# Google Drive - New activity trigger

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

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# Input

Input field 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

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.

Output field Description
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 (opens new window).
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: Domain of the Team Drive containing the item. Contains the following output fields:
Drive 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:
Actors A list of actors who performed the activity. Contains the following output fields, in addition to List size and List index:
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:
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.


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