You can upload files to and download files from Google Drive inside your business apps. To enable this, just drag-and-drop the following block into your business apps editor: 
You will get the block inside your diagram:
You can set your block's name and its icon by configuring the following:
You can create a new Google Drive connection (in case you don't have one) by pressing the following button:
Otherwise, you can select your Google Drive connection by pressing the following:
Select your connection from the list:
This connection will be used by anyone executing your business app (meaning that even if the person is not granted permission to use this connection inside their profile, they will be able to use this connection if they have access to the business app).
You can then specify what you would like to do with this block. You can either search for emails or send an email:
Your business app can search through your Google Drive for specific files. To configure your search, please use the following section:
Title search contains a checkbox which will only search for file titles:
Full-text search can be done to find if a file contains a text (meaning it will check each file separately).
You can also select labels inside your Google Drive:
You have a variety of file types to select from:
You can even select multiple folders to search:
You can export files from your business app or your Fenorri Drive during your business app execution. You can export multiple files. Please use the following section to configure your export options:
If your app generates a file in a previous step, for instance:
Then you can select the file the previous step is generating by simply clicking on it (it will change its color):
You can also select an existing file from your Fenorri Drive:
Once you found the file you would want to attach, click at the bottom of the card the 'Select' button.
Your files will appear in the configuration section:
You can remove them or add new once. During the execution, your business app will export all files you've specified to Google Drive.
If this block finds any files, you can import them by enabling the following:
The system will automatically import as many files as it finds.
If you do not wish to import previously imported files, just enable the following:
When importing files, you can automatically grant access permissions (or set administrators). All you have to do is press the following button:
You will see the standard access permissions dialogue where you can specify users, departments, groups, projects, and events:
Alternatively, you can grant permissions to all users by enabling the following:
If you would like to notify users when your app imports or exports files, simply click on the following button:
You will see the following section where you can configure your notifications:
You can select to send a notification as 'This app' or 'Person executing this'. The first one will appear as a notification from the business app, while the second option will send a notification from a specific person. You can add your title and message, which will be displayed.
A notification coming from the person executing the business app will look like the following:
You need to specify which users you wish to receive this notification by typing and selecting those users as following:
Once this business app gets executed, and files get imported or exported, users which are listed in this block will receive an automatic notification.
You can specify if the business app should exit in case this block fails by enabling the following option:
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