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====== Adding the Google Drive Storage Provider ====== | ====== Adding the Google Drive Storage Provider ====== | ||
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You can add your Google Drive account as a storage provider and access documents and files through the File Fabric or through Google applications. | You can add your Google Drive account as a storage provider and access documents and files through the File Fabric or through Google applications. | ||
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Since Google Drive accounts are associated with individuals it's more common for individual users to add Google Drive as a private provider. Only they will have access to files in Google Drive. The File Fabric makes it easier to transfer information between different clouds, and adds additional sharing options and governance on Google Drive. | Since Google Drive accounts are associated with individuals it's more common for individual users to add Google Drive as a private provider. Only they will have access to files in Google Drive. The File Fabric makes it easier to transfer information between different clouds, and adds additional sharing options and governance on Google Drive. | ||
- | ===== 1 Step 1: Choosing the Google Drive Provider ===== | + | **NOTE**: Unusually for a file storage provider Google Drive supports duplicate folders and duplicate files. The File Fabric presetns as a file system and does not support this behaviour. |
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+ | ===== Choosing the Google Drive Provider ===== | ||
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The first step is to choose to add Google Drive to your Storage Made Easy Account either as a first step on activation or later from **My Dashboard** | The first step is to choose to add Google Drive to your Storage Made Easy Account either as a first step on activation or later from **My Dashboard** | ||
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You need to authorise your Storage Made Easy account to access your Google Drive account. To do this click **Authorize Google Drive Access** and follow the prompts to authenticate your account. | You need to authorise your Storage Made Easy account to access your Google Drive account. To do this click **Authorize Google Drive Access** and follow the prompts to authenticate your account. | ||
- | ===== 3 Revoking Account Access | + | ==== (Revoking Account Access) === |
You can revoke access at any time by going to Google Account settings from the web and, in the Security section clicking on the " | You can revoke access at any time by going to Google Account settings from the web and, in the Security section clicking on the " | ||
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You will then be taken to a page which will list the services that have access to your Google Account. Here you will see Storage Made Easy. | You will then be taken to a page which will list the services that have access to your Google Account. Here you will see Storage Made Easy. | ||
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- | ===== 6 Step 5: Sync Completed ===== | + | |
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Once the sync has completed you will be able to work with your files with the file managers or other clients. | Once the sync has completed you will be able to work with your files with the file managers or other clients. | ||
- | ===== 7 Options ===== | + | ===== Options ===== |
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- | {{:/ | + | The Google Docs Provider has a few special options within it's settings page (accessible from **MyDashboard-> |
- | The Google Docs Provider has a few special options within it's settings page (accessible from **// | + | * **Convert files:** This determines how files will be treated when you upload them to Google Docs. If Convert is ' |
+ | * **Use OCR for PDF and images** and **OCR language**: Converts PDF files and images | ||
+ | * **Display files in google format as URLs**: Allows editing of documents in Google format using the Google | ||
+ | **Remove Provider:** If you choose to remove the provider you first must make sure it is not your default provider (you can change this from the **'My Dashboard**' | ||
+ | ===== Rate Limiting ===== | ||
+ | Google Drive may limit the rate at which it processes requests. | ||