--- title: "Connect FreshBooks and Google Sheets - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Bill\" fires in FreshBooks, your agent runs \"Add Row\" in Google Sheets." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/freshbooks-to-google-sheets" --- # Connect FreshBooks and Google Sheets When **New Bill** fires in [FreshBooks](https://apiant.ai/connections/freshbooks), your agent runs **Add Row** in [Google Sheets](https://apiant.ai/connections/google-sheets), or **Aggregate Metric Changed** in Google Sheets to **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. FreshBooks **16** triggers FreshBooks **29** actions Google Sheets **16** triggers Google Sheets **46** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want FreshBooks and Google Sheets to do together? 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What FreshBooks and Google Sheets can do together ### From FreshBooks to Google Sheets - When **New Bill** in FreshBooks then **Add Row** in Google Sheets - When **New Client** in FreshBooks then **Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows** in Google Sheets ### From Google Sheets to FreshBooks - When **Aggregate Metric Changed** in Google Sheets then **Add Payment to Invoice** in FreshBooks - When **Cell Range Values Changed** in Google Sheets then **Create Invoice** in FreshBooks Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with FreshBooks and Google Sheets ## Triggers and actions 32 triggers · 75 actions - Trigger **New Bill** Triggers when a new bill is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Client** Triggers when a new client is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Credit Note** Triggers when a new credit note is created in your FreshBooks account. - Trigger **New Estimate** Triggers when a new estimate is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Expense** Triggers when a new expense is recorded in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Filtered Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice matching your chosen filters (client, status, currency, amount, and more) is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggers when a new invoice is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Invoice Payment** Triggers when a new invoice payment is created. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Staff Member** Triggers when a new staff member is added to your FreshBooks business. - Trigger **New Time Entry** Triggers when a new time entry is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **New Vendor** Triggers when a new bill vendor is created in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Bill** Triggers when a bill is updated in FreshBooks. Returns the id of the updated bill and the account, business and user it belongs to. - Trigger **Updated Estimate** Triggers when an estimate is updated. - Trigger **Updated Invoice** Triggers when an invoice is updated in FreshBooks. - Trigger **Updated Vendor** Triggers when a bill vendor is updated in FreshBooks. - Action **Add Payment to Invoice** Records a payment against a FreshBooks invoice and returns the created payment. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a bill in FreshBooks recording what your business owes a vendor, with its line items. - Action **Create Client** Creates a new client in your FreshBooks business, with contact details, billing and shipping addresses, and optional secondary contacts. - Action **Create Credit Note** Creates a credit note or prepayment credit for a client in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Estimate** Creates a new estimate for a client in FreshBooks, optionally with line items. - Action **Create Expense** Creates an expense in your FreshBooks business, with its amount, category, date and optional vendor, client, project and taxes. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new invoice for a client in FreshBooks, with optional line items, terms and notes. New invoices start as drafts unless a status is given. - Action **Create Invoice PDF** Returns the PDF of an existing FreshBooks invoice as a file you can attach or store. - Action **Create or Update Client** Updates an existing FreshBooks client (by Client ID, or by matching email) or creates a new client when none matches. - Action **Create or Update Invoice** Updates an existing FreshBooks invoice (by Invoice ID, or by matching Invoice Number), or creates a new invoice when none matches. - Action **Create Other Income** Records income received outside of an invoice, such as online store sales, rentals or advertising, in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in FreshBooks, optionally linked to a client, with a fixed price or hourly rate. - Action **Create Recurring Invoice** Creates a recurring invoice profile in FreshBooks that generates invoices for a client on a set schedule. - Action **Create