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Supported triggers and actions

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- FolderRequired
  Check a specific folder for new folders. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new folders added to folders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- FolderRequired
  Parent folder, like /TextFiles/ or /Documents/Taxes/.
- Folder NameRequired
Action
Write
- FileRequired
  File you would like to move. Please use the Search powered field to find the file. Otherwise advanced users may type in full path name using Custom Value such as /Folder1/Folder2/File Name.pdf
- New LocationRequired
  Where to move the file.
Action
Write
- FolderRequired
  Where to find the file that will be updated, or where to create the new file.
- File NameRequired
  Specify the name of the file. ".txt" will always be appended as the file extension.
- File ContentRequired
  Plain text content to append to the text file.
Action
Write
- PathRequired
  The path to be shared by the shared link, e.g. /Documents/Taxes or /Documents/Taxes/notes.txt.
- Requested Visibility
  The access permission that can be requested by the caller for the shared link. Note that the final resolved visibility of the shared link takes into account other aspects, such as team and shared folder settings.
- Link Password
  If Requested Visibility is Password this is needed to specify the password to access the link.
- Expires At
  Expiration time of the shared link. By default the link won't expire.
Action
Write

- FolderRequired
  The folder to search in, like /TextFiles/ or /Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.
- Folder NameRequired
- Include Deleted Folders?
Action
Search
- FolderRequired
  The folder to search in, like /TextFiles/ or /Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.
- Search TermRequired
- Include file contents?
  Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
Action
Search

- No Team Drive
  If you want to use this trigger with a Sheet that resides in your Google Team Drive, you have to workaround the issue using these steps.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers
Trigger
Instant
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- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers
- Trigger Column
  Trigger on changes to cells in this column only. Leave this field blank if you want the Zap to trigger on changes to any cell within the row. Please note: All new rows will trigger the Zap even if the Trigger column is empty. Add a Filter step to stop the Zap from continuing if this column is empty in a new row.
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
Trigger
Scheduled
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- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- Spreadsheet Containing the Worksheet to CopyRequired
- Worksheet to CopyRequired
- Copy To
  Which spreadsheet should the worksheet be copied to? If left blank, it will be copied to the spreadsheet containing the original worksheet.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- TitleRequired
- Headers
- Overwrite?
  If a worksheet with the specified title exists, its content would be lost. Please, use with caution.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
- RowRequired
  If you want to update the same row each time select a row from the dropdown box. To dynamically update the row, click open the dropdown and choose the "Custom" tab, then the "Add a search step" button.
- Background Color
  Choose from your current custom Theme Color in your Spreadhseet, or enter a color #rrggbb in hexadecimal format.
- Text Color
  Choose from your current custom Theme Color in your Spreadhseet, or enter a color #rrggbb in hexadecimal format.
- Text Bold
  True if the text is bold.
- Text Italic
  True if the text is italicized.
- Text Strikethrough
  True if the text is strikethrough.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers. See here for more information.
- Lookup ColumnRequired
  Let us know which column you want to search by with the value below. We will grab the latest matching row and give you all of its values.
- Lookup ValueRequired
- Supporting Lookup Column
  Optionally, specify another column you want to search by. Note that if you supply this, the Zap will trigger only on rows that match both columns. (An example column might be something like Email Address or Phone Number)
- Supporting Lookup Value
  An example value might be me@example.com or 555-5555
- Bottom-Up
  Search from bottom of the sheet?
- Row Count
  Number of rows to return. Max is 500.
Action
Search
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers. See here for more information.
- ColumnsRequired
  Let us know which columns to return. e.g. A:Z
- Row CountRequired
  Number of rows to return. Max is 500.
- First Row
  Number of the first row to return (1 is the header)
Action
Search
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- TitleRequired
  Value of the Worksheet Title to match exactly. Search is case-sensitive.
- Headers
- Overwrite?
  If a worksheet with the specified title exists, its content would be lost. Please, use with caution.
Action
Search or write
- Trigger on weekends?
  Should this Zap trigger on Saturday and Sunday?
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
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- Day of the MonthRequired
  Day of month this schedule should trigger on.
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
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- FolderRequired
  Check a specific folder for new files. Keep clicking to go inside folders. Please note: new files added to folders inside the folder you choose here will NOT trigger this Zap.
- Include file contents?
  Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- FolderRequired
  Where to save the file.
- FileRequired
  Must be a file object from another service (or some URL).
- Overwrite
  Whether we should overwrite this file (if one of the same name exists) or not.
- Specify File Name
  Advanced: By default, we use the same name as the file from the trigger. If you need to change the name, enter a value here. The original file extension will be appended.
- Specify File Extension
  Advanced: If you specify a file name, you can also specify an extension (include the initial ".").
Action
Write
- FolderRequired
  Where to save the new file.
- File NameRequired
  Specify the name of the file. ".txt" will always be appended as the file extension.
- File ContentRequired
  Plain text content to put inside the new text file.
- Overwrite
  Whether we can overwrite this file (if one of the same name exists) or not.
Action
Write
- FileRequired
  File you would like to rename. Please use the Search powered field to find the file. Otherwise advanced users may type in full path name using Custom Value such as /Folder1/Folder2/File Name.pdf
- New NameRequired
  What you'd like to rename the file too (without extension, ie .pdf).
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
  API docs for Dropbox are located here http://dropbox.github.io/dropbox-sdk-js/Dropbox.html
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
  Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
- Query String Parameters
  These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
- Headers
  Authentication headers are included automatically
- Additional Request Headers
  Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
- Body
  Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example, {"foo": "bar"} is perfectly valid.
Action
Write
- FolderRequired
  The folder to search in, like /TextFiles/ or /Documents/Taxes/. Keep clicking to go inside folders.
- File NameRequired
- Include Deleted Files?
- Include file contents?
  Note: File contents greater than 100MB will cause an error. Set this to NO to exclude file contents and avoid errors.
Action
Search
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
Trigger
Scheduled
Try It
- No Team Drive
  If you want to use this trigger with a Sheet that resides in your Google Team Drive, you have to workaround the issue using these steps.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers
- Trigger Column
  Trigger on changes to cells in this column only. Leave this field blank if you want the Zap to trigger on changes to any cell within the row. Please note: All new rows will trigger the Zap even if the Trigger column is empty. Add a Filter step to stop the Zap from continuing if this column is empty in a new row.
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
- Column NameRequired
- Index
  The column position (zero-based) to insert. If not set, append to the right by default.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
Action
Write
- TitleRequired
- Spreadsheet to Copy
  Create a duplicate of an existing spreadsheet.
- Headers
  These Headers are ignored if a "Spreadsheet to Copy" is selected.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
- RowRequired
  Use a search step before this to get the row to delete.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
- RowRequired
  If you want to update the same row each time select a row from the dropdown box. To dynamically update the row, click open the dropdown and choose the "Custom" tab, then the "Add a search step" button.
Action
Write
- Api Docs Info
  API docs for Google Sheets are located here https://developers.google.com/sheets/api/reference/rest
- HTTP MethodRequired
- URLRequired
  Requests can only be made to domains associated by this application.
- Query String Parameters
  These params will be URL-encoded and appended to the URL when making the request.
- Headers
  Authentication headers are included automatically
- Additional Request Headers
  Zapier will apply these optional headers and values to the request in addition to any headers created as part of the authentication mechanism.
- Body
  Zapier will pass this along raw. If you would like to provide complex JSON, try a "Code by Zapier" step to build the structure and pass it along here. For example, {"foo": "bar"} is perfectly valid.
Action
Write
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- TitleRequired
  Value of the Worksheet Title to match exactly. Search is case-sensitive.
Action
Search
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers. See here for more information.
- Lookup ColumnRequired
  Specify the column we should search for cells which match the Lookup Value.
- Lookup ValueRequired
- Supporting Lookup Column
  Optionally, specify another column you want to search by. Note that if you supply this, the Zap will trigger only on rows that match both columns. (An example column might be something like Email Address or Phone Number)
- Supporting Lookup Value
  An example value might be me@example.com or 555-5555
- Bottom-Up
  Search from bottom of the sheet? In other words, pick the most recent match?
Action
Search
- Drive
  The Google Drive where your spreadsheet resides. If nothing is selected, then your personal Google Drive will be used. If you are connected with any Google Team Drives, you can select it here.
- SpreadsheetRequired
- WorksheetRequired
  You must have column headers. See here for more information.
- Lookup ColumnRequired
  Specify the column we should search for cells which match the Lookup Value.
- Lookup ValueRequired
- Supporting Lookup Column
  Optionally, specify another column you want to search by. Note that if you supply this, the Zap will trigger only on rows that match both columns. (An example column might be something like Email Address or Phone Number)
- Supporting Lookup Value
  An example value might be me@example.com or 555-5555
- Bottom-Up
  Search from bottom of the sheet? In other words, pick the most recent match?
Action
Search or write
- Trigger on weekends?
  Should this Zap trigger on Saturday and Sunday?
Trigger
Instant
Try It
- Day of the WeekRequired
- Time of DayRequired
  Triggers relative to your timezone settings and defaults to UTC (GMT+00:00) if no preference is set. Note: You can also specify a time with a Custom Value in the formats "hh:mm aa", "hh:mm", or "hhhh" (e.g. "2:30pm", "14:30", or "1430").
Trigger
Instant
Try It

