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When you enable this feature, you can push Templates, Dynamic Reports, and Report Collections to Google Sheets. To enable Google Sheet in the export settings, you have to complete the Google integration configuration.

You can leverage Google Drive functionality only with Google for work enterprise domain account. To start uploading and sharing files through a Google account, the Google domain admin must complete this one-time setup.

Prerequisite: Contact the Planful Support team to configure the Google Drive.

Integrate with Google Drive

Once the configuration is done by Planful Support, perform the following steps:

  1. Log in to your Google Work Enterprise domain with the admin account in which your users will use Google Drive features (https://admin.google.com/). The Google Admin home page appears.
  2. On the home page, select the Security option.
  3. On the Security page, click the API controls option.
  4. Under Domain wide delegation, click MANAGE DOMAIN WIDE DELEGATION.
  5. On the Domain-wide Delegation page, click Add new.
  6. Provide the following information in the respective fields and click Authorize.
  7. To make sure every scope appears, select the new client ID and click View details. If they do not, click Edit, enter the missing scopes, and click Authorize. Note that you cannot edit the client ID.

Creating a Data Load Rule to Load a File From Google Drive

  1. Click Maintenance > DLR > Data Load Rules.
  2. Click New Data Load Rule.
  3. Enter a Name and Description.
  4. For Load Type, select Google Drive File Upload.
  5. For Load Item, select Data.
  6. For Sub Load Item, select from GL Data or Translation Data.
  7. Complete the fields on the remaining Data Load pages as needed. Information on each of these fields and examples is provided in the Data Load Rules section of this document.
Note:
When a Google Drive Data Load Rule (DLR) file is created by a user, it automatically creates a folder with the same name in the Administrator's Google Drive account. The file is accessible to the user and the Administrator only.

Scheduling the Data Load Rule with Cloud Scheduler to Load Data From Google Drive

  1. Click Maintenance > Admin >Cloud Scheduler.
  2. Click Add to create a scheduled process to load the data automatically from Google Drive using the Data Load Rule created.
  3. Complete General Information.
  4. Click Tasks.
  5. Click Add Task.
  6. For Task Type, select Data Load Rule.
  7. For Task Name, select Google Drive Upload or whatever you named the Data Load Rule.
  8. If there is data required to be loaded prior to this data load, select dependencies.

Click Save and proceed with scheduling.


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