{"id":2481,"date":"2024-04-02T06:58:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T06:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contentsnare.com\/help\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2481"},"modified":"2025-01-17T08:32:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T08:32:08","slug":"google-drive","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/knowledge-base\/google-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Content Snare integrates with Google Drive, so you can automatically sync your files and documents with this online storage platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Note<\/strong>: You will need to create a new, empty folder in Google Drive that\u2019s exclusively for Content Snare. This is because Google imposes certain restrictions on how we can access your files. Our platform can only access one folder in your account. It also cannot see any of your existing files or folders, even if they are in that folder.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to set up your Google Drive integration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Create a new, empty folder in Google Drive and give it a name. Our suggestion is to call it \u201cContent Snare\u201d for the sake of simplicity. Once done, go to the Content Snare dashboard and:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click the avatar in the top-right corner and choose <strong>Settings<\/strong> from the drop-down<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Applications<\/strong> on the left&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-50x21.png 50w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-60x25.png 60w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR-100x42.png 100w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_AbLOO6UqWR.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You\u2019ll see a list of apps, so just click <strong>Integrate with Google Drive<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Note<\/strong>: The system will automatically send an email to inform you that the Google Drive integration was enabled.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This will open a pop-up window asking you to configure Google Drive integration. Click <strong>Select a Folder<\/strong> and choose the folder you created earlier. Set up a path where Content Snare will store files inside the existing folder. You can include placeholders like the client name and the request name.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg.png 617w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg-260x300.png 260w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg-43x50.png 43w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg-52x60.png 52w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_mOMhQK7fcg-87x100.png 87w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After that, complete the rest of the settings and click <strong>Activate<\/strong> in the bottom-right corner.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Note<\/strong>: Files that you or your client deletes in Content Snare are not deleted in the integration. They are renamed in the format: [filename]-deleted-[yyyymmdd]-[hhmmss].[extension]<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once set up, you can also manually export requests to Google Drive. This gives you additional options like including\/excluding instructions, fields without an answer, comments, and so on:\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-rt.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXfEB1ly5EdfbZ2xW4AOe0nlndbT_JdpfrwE6XMT60zkw1GGThZMOpjH_4uHpZifGouwSMp8oWbDZ76_x2ohaAOThwE5TcBDhuHtEVYsuHCKV1oqf73kKtF8G9NQnqCRQi2cjoFXfQ?key=Cdvsv_sUHQqABUd_hOiWqeJh\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Should you wish to reconfigure or remove this integration, you\u2019ll find both options in Settings \u2192 Applications \u2192 Google Drive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatically upload client files<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s possible to choose when to send files to Google Drive. There are three options in the drop-down menu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU.png 686w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU-50x20.png 50w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU-60x24.png 60w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_496HBb2UJU-100x40.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just choose the preferred option and then click <strong>Update<\/strong> to reconfigure settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Automatically generate export file<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The request PDF export can be generated automatically if you enable this option in settings. To do that, update your Google Drive configuration by enabling automatic exports:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR.png 687w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR-50x23.png 50w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/chrome_v7VRkRyIxR-100x45.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can also change the default export format (PDF) from the drop-down menu and choose whether to include confidential answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next step:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/knowledge-base\/dropbox\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"contentsnare.com\/help\/dropbox\">Dropbox<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Content Snare integrates with Google Drive, so you can automatically sync your files and documents with this online storage platform. Note: You will need to create a new, empty folder in Google Drive that\u2019s exclusively for Content Snare. This is because Google imposes certain restrictions on how we can access&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[1040],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-2481","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-integrations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2769,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2481\/revisions\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.contentsnare.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}