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Jive for Google Drive Files and Docs

As a community manager you can install the Google Drive Files and Docs add-on for your community users to let them enable creation of Google documents, spreadsheets, and presentations in places they own.

The Google Drive Files and Docs integration provides the following features:

  • Upload files to Jive and store them in Google Drive.
  • Upload files or add Google Docs in Google Drive and sync them back to Jive.
  • Create Google Docs in Jive.
  • Sync Jive comments on a Google Doc with document-level comments on the same doc in Jive.

Once you install the Google Drive Files and Docs add-on and set it up, users can connect places to Google Drive and use it as the external file storage as shown below.

Note: When connecting a Jive place where everyone in the domain can view content, such as open groups, the integration adds the "everyone in the domain can view" rule to the connected Google Drive folder. In Jive-x, it adds the "anyone with the link can view" rule.

  • System requirements and best practices Make sure these system requirements are met before using the add-on.
  • Supported browsers Jive works with most current web browsers. Note that if you need to use Content Editor features, such as cut and paste, script access to the clipboard must be enabled.
  • Supported browsers Jive works with most current web browsers. Note that if you need to use Content Editor features, such as cut and paste, script access to the clipboard must be enabled.
  • Documentation PDFs Download the PDF version of this documentation.