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Administrators can adjust how the Google Drive Connector app works to meet your team's needs and comply with company policies. |
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As the name implies, these settings are only visible to users with Administrator privileges. All the settings on this page are accessible by entering Confluence settings and then clicking on the "Google Drive ConnectorSettings" link on the sidebar under the "Configuration" section.
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Replicate storage permissions
The Google Drive Connector app simplifies the authentication by default, favoring ease of use with simplified permissions. Admins can require users to authenticate with an account with access to connected folders to better control how files are shared, viewed, and edited.
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What changes
Keep in mind Remember that this option requires users to sign in to each connected folder to view and edit the files to and apply the correct permissions to each user. Learn more
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Applying "Replicate storage permissions"
Click the "Authentication" tab Simplified Sharing (…)" section on the Google Drive Connector settings page;
Click the toggle to turn on the option “Replicate storage permissions.”
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Changing this setting saves automatically and applies immediately. |
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Deactivating "Replicate storage permissions"
Click the "Authentication" tab Cloud storage access and permissions required" section on the Google Drive Connector settings page;
Click the toggle to turn off the option “Replicate storage permissions.”
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Changing this setting saves automatically and applies immediately. |
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By default, the files and folders attached to Confluence pages use a regular header and appear in the collapsed view to use less space on the screen. It's easy to preview the file by clicking the arrow to open the expanded view, which uses the width of the page and is 464px tall by default, or clicking the file name (or preview button) to open the full-screen preview.
The Admin can set different defaults for new macros in the Admin settings section dedicated to the preview options.
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Attachment header
Select the default size for the header of new macros:
Regular: The standard size for the header of attached files and folders. It shows a big icon and additional details;
Compact: Uses a smaller icon and only shows the name of the file or folder;
Hidden for files: Completely hides the file header for files and forces the expanded preview option. Moving the mouse over the file will show a compact header.
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Changes to these settings save are saved automatically and apply applied immediately. |
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Allowed users and groups
By default, all All users and groups can use the Google Drive Connector app by default. It's accessible with through a link on the project sidebar and as a macro on pages to attach files and folders.
However, an Admin can specify which users and groups can use the Google Drive Connector app. When someone doesn't have permission is not permitted to use the app, the file manager and the macro are blocked.
You can see the The current settings are in the "Users & Groups" tab. There are three main options that you can select from the drop-down menu:
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Option 1: Everyone can use the app (default option)
It is the default option and means that every user and group All users and groups can access the Google Drive Connector app with the default option.
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Option 2: Everyone can use the app
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; only selected users and groups can connect folders
Select this option if everyone should be able to use the Google Drive Connector app, but only some users and groups can connect folders.
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Search for the user or group you want to remove, click the "Remove" button, and confirm. The option to connect folders is will be hidden from the user or group immediately.
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Select this option if you want only want some users and groups to use the Google Drive Connector app , and specify who can connect folders.
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Click the "Add User/Group" button, start typing to select a name, and click the "Add" button. The user or group gets will have immediate access to the app immediately.
Connect folder permission:
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Search for the user or group you want to remove, click the "Remove" button, and confirm. The app is will be blocked for the that user or group immediately.
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However, an Admin can specify which Confluence spaces can use the Google Drive Connector app. Removing the permission to use Blocking a space from using the app hides the file manager and turns off the macro for that space.
In the "Spaces" tabsection, you can see the current settings. There are three main options that you can select from the drop-down menu:
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Option 1: All spaces can use the app (default option)
It This is the default option and means that , meaning every space has can access to the Google Drive Connector app.
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Click the "Add Space" button, start typing to select a space, and click the "Add" button. The space gets will have immediate access to the app immediately.
Searching places
When searching for a specific space, please keep in mind that the Atlassian CQL search has limitations for texts that include any of these special characters: + - && || ! ( ) { } [ ] ^ " ~ * ? : \ /
If you your space name includes one of these characters, you can search for the space key instead.
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Search for the space you want to remove, click the "Remove" button, and confirm. The app is will be hidden from the that space immediately.
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Option 3: The selected spaces can't use the app
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Search for the space you want to remove, click the "Remove" button, and confirm. The space gets will immediately have access to the app immediately.
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Disabling Turning off the Google Drive Connector app on space already and using it hides the file manager link and all the attached files and folders to issues. The attachments reappear if the app is re-enabled. |
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Space owners can also toggle on/off the Google Drive Connector app , as long as the Admin allows. |
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Import data
If your team previously used the Team Files app and downgraded to, or plans to downgrade to, the Google Drive Connector app, you can import the data from Team Files and use it with the connector.
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An Admin needs to:
enter the admin settings;
click the Import data section;
Click the import button.
The importing process can take some time, depending on the size of your instance, but you don’t need to wait on the page.
When it finishes, you can check the audit log, which will show the start and finish time and how many pages were imported. If errors occur during the import process, you can repeat it.
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Wrap-up
On this page, you learned about all the Admin settings available. We'll add more Admin settings as needed when we introduce new features.
If you still have questions or require other global settingsabout the topics covered on this page, visit our our support portal to and send them to us your questions or feature requests. Our team is always happy to help.
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