Time Entry** Creates a time entry recording time spent working for a client or project in FreshBooks. - Action **Create Vendor** Creates a bill vendor (a supplier you receive bills from) in your FreshBooks business. - Action **Find Bill** Finds bills in FreshBooks by id, vendor, status or currency and returns the matches. - Action **Find Client** Finds clients in your FreshBooks business by email, name, organization, phone or other details, and returns the matches. - Action **Find Credit Note** Finds a credit note in FreshBooks by its id and returns the credit note's details. - Action **Find Estimate** Finds estimates in FreshBooks matching an estimate number, client, status, notes, date or amount range, and other criteria. - Action **Find Invoice** Finds invoices in your FreshBooks account matching the criteria you give, such as invoice number, client, status, dates or amounts. - Action **Find Project** Finds FreshBooks projects whose title contains the given text, optionally limited to active or completed projects. - Action **Find Vendor** Finds bill vendors in your FreshBooks account whose business name matches the text you give. - Action **Send Estimate** Emails an existing estimate to the listed recipients and marks it as sent. - Action **Send Invoice** Emails an existing invoice to the recipients you choose and marks it as sent. - Action **Update Bill** Updates an existing bill from a vendor, such as its dates, bill number, line items or status. - Action **Update Credit Note** Updates an existing credit note in FreshBooks, changing only the details you fill in. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing FreshBooks estimate's client, dates, address details, notes, terms or line items. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Time Entry** Updates an existing time entry in FreshBooks, such as its duration, note, client or project. - Action **Update Vendor** Updates an existing bill vendor's name, contact details, address and preferences. Fields left blank are not changed. - Trigger **Aggregate Metric Changed** Fires when an aggregate metric (sum/avg/count/…) over a column changes. - Trigger **Cell Range Values Changed** Fires when the values in a specific cell range change. - Trigger **Conditional Format Rule Changed** Fires when a conditional-format rule changes. - Trigger **Data Validation Rule Changed** Fires when a data-validation rule changes. - Trigger **Developer Metadata Changed** Fires when developer metadata changes. - Trigger **Filtered Range Values Changed** Fires when the values in a filtered range change. - Trigger **New Rows** Fires when new rows are appended to a Google Sheet. - Trigger **New Sheet Added** Fires when a new sheet (tab) is added to a spreadsheet. - Trigger **New Spreadsheet Created** Fires when a new spreadsheet is created in the account. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Metadata Changed** Fires when spreadsheet metadata changes. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Properties Changed** Fires when spreadsheet properties change. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Row Changed** Fires when a row matching a query changes. - Trigger **Spreadsheet Search Match** Fires when a spreadsheet matching search criteria is found. - Trigger **Table Query Result Changed** Fires when the result of a SQL-style table query changes. - Trigger **Table Schema Changed** Fires when a table's column schema changes. - Trigger **Worksheet Names Changed** Fires when worksheet (tab) names change. - Action **Add Row** Append a row to a Google Sheet - Action **Aggregate Column Data** Read a range and compute an aggregate (sum|avg|min|max|count) over one column, skipping blank/non-numeric cells (so a header row is skipped automatically). - Action **Auto-Resize Rows or Columns** Auto-fit row heights or column widths over an index range via autoResizeDimensions. - Action **Change Sheet Properties** Update a worksheet's grid properties (row/column count) using an explicit field mask. - Action **Clear Basic Filter** Remove the basic filter from a sheet via clearBasicFilter. - Action **Clear Spreadsheet Row(s)** Clear the values in a range (formatting preserved). - Action **Copy Range** Copy a source cell range to a destination range within the spreadsheet. - Action **Copy Worksheet** Copy a worksheet into a destination spreadsheet. - Action **Create Chart** Add a basic embedded chart (column/bar/line/etc.) built from a domain range and a series range on a sheet. Returns the new chartId. - Action **Create Conditional Formatting Rule** Add a boolean conditional formatting rule (e.g. NUMBER_GREATER) that colors matching cells. - Action **Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows** Append many rows in one call. - Action **Create Spreadsheet** Create a new Google Sheets spreadsheet with the given title. