Connecting Google Drive

Google Drive folders and shared drives, connected in one click.

Connect it yourself with your Google account.

Who does it: You. A Google Workspace administrator who limits third-party apps allows Astruct.
How long: About two minutes.

What Astruct reads

The files in the Drive folders and shared drives you link, and their new and changed versions. Read only.

Open Apps. On the Google Drive row, select Connect and sign in with your Google account. If Google says it has not verified the app, select Continue. Unverified apps (Google)

Choose the project in the Project list at the top of Apps.
On the row, select Choose folders, then Link a folder. Find it in the list (select a name to open it) and select Link.
Astruct reads everything in it now, files each item to the project, then checks for new and changed items. Link more, or select Move here on one linked to another project.

The Google Drive row says Connected, how many folders are linked to the project and how many files are filed there.

Access blocked (on the provider's screen) Your Google Workspace administrator limits third-party apps. Ask them to allow Astruct, then connect again.
“Sync failing” Select See the error on the row. The folder or project was usually moved, deleted or taken off your access. Link it again, or select Stop syncing on it.
“did not connect: permission was not given. Try again.” You chose Cancel or Deny on the provider's screen, or your organisation lets only an administrator approve new apps. Select Connect again and approve. If it stops at an approval screen, see the admin step in this guide.
“did not connect. Try again.” The sign-in was open for more than 15 minutes, was started in another tab or browser, or the provider did not hand over access. Start again from the row, in one tab, and finish the sign-in within 15 minutes. If it fails twice, sign out of the provider in that browser, then connect again.
“Needs reconnecting” The provider asked for permission again, for example after a password change or a new security policy. Select Reconnect on the row and sign in. What arrived in the meantime is read once it reconnects.

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