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title: "Storage Providers > Google Drive"
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WorkBook integrates to Google Drive and allows your WorkBook instance to automatically create folder structures and other folders directly from WorkBook. WorkBook can be used in combination with the existing Google Drive functions, such as synchronizing directly to your desktop.

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## REQUIREMENTS

- Google account with Google Drive
- WorkBook

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## INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION

- Navigate to the **Settings **module > **Folders, reports & documents **> **Storage and folders**
- Go to the **storage provider** tab
- Click the **create storage provider** icon

![image](media://b59c1cc4-2a69-49ec-939c-e6d263856635)

- Select **Google Drive** in the dropdown menu then click **OK**
- **Enable **the new Google Drive storage provider by selecting the checkbox under column “Enabled”
- Then click on the **Authenticate** button from the Sub-grid (the little key icon).

> 📝 Make sure you have pop ups enabled in your browser

- In the pop-up window, sign in to your Google account. (click on** ‘Use another account’** to sign in if you can’t find your account listed)

![image](media://6cdc91ac-50b9-43c3-ae70-4f5c4bcea798)

- Click **show advanced**

> 📝 The reason for this action is that WorkBook has not yet verified the application. This step will be obsolete once it has been verified.

- Click **go to WorkBook (unsafe)**

![image](media://83bd1787-6d4c-4633-90ae-43ad320a4db2)

- On the next page loaded > click **Allow**

![image](media://3c482dd8-0643-4196-ae1f-63ebfeca8961)

- After clicking allow the last pop up will appear and this includes a code that you will need to **copy** (by either pressing **Ctrl + c / Cmd + C **from your keyboard)

![image](media://5e5e2f0e-ff3b-4d42-a498-32ff4cc9cff9)

- Navigate back into WorkBook > **paste the code** into the **Google drive value **field

![image](media://b2282a57-0327-490b-8a75-3478ae05a4af)

Once the code has been input, you’re done with the installation of Google Drive!

You can now enable the new storage and run the test to ensure there is no error and the integration has been successfully set up. 

![image](media://39e92384-1c66-4c05-8d1a-c9fdc9b53a38)

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## TROUBLESHOOTING

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| **MY STORAGE IS SLOW** |
| Yes, unfortunately using Google storage might be slower at generating folders when creating jobs. This is something your the team needs to be aware off. We recommend not using Google Drive if you feel the solution is too slow. |

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