Looping and Batch Processing

Intermediate Workflow Automation with n8n

Yaron Been

Marketing Automation Architect

Batch Processing

No Batching

10 items flowing into a processing node (gears icon) and all 10 items coming out at once, illustrating no batching

Limitations

Overload APIs (hit rate limits)
Blocked accounts
Unclear failure points

Batch Processing

No Batching

10 items flowing into a processing node (gears icon) and all 10 items coming out at once, illustrating no batching

Limitations

Overload APIs (hit rate limits)
Blocked accounts
Unclear failure points

Batch processing

Loop Over Items node (circular arrows icon) sending batches through a loop output to a Processing Node (gears icon), which feeds back into the loop, with a done output leading to the next step

Dataset + Batch Size → Batches of Data

Let's practice!

Intermediate Workflow Automation with n8n