Integration · Google Drive
Google Drive integration: record your evidence folder. Configuration, no automatic sync
Much of your evidence already lives in Google Drive. In SimpleAct you record the folder or shared drive where your organisation keeps compliance evidence. There is currently no automatic synchronisation of files.
Today: configuration
The integration stores the folder ID, shared drive ID and service account details. In this version SimpleAct deliberately does not validate the service account automatically; files are neither read nor uploaded.
- Folder and shared drive recorded centrally
- No automatic synchronisation or file transfer
- You still link evidence by URL on the record
What the integration does today
A documented store, not a file sync
The Google Drive integration is a link at configuration level. It records where evidence is meant to live; individual documents are linked in SimpleAct through evidence links.
- Record the folder
- Folder ID, optionally a shared drive ID, and the e-mail and key of a service account are stored in SimpleAct. The key is shown masked afterwards.
- Mark as evidence store
- A switch marks the folder as your organisation’s evidence store. It documents the decision; no function that reads files from it is tied to it.
- Evidence by link
- You attach individual documents as links to evidence, controls or documentation, as before. SimpleAct does not check whether the file exists in Google Drive.
How it works
Recording Google Drive
Set-up happens under Enterprise options → Integrations.
Enter the folder ID
The folder ID is required. Optionally add shared drive and service account.
Save and test
The test confirms that the configuration is saved. It does not connect to Google Drive.
Link evidence
Your team stores documents in the recorded folder and links them to the matching evidence in SimpleAct.
What the Google Drive integration does and does not do
Honestly scoped, so you can plan correctly.
- Record folder, shared drive and service account centrally
- Mark the folder as evidence store
- No automatic synchronisation, import or upload of files
- No automatic validation of the service account in this version
- Enterprise feature
Frequently asked questions about Google Drive
Are files from Google Drive taken into SimpleAct automatically?
No. The integration stores the configuration. You link documents in SimpleAct by URL.
Does SimpleAct check the connection to Google Drive?
Not yet. The test only confirms that the configuration was saved.
Then what is the configuration good for?
It records where your organisation keeps evidence. Something auditors ask about. When we extend the integration, the store is already in place.
Keep evidence where it already lives
Record your Google Drive folder in SimpleAct and link evidence directly to the AI system.