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Google Workspace: Permissions and setup

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Written by Riya Sebastian
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Connect your Google Workspace account to Atomicwork to enable automated actions and streamline various administrative tasks. This integration allows Atomicwork to manage users, groups, and data transfers within your Google Workspace environment on your behalf, enhancing efficiency for processes like employee onboarding and offboarding.

Understand the required permissions

To connect your Atomicwork and Google Workspace accounts, you need the following:

  • Atomicwork admin access: You must have organization admin privileges in Atomicwork.

  • Google Workspace admin access: You must be an administrator for your Google Workspace account to authorize the connection and grant the necessary permissions to Atomicwork.

Connect your Google Workspace account

Follow these steps to integrate Google Workspace with Atomicwork:

  1. Navigate to Settings in the left navigation menu.

  2. Under Settings, click on App Store.

  3. On the App Store page, find the Google Workspace application and click Connect.

  4. You will be redirected to Google's sign-in page. Choose the appropriate Google Workspace admin account or sign in with one if prompted.

  5. After signing in, Google will display a consent screen outlining the permissions Atomicwork requires. Review these permissions carefully.

  6. Click Allow to grant Atomicwork access to your Google Workspace account.

  7. Upon successful authorization, you will be redirected back to the Atomicwork application, and the Google Workspace integration will be active.

Review the permissions granted to Atomicwork

When you authorize the connection, Atomicwork requests specific permissions to perform tasks within your Google Workspace. These permissions include the ability to:

  • View and manage data transfers between users in your organisation

  • View and manage customer-related information

  • View and manage the provisioning of user schemas on your domain

  • View and manage the provisioning of domains for your customers

  • View and manage group subscriptions on your domain

  • View and manage the provisioning of groups on your domain

  • View and manage the provisioning of users on your domain

Atomicwork requires these permissions to automate actions such as creating users, managing group memberships, and transferring files as part of automated journey actions.

Disconnect your Google Workspace account

If you need to remove the Google Workspace integration from Atomicwork:

  1. Navigate to Settings > App Store.

  2. Locate the Google Workspace application. It will indicate that it is connected.

  3. Click on the Google Workspace app card to open its settings.

  4. Click the Disconnect button.

  5. A confirmation dialog will appear. Confirm that you wish to disconnect.

  6. Once disconnected, Atomicwork will no longer have access to your Google Workspace account and cannot perform automated actions.

By connecting Google Workspace to Atomicwork, you unlock powerful automation capabilities that can save time and reduce manual effort for your IT and HR teams. To learn more about the specific automations you can configure, please refer to our article on Automate Google Workspace actions in journeys.

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