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Use this connection to communicate between Dropbox and Minitab Connect.

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Set up a new connection

Complete the following steps to set up a connection in Minitab Connect.
  1. From the Home screen, select the Add button under Tables.
  2. In Datasets, enter Dropbox and select the connector from the results.
  3. Enter a Name that identifies the connection.
  4. On the Setup tab, select Authorize Dropbox. Enter the Dropbox credentials for the account that you want to use. When connected, the button updates to Authorization Successful.
  5. Select Save .

After you save the connection, Connect displays options to import data into a new table. Start at step 4 of the following section for more information on importing data to create a table.

Create a table with data from a connection

Complete the following steps to import data from a connection and create a new table in Connect.
  1. From the Home screen, select the Add button under Tables.
  2. In Datasets, enter Dropbox and select the connector from the results.
  3. Under Connection, select the Dropbox connection that you previously set up. If you have not previously set up a connection, select New Connection and follow the steps in the previous section.
  4. On the left panel, enter a Name that identifies the table and select a Folder to save the table.
  5. In File, enter text to filter the list. Then select the files that you want to import and select Next. If your file is nested in a folder, select the folder then Next before you select the file. If your file is nested in multiple folders, repeat this step for each folder.
  6. Under Delete Files, select to delete the file from Dropbox, move it to the Historic folder, or do nothing. If a Historic folder does not exist, Connect creates one.
  7. In File Pattern, enter a string to match files for subsequent imports. Enter a percent symbol (%) before and after the string. For example, each day you import a file named "Measurements" that also has the date appended to it. You can enter %Measurements% to import any file name that has the word "Measurements" regardless of the date that is appended to it. If you don't enter a string, subsequent imports look for files that are identical matches to the name of the original import.
  8. Select Save . If you go to the Prep Tool and select Run , Minitab Connect displays the imported data.
    Note

    If no data appears after you select Run, select Reset Config .

When you save the import, Connect creates a flow with the settings that you selected. For more information on how to schedule a flow and add more data processes to clean data, go to Overview of the Flow Tool .

Export a file

Complete the following steps to export data from a Minitab Connect table.
  1. Open the Outputs tab of the Flow Tool .
  2. Select the plus sign beside Export to add a new export.
  3. Under Export, select New Export. If you select One Time Download, Connect downloads the file to your computer and does not create an export.
  4. Enter a Name for the export.
  5. Under View, select a saved view of the table. If you select None, Connect exports all the data from the table. For more information on saved views, go to Example of creating a data view.
  6. Under Delivery, select Connection.
  7. Under Connection, select the Dropbox connection that you previously set up.

You can specify the file type and file name along with other options. Select Save to add the export to the list of exports in the Outputs tab. Select Run to run the export.

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