Note
The Google Drive connector only supports excel and csv files. You cannot import a Google SheetsTM file. If you want to import a Google Sheets file, use the Google Sheets connector.
Set up a new connection
- From the Home screen, select the Add button under Tables.
- In Datasets, enter Google Drive and select the connector from the results.
- Enter a Name that identifies the connection.
- On the Setup tab, select Authorize Google. Enter the Google credentials for the account that you want to use. When connected, the button updates to Authorization Successful.
- 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
- From the Home screen, select the Add button under Tables.
- In Datasets, enter Google Drive and select the connector from the results.
- Under Connection, select the Google Drive 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.
- On the left panel, enter a Name that identifies the table and select a Folder to save the table.
- Under Update Frequency, specify how often you want Connect to update the table. You can import the data one time or have Connect continuously import the data at a set time interval. Connect automatically creates a flow for your import. If you select Once, you can use the flow at a later time to automatically run the import again.
- Under Files, select the file you want to
import and select Next. If your file is nested in a
folder, you have to select the folder and select Next before you can select the
file. If your file is nested in multiple folders, you will have to do this
step for each folder.
Note
The Google Drive connector only supports excel and csv files. You cannot import a Google Sheets file. If you want to import a Google Sheets file, use the Google Sheets connector.
- Select Next.
- Under Delete Files, select to delete the file from Google Drive, move it to the Historic folder, or do nothing. If a Historic folder does not exist, Connect creates one.
- 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 leave this blank, subsequent imports look for files that are identical matches to the name of the original import.
- 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
- Open the Outputs tab of the Flow Tool
.
- Select the plus sign
beside
Export to add a new export. - Under Export, select New Export. If you select One Time Download, Connect downloads the file to your computer and does not create an export.
- Enter a Name for the export.
- 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.
- Under Delivery, select Connection.
- Under Connection, select the Google Drive 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.
