Google Drive

Google Drive is a file storage and synchronization service. The Google Drive connector A software component that allows seamless integration with third-party services, business applications, and content stores. Examples include Salesforce, Box, and Microsoft SharePoint. Connectors are used to create connections required for workflow actions and start events. is used to create connections for Google Drive actions. Use Google Drive actions A tool for building the processes, logic, and direction within workflows. Actions are the steps the workflow performs to complete a process. to work with files and folders in Google Drive. For more information, see Google Drive.

Google Drive offers support for files and folders with duplicate names. Every item in Google Drive has a unique ID. If duplicate file or folder names are used within the Google Drive actions, folder or file IDs must be used instead of the file or folder paths.

Shared folders, however, are not currently supported between Nintex Automation Cloud and Google Drive.

Create a Google Drive connection

Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.

Create a connection and sign in with Google Drive from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.

Create a data lookup

Use the Google Drive data lookup to retrieve a list of drives available to the connector. Each data lookup is configured for a specific user. You can create as many data lookups as you need. For more information on creating a data lookup and assigning permissions to it, see Data lookups.

For example, to allow users to select a specific Google Drive in a form, add a drop-down list of drives to the form using a Data lookup control A form control that allow users to select from a drop-down list that has values sourced from a third-party service.. The Data lookup control uses a Google Drive - Get drives data lookup to list the drives available in the drop-down.

You can create a data lookup to:

• Get drives: List drives from your Google Drive account.

Google Drive data lookup fields

When you create a Google Drive data lookup, you can configure some additional fields to specify which tables, views, and stored procedures the data lookup should retrieve.

To access the data lookup fields, in the Add data lookup section, select the Connector and the Operation.

The following operations are available for the [Google Drive connector:

• Google Drive - Get drives

Operation	Field or selection	Description
Google Drive - Get drives	Include my drive	Whether or not to include drives belonging to the account used to create the connection, or retrieve only the available shared drives' metadata.
	Use domain admin permission	Issue the request as a domain administrator.