Isak Blomkvist
Yes, monday.com can be connected to Google Sheets. With the integration, what happens in monday.com lands as rows in a spreadsheet, numbers calculated in Google Sheets are written back to the board, and lists that are copied back and forth today move automatically. It is built in an integration platform like Make or Zapier, since monday.com has no native Google Sheets integration in the Integrations Center. This article covers what the integration does, how it is built and what to consider before you get started.
- A deal is won or changes value on the CRM board
- The row in the spreadsheet is added or updated
- The report in Google Sheets recalculates
The controller already has a report with formulas and charts in Google Sheets. The data fills in when something happens in monday.com instead of being exported every week.
- The controller updates the budget per project in the spreadsheet
- The integration reads changed rows
- The budget column on the project board is updated
- The project manager sees the variance right away
The budget is owned in Google Sheets, but the project manager needs to see it next to the hours worked in monday.com.
- A response lands as a new row in the spreadsheet
- Router · Does the contact exist in monday.com?YesThe response is added to the contact's itemNoA new contact is created
- A task for the owner
Google Forms writes to Google Sheets, and the integration carries the response on to the right place in monday.com.
- The month is closed in monday.com
- Approved time entries are retrieved
- A spreadsheet is created from a template per customer
Customers who want a breakdown get one without anyone copying and pasting.
The flows above are only examples. Every integration is built around your process: which steps to include, what should happen in each situation and who is responsible for what.
Short answer
monday.com has no native Google Sheets integration in the Integrations Center. What is built in is import and export: you can create a board from an Excel or CSV file and export a board to Excel, which is enough for one-time moves but not for anything that needs to stay up to date. The integration is therefore built in Make or Zapier, which both have modules for monday.com and Google Sheets. Zapier is enough for simple one-way flows. Make is a better fit when the flow needs to look up the right row, work in both directions or needs error handling. That is where we build most integrations.
What the integration can do
Here are four common examples. Your integration can do more, less or something entirely different.
New items, changed column values or status changes in monday.com become rows in a spreadsheet, added or updated. Existing reports and calculations in Google Sheets keep working, with fresh data.
Budgets, forecasts or prices calculated in Google Sheets are written to columns in monday.com, so whoever works on the board sees them next to everything else.
Rows written by other systems or people, for example responses from Google Forms, become items on the right board, with a check so the same record is not created twice.
When something happens in monday.com, a new spreadsheet is created from a template and filled with the item's details, for example a customer specification or a project estimate.
Why connect monday.com and Google Sheets?
- No more weekly export. The report data fills in when something happens, not when someone remembers to export.
- Calculate where calculating is easy. Formulas and models stay in Google Sheets, and the result shows in monday.com where the work happens.
- Fewer versions. When the spreadsheet and the board are updated by the same event, you do not have to ask which one is right.
- A step toward fewer spreadsheets. Many start with an integration and discover that parts of the spreadsheet can become a dashboard in monday.com.
How the integration is built
There are three ways to build it, and which one fits depends on how advanced the flow is.
| Option | Best when | Keep in mind |
|---|---|---|
| Zapier | A simple one-way flow, for example every new item becomes a row in the spreadsheet | Quick to get started, but limited when the flow needs to find and update existing rows or work in both directions |
| Make | Flows that look up the right row, update instead of append, work in both directions or create spreadsheets from templates | Flexible, but requires a well-designed flow: how rows and items are matched, how columns are mapped and what happens when the spreadsheet changes |
| Custom code against the Google Sheets API | Large volumes or calculations that should run in your own environment | The most flexible, but requires someone to own and maintain the code |
For most companies, Make is the right choice, but the platform is just the tool. What determines whether the integration holds up is how it is built: how rows and items are matched so the right row is updated, how columns in monday.com map to columns in the spreadsheet, what happens when someone moves or renames columns in Google Sheets, and how errors are caught. An integration that writes to the wrong column after someone adds a new one costs more than it saves. That is why we lock the structure of the spreadsheet, build with logging and alerts from the start, and manage the integration as the way you work changes. Integrations in monday.com require a plan that includes integrations, and the spreadsheet needs to live on a Google account the integration can access.
What to decide before you build
An integration is never better than the process it automates. These questions determine whether it works in practice:
- Who owns which data? Decide per column whether monday.com or Google Sheets is the source. Two systems that are both allowed to write the same value will sooner or later give two different answers.
- How are rows and items matched? The item ID from monday.com in its own column in the spreadsheet is the safest choice. Names are not enough, since they change and get duplicated.
- What structure should the spreadsheet have? The integration assumes the columns stay where they were when it was built. Decide who is allowed to change the structure, and protect the tabs the integration writes to.
- What should trigger the flow? Every change, only certain statuses or once a day? More runs give fresher data but use more operations in Make and more integration actions in monday.com.
- What happens when something goes wrong? A good flow logs every run and flags when a row could not be written, instead of silently skipping it.
When the spreadsheet should be a dashboard
The Google Sheets integration is often a first step. Many spreadsheets exist because someone needs to see numbers from monday.com in a way the board did not show, and then it is worth asking whether a dashboard in monday.com solves the same thing without an extra system. What leadership actually needs to see is covered in Dashboards leadership actually uses. What should stay in Google Sheets is what spreadsheets do best: models, scenarios and calculations that change often. How we structure boards so they carry the reporting is described on monday work management. If you work in Microsoft 365 instead, there is a matching integration with Excel, and the files are often handled together with Google Drive. All the integrations we build are listed under all integrations.
Straviont builds the integration
We are an official monday.com partner and certified CRM specialists with monday.com, and we build integrations between monday.com and Google Sheets in Make. We start with the process: who owns which data, how rows and items are matched and what should trigger the flow. Only then is the flow built, with logging and error handling, and we manage it as the way you work changes.
Frequently asked questions
Can monday.com be connected to Google Sheets?
Yes. monday.com has no native Google Sheets integration, but the integration is built in an integration platform like Make or Zapier, or with custom code against the Google Sheets API. It can write rows from monday.com, read rows back and create spreadsheets from templates.
Can monday.com write to Google Sheets automatically?
Yes. When an item is created or a column changes in monday.com, the integration can add or update a row in the spreadsheet, so reports built on the sheet always have fresh data.
Can changes in Google Sheets update monday.com?
Yes. The integration can read new or changed rows and write the values to columns in monday.com, for example budget or forecast. This requires that you have decided which system owns the data.
Can a spreadsheet be imported into monday.com without an integration?
Yes. monday.com can create a board from an Excel or CSV file, and a Google Sheets spreadsheet can be downloaded in that format. That is enough for one-time moves, but not for anything that needs to stay up to date.
Should we choose Make or Zapier?
Zapier is enough for simple one-way flows. Make is a better fit when the flow needs to look up and update the right row, work in both directions or create spreadsheets from templates, which applies to most integrations with Google Sheets.
What happens if someone changes the spreadsheet?
The integration assumes the columns stay where they were. That is why we protect the tabs the integration uses and build in checks that alert you if the structure has changed, instead of writing to the wrong column.
Next steps
Start by listing the spreadsheets that are filled in from monday.com by hand today, and which numbers should go back to the board. From there, building it goes quickly. If you want help, you can book a free mapping session and we will go through it together.