once this Zap is active, completed tasks in Asana are added to a digest automatically, then sent as a custom direct message in Slack. Keep your team effortlessly up to date!

Asana is a leading work management platform that helps teams orchestrate their work, from daily tasks to strategic initiatives. With Asana, organizations have a living system of clarity where everyone can see, discuss, and execute their team’s priorities.

Triggered when a task within a project, or any project within a workspace, is marked as completed. Does not trigger on completed subtasks.

Completed Task

Triggered when a Task is added to a Project.

New Task

Triggers when a new Comment is added to a Task in Asana.

New Comment on a Task

New Project

New Story

New Subtask

Triggers when a Subtask is completed in Asana.

New Completed Subtask

New Tag Created

Triggers when an attachment is added to a task.

New Attachment Added to Task

Triggers when a Task is moved to a section.

Task Moved to Section

Triggered when you add a new task to a project.

New Task in Project

Tag Added to Task

New Team

Triggered when a Task is updated in a Project.

Updated Task

Triggered when a task in a project is updated.

Updated Task in Project

New User

Triggered when you add a new workspace/organization.

New Workspace/Organization

Find Project

Finds an existing section within a workspace project.

Find Section in Project

Finds an existing task within a workspace project(s).

Find Task in Project

Find Task by ID

Finds a task in a workspace. Supports custom fields. Available only to premium Asana users.

Find Task in Workspace

Finds an existing user of your Asana account.

Find User

Find or Create Project

Find or Create Task

Add Task to Section of Project

Attach File

Create Duplicate Task

Creates a new project from a custom template.

Create Project From Template

Create Section

Create Subtask

Create Task

Creates a new task in Asana from a selected template.

Create Task from Template

Create Project

Create Comment/Story

Update Task

Digest captures info from multiple events in your workflows and collects them in a single easily consumed summary that can be sent to any app.

Digest by Zapier

Looks up a digest, and returns its current content.

Find Digest

Appends an entry to your digest, and schedules a time for it to be released.

Append Entry and Schedule Digest

(Advanced) Releases an existing digest that's set to "manual" frequency.

Release Existing Digest

Slack is a platform for team communication: everything in one place, instantly searchable, available wherever you go. Offering instant messaging, document sharing and knowledge search for modern teams.

Triggers when a new message is posted to any public channel.

New Public Message Posted Anywhere

New Channel

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #channel you choose.

New Message Posted to Channel

Triggers when a custom emoji has been added to a team.

New Team Custom Emoji

Triggers when a new file is uploaded to your workspace.

New File

Triggers when a username or highlight word is mentioned in a public #channel.

New Mention

Triggers when a new message is found that matches the query.

New Message From Query

Triggers when a new message is posted to a specific #private-channel or multi-dm.

New Message Posted to Private Channel

Triggers when a Message is pushed from Slack.

New Pushed Message

Triggers when a reaction (aka reactji) is added to a message in a public #channel.

New Reaction Added

New Saved Message

Triggers when a new Slack user is created / first joins your org.

Finds a Slack message using the Slack Search feature.

Find Message

Finds a user by matching against their email instead of their username.

Find User by Email

Find User by ID

Finds a user by matching against their real name instead of their username.

Find User by Name

Find User by Username

Adds a reminder for yourself or a teammate, just like the `/remind` slash command.

Add Reminder

Invite an existing User to an existing Channel. You must be a member of the channel to invite someone to it.

Invite User to Channel

Posts a message to the specific #channel you choose. Message delivery can be scheduled for later.

Send Channel Message

Sends a direct message to a user or yourself from the Slackbot. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Direct Message

Create Channel

Post a new message to a private channel you choose. Can also schedule a message for later.

Send Private Channel Message

Set Channel Topic

Update basic profile fields such as name or title

Update Profile

Sets your Slack status to the given text and emoji.

Set Status

Invite a new User to your Slack workspace. Uses legacy tokens.

Invite New User

Send new digests of completed Asana tasks to Slack

Ever close out the day wondering what you accomplished? With this workflow, you can see what you or your team checked off the list at a glance. Every new task is completed in Asana is logged to a digest. After a certain amount of time, Zapier will deliver your digest to your email so you can review every day, week, or month.

Send and receive email via a custom Zapier email address at "zapiermail.com". This is great for triggering off of emails and sending custom emails. (Max of 10 email sends per hour.)

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Email by Zapier

Triggers when an email is forwarded to your own custom **zapiermail.com** address.

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