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Define an External Data Source for Google Drive
Let Chatter users access their Google Drive content from the Files tab, feed posts, and search. Salesforce supports Google documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and drawings.
Required Editions
| Available in: both Salesforce Classic and Lightning Experience |
| Available in: Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions |
| User Permissions Needed | |
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| To define an external data source: | Customize Application |
- From Setup, enter External Data Sources in the Quick Find box, then select External Data Sources.
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Click New External Data Source. Then set the following options.
Field Description Label A user-friendly name for the data source displayed in the Salesforce user interface. Name A unique identifier used to refer to this external data source definition through the API. The Name field can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters. It must be unique, begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. Type Choose Files Connect: Google Drive Identity Type The identity type used to authenticate to the external data source.
Select Per User to require separate credentials for each user who accesses the data source. (Administrators must enable the data source for specific permission sets and profiles. Users then enter their credentials when first accessing the data source..)
Select Named Principal to use the same set of credentials for every user who accesses the data source from Salesforce.
Authentication Protocol The protocol used to access Google Drive.
Select OAuth 2.0.
Authentication Provider Enter the Google Drive authentication provider. Scope Leave blank. Start Authentication Flow on Save Select to immediately test the settings above.