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About Dropbox

Dropbox lets you store your files online, sync them to all your devices, and share them easily. Get started for free, then upgrade for more space and security features.

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Dropbox + Google Sheets + Schedule by Zapier Integrations

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New Folder

Create Folder

FolderRequired

Folder NameRequired

Move File

FileRequired

New LocationRequired

Create or Append to Text File

FolderRequired

File NameRequired

File ContentRequired

Create Shared Link

PathRequired

Requested Visibility

Link Password

Expires At

Find Folder

FolderRequired

Folder NameRequired

Include Deleted Folders?

Find File (Content Search)

FolderRequired

Search TermRequired

Include file contents?

New Spreadsheet Row

No Team Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

New or Updated Spreadsheet Row (Team Drive)

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

Trigger Column

New Worksheet

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

Create Spreadsheet Row

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

Copy Worksheet

Drive

Spreadsheet Containing the Worksheet to CopyRequired

Worksheet to CopyRequired

Copy To

Create Worksheet

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

TitleRequired

Headers

Overwrite?

Format Spreadsheet Row

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

RowRequired

Background Color

Text Color

Text Bold

Text Italic

Text Strikethrough

Update Spreadsheet Row(s)

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

Lookup Spreadsheet Rows (output as Line Items)

Drive

SpreadsheetRequired

WorksheetRequired

Lookup ColumnRequired

Lookup ValueRequired

Supporting Lookup Column

Supporting Lookup Value

Bottom-Up

Row Count

Get Many Spreadsheet Rows (Advanced, output as Line Items)

Drive