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Set up External Connections

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Restriction: You must be logged in as an admin or contributor with the Manage External Connections right 
to sync your external connection accounts with Canto and migrate files from Share folders to Canto.

 

Link your Canto account to external connections to add files from Google Drive, SharePoint, etc. to Canto.

 

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User Menu Settings Links & Connections External Connections 

 

How to set up external connections

  1. Select any icon.
  2. Click Connect.
  3. You will be then prompted to sign in with your credentials for that external service in a new window.
    Note: If you need assistance with setting up the connection you can switch to the specific article for the connection you want to add
  4. Choose the folders and click Allow.

The files will then be viewable in Canto in the corresponding folder and labeled with the services logo.


Note: When you first sync your status may depict the following:

Processing_status_for_external_connections.png

The following options will appear when the sync has been finished. Here you can unlink the folder and manually sync the folder. Also, you will be able to toggle the Auto-Sync feature. Auto-sync takes place on a 24-hour basis.

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