Google Drive trigger - New activity

The New activity trigger allows you to monitor one or more activities within a parent folder.

Google Drive New activity trigger

Input fields

Field name	Description
Parent folder	The folder to monitor for new activity. Subfolders are also monitored. Select a folder from the picklist or enter the folder ID directly. If entering the folder ID for a shared drive (formerly Team Drive), this value must be in the form folder_id/shared_drive_id (for example, 1fm6iCMYrN7roZZ-ynpVFRTVq9mellrWp/0AB6ZFCw3XdamUk9PAA). IDs can be found at the end of folder and drive URLs.
Start time	When you start the recipe for the first time, it picks up activity from the specified date and time. Defaults to fetching activity an hour ago if left blank. After the recipe has been run or tested, the value cannot be changed. Refer to Triggers for more information.
Activity to monitor	Select one or more activities to monitor.

Output fields

Note that in Google Drive API, the terms folder and file are used interchangeably. A folder is technically a special file. As a result, whenever the field name or field description mentions file, it also applies to folder.

ID

ID of the changed Google Drive item.

Title

Title of the changed Google Drive item.

MIME

MIME type of the changed Google Drive item, as stated in Google Drive's documentation.

Owner

Owner of the Google Drive item. Contains the following output fields:

Team Drive

Team Drive containing the item. Contains the following output fields:

Name

Name of the Team Drive.

Title

Title of the Team Drive.

Domain

Domain of the Team Drive containing the item. Contains the following output fields:

Name

Name of the domain.

Legacy ID

Legacy ID of the domain.

Drive

Shared drive containing the item. Contains the following output fields:

Name

Name of the shared drive.

Title

Title of the shared drive.

Actions

A list of actions that occurred. Contains the following output fields, in addition to List size and List index:

Detail

Description of the action type and additional information about it. Contains the following output fields:

Rename

Details about the renamed item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Move

Details about the moved item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Permission change

Details about the permission change, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Comment

Details about the comment change, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Reference

Details about the item that was referenced in an application outside of Drive, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Settings change

Details about the changed settings, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Edit

An item was edited.

DLP change

Details about a change that happened in data leak prevention status, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Create

Details about the created item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Delete

Details about the deleted item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Restore

Details about the restored item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Actors

A list of actors who performed the activity. Contains the following output fields, in addition to List size and List index:

User

Details about the end user. Contains the following input fields:

Known user

Details about the known user, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Deleted user

Details about the deleted user, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Unknown user

Details about the unknown user, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Primary action detail

Details about the primary action for this activity. This is either representative, or the most important, of all actions in the activity. Contains the following output fields:

Rename

Details about the renamed item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Move

Details about the moved item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Permission change

Details about the permission change, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Comment

Details about the comment change, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Reference

Details about the item that was referenced in an application outside of Drive, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Settings change

Details about the changed settings, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Edit

An item was edited.

DLP change

Details about a change that happened in data leak prevention status, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Create

Details about the created item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Delete

Details about the deleted item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Restore

Details about the restored item, if applicable. Refer to the Google Drive Activity API Reference for more information.

Drive file

Details about the shared drive file. Contains the following output field:

Type

Type of the shared drive file.

Timestamp

Date and time of when the activity occurred.