{"id":388,"date":"2021-11-16T16:42:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?p=388"},"modified":"2023-08-21T08:23:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T07:23:19","password":"","slug":"view-content-of-google-drive-files","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/view-content-of-google-drive-files\/","title":{"rendered":"View Content of Google Drive Files"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/products\/gat-unlock\/\"><strong>GAT Unlock<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0an Admin can request access and\u00a0<strong>view<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>content<\/strong>\u00a0of any Google Drive file in a domain.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Unloc<\/strong>k is a security feature within GAT+ allowing Admins to perform actions such as:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>Access to view and download files<\/li>\r\n<li>Changing File Ownership<\/li>\r\n<li>Access to view and download Emails<\/li>\r\n<li>Set up Email delegation<\/li>\r\n<li>Use of Flow<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Below are the steps of how the\u00a0<strong>Admin can view the content of a file.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Search for File<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In GAT+ navigate to <strong>Drive &gt; Files <\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the \u201c<strong>Apply custom filte<\/strong>r\u201d button and a pop-up menu will be displayed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"348\" class=\"wp-image-391\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 1\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_21_53-GAT-1024x348.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_21_53-GAT-1024x348.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_21_53-GAT-300x102.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_21_53-GAT-768x261.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_21_53-GAT.png 1255w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Apply the filter and search for the <strong>File<\/strong>\u00a0you need to\u00a0<strong>view the content of.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"707\" class=\"wp-image-392\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_24_53-GAT-1024x707.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_24_53-GAT-1024x707.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_24_53-GAT-300x207.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_24_53-GAT-768x530.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_24_53-GAT.png 1136w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click on<strong> Apply\u00a0<\/strong>to see the result<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Action on File<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>result<\/strong>\u00a0of the search will display files matching the filter applied.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"323\" class=\"wp-image-394\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 2\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_37_05-GAT-1024x323.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_37_05-GAT-1024x323.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_37_05-GAT-300x95.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_37_05-GAT-768x242.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_37_05-GAT.png 1263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the checkmark beside the File itself (title) to select the file.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the\u00a0<strong>File Operations <\/strong>button.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A pop-up menu will be displayed, click on the <strong>Create new access request <\/strong>button<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"353\" class=\"wp-image-396\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 3\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_42_40-GAT-1024x353.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_42_40-GAT-1024x353.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_42_40-GAT-300x103.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_42_40-GAT-768x265.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-15_42_40-GAT.png 1271w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>From the menu select\u00a0<strong>Create new access request<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>A pop-up menu will be displayed:<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Request access until<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 select for how long you want access to this file<\/li>\r\n<li>Message\u00a0 \u2013 leave a message to the Security officer<\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Send requests<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 click to send the request for Approval<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"888\" height=\"308\" class=\"wp-image-400\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 4\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.11.16-16_06_29.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.11.16-16_06_29.png 888w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.11.16-16_06_29-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-uk.generalaudittool.com-2021.11.16-16_06_29-768x266.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 888px) 100vw, 888px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Security officer approval<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The Security officer receives an email notification<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"843\" height=\"530\" class=\"wp-image-402\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 5\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-mail.google.com-2021.11.16-16_12_38.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-mail.google.com-2021.11.16-16_12_38.png 843w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-mail.google.com-2021.11.16-16_12_38-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/screenshot-mail.google.com-2021.11.16-16_12_38-768x483.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The officer can approve or deny the request in\u00a0<strong>GAT+ &gt;\u00a0 Security officer &gt; Access permissions\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" class=\"wp-image-404\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 6\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-1024x499.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-300x146.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-768x374.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-1536x748.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT-1568x764.png 1568w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_21_25-GAT.png 1585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When the request is\u00a0<strong>approved,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>access\u00a0<\/strong>to the\u00a0<strong>File content\u00a0<\/strong>will be<strong>\u00a0granted.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<h3>Preapproval enabled<\/h3>\r\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/how-to-set-up-preapproval-access-for-unlock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preapproval<\/a> is enabled <strong>no email will be sent to Security Officer<\/strong>, the <strong>request will be approved<\/strong>, the <strong>access to the Files will be granted<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The <strong>Admin will have access to view and download all the files by default from all the users selected in the Scope<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1188\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-12-07-11_11_14-Window.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1248\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-12-07-11_11_14-Window.png 1248w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-12-07-11_11_14-Window-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-12-07-11_11_14-Window-1024x398.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-12-07-11_11_14-Window-768x298.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1248px) 100vw, 1248px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Access the File<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>To access the file, navigate to the <strong>GAT+<\/strong>\u00a0&gt; <strong>Drive<\/strong>\u00a0audit<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Click on the\u00a0<strong>File Operations<\/strong>\u00a0button and select the\u00a0<strong>Access Permissions list<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1025\" height=\"837\" class=\"wp-image-406\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 7\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_24_49-Window.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_24_49-Window.png 1025w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_24_49-Window-300x245.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_24_49-Window-768x627.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1025px) 100vw, 1025px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>A pop-up menu with all\u00a0<strong>Access permissions<\/strong>\u00a0requests will be displayed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" class=\"wp-image-408\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 8\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_26_42-GAT-1024x394.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_26_42-GAT-1024x394.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_26_42-GAT-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_26_42-GAT-768x295.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_26_42-GAT.png 1339w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>On the\u00a0<strong>File<\/strong>, you want to investigate click on the\u00a0<strong>checkmark under Actions.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Result<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The searched\u00a0<strong>File will be displayed<\/strong>\u00a0again, and on the right side under<strong>\u00a0Actions<\/strong>\u00a0will have two options.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>Download file<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>View file content<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"309\" class=\"wp-image-410\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 9\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-1024x309.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-1024x309.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-768x232.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-1536x463.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT-1568x473.png 1568w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_33_44-GAT.png 1589w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\">Click on\u00a0<strong>Show File content\u00a0<\/strong>to view the content of the Google Drive file.<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<h3>Carbon copy<\/h3>\r\n<p><strong>A carbon copy of the file will be created where you can view its content.\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>It is a copy of the file and its content &#8211; there will be no log of the file being accessed by the Admin as it is not the file itself but an audit of it via Unlock feature.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"294\" class=\"wp-image-411\" title=\"GAT Unlock | Request View of Content of a File in Google Drive 10\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_35_30-Window-1024x294.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_35_30-Window-1024x294.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_35_30-Window-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_35_30-Window-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_35_30-Window.png 1529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>View the content of any Google Drive file with the GAT Unlock feature<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>When the <strong>time requested<\/strong> to have access to the files has<strong> expired<\/strong>, the Admin will no longer have access to it. To view the content again, a new request has to be submitted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>All those actions are kept in an immutable log called the <strong>Admin log<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-twentytwentyone-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"465\" class=\"wp-image-412\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_40_16-Window-1024x465.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_40_16-Window-1024x465.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_40_16-Window-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_40_16-Window-768x349.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2021-11-16-16_40_16-Window.png 1362w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>The Admin log contains all the actions that the Admins or Delegated auditors performed using GAT+ tools<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using\u00a0GAT Unlock\u00a0an Admin can request access and\u00a0view\u00a0the\u00a0content\u00a0of any Google Drive file in a domain. 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