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Column** Insert a blank column at a given index. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Row** Append a single row of values to a sheet range. - Action **Create Spreadsheet Row at Top** Insert a blank row just below the header (row 2), then write the given values into it in one operation. - Action **Create Worksheet** Add a new worksheet (tab) to an existing spreadsheet. - Action **Delete Chart** Delete an embedded chart via deleteEmbeddedObject. - Action **Delete Sheet** Delete a worksheet from a spreadsheet by sheetId (gid). - Action **Delete Spreadsheet Row(s)** Delete a contiguous block of rows by index. - Action **Find and Replace** Find and replace text across the spreadsheet. Supply EXACTLY ONE scope: all_sheets=true OR sheet_id. Leave the other unset (do not pass all_sheets=false together with sheet_id). - Action **Find Spreadsheet** Find spreadsheets by exact name via the Drive API (cross-host through the googlesheets connection). - Action **Find Worksheet** Return the worksheet whose title matches the given title (sheet_id/index/found), reading the spreadsheet's sheet properties. - Action **Format Cell Range** Apply background color and bold formatting to a cell range via repeatCell. - Action **Format Spreadsheet Row** Apply a background color across an entire row via repeatCell over a row range. - Action **Get Conditional Format Rules** List all conditional-format rules on each sheet (paired with the sheetId so a follow-up update can target a rule by index). - Action **Get Data Range** Read all values in one or more ranges via batchGet. - Action **Get Data Validation Rules** Read the data-validation rule set on every cell of a range (per-cell dataValidation, via includeGridData with a field mask). - Action **Get Many Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)** Read multiple ranges at once via batchGet. - Action **Get Row by ID** Read a single row range. NOTE: Google Sheets has no row ID; the row number IS the identity. - Action **Get Sheet Names** Return the titles of all sheets (tabs) in the spreadsheet. - Action **Get Spreadsheet by ID** Fetch spreadsheet metadata (title, sheets, gids, grid properties). - Action **List Charts** List all embedded charts (chartId + title) across every sheet in the spreadsheet. - Action **Lookup Spreadsheet Row** Read a range and return the FIRST row whose cell at column_index equals match_value (Sheets has no server-side filter; this op filters the returned rows). - Action **Lookup Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced)** Read multiple ranges via batchGet and return ALL rows whose cell at column_index equals match_value (Sheets has no server-side filter; this op filters the returned rows). - Action **Move Chart** Reposition an embedded chart to a new overlay anchor cell via updateEmbeddedObjectPosition. - Action **Rename Sheet** Rename a worksheet's title. - Action **Search Spreadsheets** Search spreadsheets by name substring (or full-text) via the Drive API, cross-host through the googlesheets connection. - Action **Set Basic Filter** Apply a basic filter to a range on a sheet via setBasicFilter. - Action **Set Data Validation** Apply a ONE_OF_LIST dropdown data-validation rule to a cell range. - Action **Sort Range** Sort a cell range by one column in ascending or descending order. - Action **Update Chart** Replace an existing chart's spec (title, chart type, domain/series ranges) via updateChartSpec. - Action **Update Conditional Format Rules** Replace an existing conditional-format rule (identified by its index on the sheet) with a new boolean rule. - Action **Update Data Validation Rule** Overwrite the data-validation rule on a cell range with a ONE_OF_LIST dropdown (same endpoint as create; setDataValidation replaces whatever rule the range held). - Action **Update Spreadsheet Row** Overwrite the values at a specific range. - Action **Update Spreadsheet Row(s)** Update one or more disjoint ranges in a single batch. - Action **Upsert Row** Read a range, find the row whose column_index cell equals match_value; UPDATE that row when found, otherwise APPEND a new row. 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Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in Google Sheets when something happens in FreshBooks? Any of Google Sheets's 46 actions, including Create Chart, Create Conditional Formatting Rule, Create Multiple Spreadsheet Rows and Create Spreadsheet. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Google Sheets to FreshBooks? Yes. When something happens in Google Sheets, your agent can act in FreshBooks too. This page covers both directions: Google Sheets's triggers and FreshBooks's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for FreshBooks or Google Sheets? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use FreshBooks and Google Sheets without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.