How to export data to Google Drive?

Export data to Google Drive



Zoho DataPrep supports exporting data to Google Drive, a file storage and synchronization service developed by Google. Google Drive allows users to store files in the cloud, synchronize files across devices, and share files.

To export data to Google Drive

1. Open an existing pipeline or create a pipeline from the Home Page, Pipelines tab or Workspaces tab. You can bring your data from 50+sources.

2. On the Pipeline Builder page, once you have completed creating your data flow and applying the necessary transforms in your stages, you can right-click a stage and select the Add Destination option.

 

 

3. Choose the Cloud storage category and Google Drive option or you can type Google Drive in the search box.



Notes

Note: If you had already added a Google Drive connection earlier, you can simply select the existing connection under the Saved connections section and proceed with exporting. To learn more about Saved data connections, click here.


4. If your data has columns with personal data, you can choose to include or exclude some or all of them in the PII columns section.

You can also apply the necessary security methods below to protect your personal data column:

A. Data masking  

Data masking hides original data with 'x' to protect personal information.

 

B. Data Tokenization 

Data tokenization replaces each distinct value in your data with a random value. Hence the output is statistically identical to the original data.

 

C. None

You can select None if you do not want to use any security method.

 




5. Click Next and if you have added a connection already, click the existing connection and start exporting data.




Notes

Note: Click the Add new link to add a new Google Drive account. You can create as many Google Drive connections as required.


6. Click the Authenticate Google Drive button to authenticate your account with your credentials. You will need to authenticate Google Drive when you try connecting to Google Drive for the first time.


 


Notes
Note: The connection configuration will be saved for exporting to the Google Drive in the future. Credentials are securely encrypted and stored.

7. You can choose to export the dataset in any of these supported file formats:
CSV, TSV, JSON, XLS, XLSX, and XML formats.


8. Select the required option from the File export option. You can choose to update the file with a new version at the destination or add a new file during export.

 



9. You can also click the Advanced options link for the following options.

  • You can encode the file using character encoding methods like UTF-8 using the File encoding option.

  • You can use a Row Separator such as UNIX (Line Feed) or MAC (Carriage Return) to ensure the line endings are translated properly.

  • You can distinguish the point at which the content of a text field begins and ends using Text qualifiers such as Single Quote(') or Double Quote(").

  • You can separate out the data or split using a Delimiter such as a Comma(,) , Semicolon(;) , or a Space.

  • Use the Compress file option to save your export as a .zip file.

  • You can also encrypt the file and protect it using a password before export.
       

10. Navigate to the folder you want to place the file in and click Export


Shared with me - This tab shows the files that are shared with you individually
Shared drives - A Shared Drive in Google Drive is a shared space where teams can store, access, and collaborate on files together. Files shared with your team will be displayed here.

11. Now that you have added a destination, you may want to try executing your pipeline using a manual run at first. Once you make sure manual run works, you can then set up schedule to automate the pipeline. Learn about the different types of runs here

Info: Each run is saved as a job. When a pipeline run is executed, the data fetched from your data sources will be prepared using the series of transforms you have applied in each of the stages, and then data will be exported to your destination. This complete process is captured in the Jobs page.

 

SEE ALSO

How to import data from Google Drive into Zoho DataPrep?