Connecting your organization’s Google Drive to le Chat is a simple process that unlocks advanced search functionality and AI-driven interactions with your Drive’s files.
The setup involves two main steps:
First, an Organization Administrator with the appropriate permissions must grant access to Google Drive and start the content indexing process.
Second, after indexing is complete, individual users can connect to Google Drive using their own Google accounts.
🔑 This guide will focus on how to connect your account to Google Drive as a user. If you are an Administrator looking to manage the Google Drive Connector for your team, please see the Google Drive Connector Admin Guide.
Authorize access to your Google Drive
1. Navigate to the Connectors page
Within le Chat interface, if not already open, click the toggle panel button (1) then click Connectors (2).
Click Connectors
2. Click the Google Drive Connector card
Under the My Connectors tab, identify the Google Drive card that indicates an active Connector then select it by clicking on it.
Click the Google Drive card on the My Connectors page
3. Click the Connect button
A popup window specific to your Google Drive Connector will appear. Find and click the Connect button within this popup.
Click the Connect button in the Google Drive Connector popup
🔑 Your privacy is important. Clicking the Privacy button provides details on how your data is managed when using Connectors. We prioritize secure handling and transparency.
4. Complete Google’s Connector process
You will be redirected to Google’s secure authentication flow.
Google will ask you to choose the account you want to connect and explicitly request your permission for specific actions.
Review these permissions carefully and click Allow to grant access.
🔑 This process uses OAuth 2.0, the standard secure protocol for authorization. You never share your Google password with our platform.
Upon successful authorization via Google, you will be returned to the Connectors page and see the Google Drive Connector card with a green dot indicating that the connection is active.
🚨 Quick reminder: Indexing of content by an Administrator is required to use the Google Drive Connector with le Chat. Make sure to ask your Administrator to start the indexing process if it hasn’t already been done. Trying to use the Connector before indexing is complete will result in an error response.