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title: Scheduled Report to replace ‘Public’ with ‘Public with link’ permissions in Google Drive
description: "With GAT+ you can create a scheduled report that allows you to identify and replace all files with 'Public' to 'Public with link' permissions in Google Drive, read below to see how! #### Apply the desired filter and schedule report…"
url: "https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/scheduled-report-to-replace-public-with-public-with-link-permissions-in-google-drive/"
updated: "2022-08-18"
category: "Drive Audit & Management"
tags:
  - GAT+
---

# Scheduled Report to replace ‘Public’ with ‘Public with link’ permissions in Google Drive

With GAT+ you can create a scheduled report that allows you to identify and replace all files with 'Public' to 'Public with link' permissions in Google Drive, read below to see how!

#### Apply the desired filter and schedule report

Go to **GAT+ > Drive > Apply custom filter > **Sharing flag contains Anyone in domain ****

Next, select**Scheduled >**choose**Occurance** time **>**check**Enabled >**select**Recipients**

Once ready, **Apply & Schedule**

![Create Scheduled report Google Drive](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Drive-filter-1024x302.png)

![Create Filter to identify links open to anyone](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Scheduled-report-884x1024.png)

#### Replace "Public" with "Public with link"

To generate a job go to **GAT+ > Configuration > Scheduled reports**

![Create Scheduled Report Google Drive](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Config.png)

Next, find the earlier generated report and select **Job Action Edit** button that can be found on the right side of the scheduled report.

![](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Job-action-edit.png)

The **Scheduled job details** window will appear.

Select **Replace > Replace "Public at domain.com" with "Public at domain.com with link" **

Under **Configuration >**select **Status Enabled**

Once all is ready, **Save settings**

![replace public with public with link in Google Drive](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Replace.png)

The scheduled report will be triggered as often as requested during the process, and the scheduled job will be executed as selected:

- All **"Public"** permission to the files in the domain's Drive will be changed to **"Public with link"**.

Some related posts you may also be interested in:

- [Daily Removal of Drive files set as ‘Public with Link’ via a Scheduled Report](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/daily-removal-of-drive-files-set-as-public-with-link-via-a-scheduled-report/)
- [How to remove ‘Anyone in domain with link’ sharing on your domain](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/how-to-remove-anyone-in-domain-with-link-sharing-on-your-domain/)
- [Find Publicly shared Google drive files](https://gatlabs.com/knowledge/tech-tips/find-publicly-shared-google-drive-files/)