Connect Google Drive and Sheets

Connect Google Drive so your Right Hand can find your files and read your Sheets. This is also where heavy files belong (see Large files and media).

How to connect

1. Open Settings, then Integrations & Skills.
2. Under Add an integration, find Google Drive and select Connect.
3. Your browser opens the provider's own sign-in page. Sign in and approve access.
4. Return to Dynamiq. The Google Drive icon now shows a green dot, which means connected.

What your Right Hand can do

• Search Drive and browse folders
• Read files and Google Sheets
• Upload new files, edit files, write or add rows to a Sheet, and share files, each with your approval

What it can't do

• Do anything to your Drive without asking, when it changes or shares a file

What waits for your approval

• Uploading a file, editing a file, writing cells or rows in a Sheet, and sharing a file always wait for your approval.
• Reading and searching never ask.

How to disconnect

1. Open Settings, then Integrations & Skills.
2. Select the Google Drive icon, then Disconnect, then confirm.

Dynamiq stops using Google Drive straight away. You can also remove Dynamiq from the provider's own list of connected apps. Where that lives varies, so look for something like Connected apps or Third-party access in your Google Drive account settings (menu names are approximate).

Common problems

• The icon shows "Reconnect needed". Google stopped accepting the saved sign-in (a password change or a removed app does this). Select the icon, then Reconnect, and sign in again.
• Nothing happens after you approve in the browser. The handoff back to Dynamiq can be blocked. Wait a few seconds; Dynamiq keeps checking for about three minutes. If it still shows "Waiting for sign-in", select Try again.
• The tile says "not set up on the server yet". That's on our side. Email help@dynamiqai.io.
• Still stuck? See Send diagnostics.

See also: Connect an account, all integrations.