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# Create External Credentials for Google Drive (Beta)

To ingest structured data from Google Drive to Data 360, set up an external credential for your Google Drive.


**note:** This feature is a Beta Service. A customer may opt to try a Beta Service in its sole discretion. Any use of the Beta Service is subject to the applicable Beta Services Terms provided at [Agreements and Terms.](https://www.salesforce.com/company/legal/agreements/) If you have questions or feedback about this Beta Service, contact the Data 360 Connector team at [datacloud-connectors-beta@salesforce.com.](mailto:datacloud-connectors-beta@salesforce.com)

## Before You Begin

We recommend using the built-in Google Drive Data 360 OAuth provider. If you prefer to use your own, create the [OAuth-based authentication for Google](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=data.c360_a_setup_oauth_google.htm&type=5) in Setup before completing these steps.

Note the following about setting up the OAuth client ID credentials in Google:

- Set the application type as **Web application**.
- Note the Client ID and Client Secret.

    > Note: The Google Drive Data Cloud OAuth provider doesn't support personal Gmail accounts.

## Set Up External Credentials

1.  From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter `Named Credentials`, and then select **Named Credentials**.

    ![namedcredential definition](https://developer.salesforce.com/media/NamedCred_13Aug2024.png)

2.  On the External Credentials tab, click **New**.

    -  Enter a label and a name for your external credential. The name can’t contain spaces. You can use underscores.

    -  For Authentication Protocol, select **OAuth 2.0**.

    -  For Authentication Flow Type, select **Browser Flow**.

    -  For Authentication Provider, select **Google Drive Data Cloud** or the provider you created.

    -  Click **Save**.

3.  Add principal to external credentials.

    -  In the external credentials that you created, under Principals, click **New**.

    -  Enter the parameter name. You can include spaces.

    -  For Identity Type, select **Named Principal**.

    -  For Scope, choose one of these options:

        -  If you're using the Google Drive Data Cloud OAuth provider, leave this field empty.
        -  For unstructured data ingestion, if you created your own OAuth Provider using [OAuth-based authentication for Google](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&id=sf.c360_a_setup_oauth_google.htm&type=5), add the scope, `openid https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.readonly`.

    -  Set the Sequence Number to `1`.

    -  Click **Save**.

4.  Authenticate your external credentials.

    -  Under Principals, from the Actions dropdown menu, select **Authenticate.**

    -  To connect Data Cloud to the connector, click **Allow**.

5.  Define the named credential.

    -  In the Named Credentials Tab, click **New** and enter a label and a name. The name can't contain spaces, but you can use underscores.

    -  For the URL, enter `https://google.com`.

    -  For external credentials, select the credential you created.

    -  Click **Save**.

6.  Enable external credential access.

    -  From Setup, in the Quick Find box enter `Profiles` and then select it.

    -  Click **System Administrator**

    -  On the Enable External Credential Principal Access tab, click **Edit**.

    -  Add the external credentials principal that you created to the Enabled External Credentials Principals column.

    -  Click **Save**.

## Next Step

- [Set Up a Google Drive Structured Connection](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/data/data-cloud-int/guide/c360-a-set-up-googledrive-connection.md)