Google Drive for Work Compact Connector
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Google Drive for Work Compact Connector Guide |
Note: The main difference between this connector and the Google Drive for Work connector is that the compact version only index files once even if they appear in multiple Shared with me folders, significantly decreasing the index size and the document count.
Connector Features Summary
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Google Drive for Work version | Latest cloud version | Following available Google Drive for Work releases | |
Searchable content types1 |
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Files, folders, comments and replies2, and user profiles | |
Content update | Incremental refresh |
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Full refresh |
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Rebuild |
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Document-level security |
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1- By default the Drive for Work source includes files of the My Drive folder for each user. Shared documents are included with the associated permissions, so that who ever is authorized to see the items can find them in Coveo search results.
2- The comments and replies are included in the coveo.comments and coveo.comments.authors metadata of their parent item rather than as separate items. This way, users can search for the content of a comment or reply and find the parent document.
Features
The Google Drive for Work Compact connector features are:
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Content indexing
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Extraction and indexing of all Google Drive object types:
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User profile
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Folders
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Files
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Comments and replies
Note: The comments and replies are indexed in the coveo.comments and coveo.comments.authors metadata of their parent document rather than as separate documents. This way, users can search for the content of a comment or reply and find the parent document.
Note: By default the Google Drive for Work Compact connector indexes files of the My Drive folder for each user. Shared documents are indexed with the associated permissions, so that who ever is authorized to see the documents can find them in Coveo search results.
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Fully supported security model
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The connector fully supports the Google Drive security model using a security provider to get permissions for each indexed item. This means that, in Coveo search interfaces, a user searching Google Drive content only sees the content to which he has access.
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Incremental refresh
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Supports incremental refresh to periodically query Google Drive for the latest edits, keeping the index content up-to-date.
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Out-of-the-box configuration
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The connector is ready to use with minimal configuration to indicate which items to index and which metadata to use.
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Multithreading
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The connector can run multiple threads, which can improve performances considerably (see Modifying Hidden Google Drive for Work Compact Source Parameters).
What's Next?
Review the steps to deploy the Google Drive for Work Compact connector (see Google Drive for Work Compact Connector Deployment Overview).