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The import copies the files into the Workspace once, with their folder structure, and can place them into the Dataroom in the same step, just like an upload. From then on they are ordinary data room documents.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"before-you-start","Before you start",[20,21,22,26,38],"ul",{},[23,24,25],"li",{},"You are an owner or editor of the project.",[23,27,28,29,33,34,37],{},"You can sign in to the Google or Microsoft account that holds the documents. For SharePoint sites, an organisation admin of your workspace must approve the app once, from the ",[30,31,32],"strong",{},"SharePoint"," tab of the import dialog, signing in with a Microsoft 365 administrator account; until then only the ",[30,35,36],{},"My files"," tab of OneDrive works.",[23,39,40],{},"One import takes up to 5,000 files and 5 GB in total, with no single file above 500 MB. 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You can close the dialog; the import continues, and ",[30,150,151],{},"Job manager"," keeps its record.",[15,154,156],{"id":155},"check-the-result","Check the result",[11,158,159],{},"The files appear in the Workspace under the destination folder, in the source's folder structure, and go through processing like any upload. If you chose a Dataroom option, they are placed, or proposed for placement, as with an upload. Google Docs, Sheets and Slides arrive as Word, Excel and PowerPoint files.",[15,161,163],{"id":162},"if-something-goes-wrong","If something goes wrong",[165,166,168],"problem",{"title":167},"The import option is not in the menu",[11,169,170],{},"Connected-storage import is not available in your workspace. Upload the files from your computer instead.",[165,172,174],{"title":173},"The SharePoint tab asks for approval",[11,175,176,177,180,181,184],{},"The app has not been approved for SharePoint yet. 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Import those separately or upload them from your computer.",[165,198,200],{"title":199},"The source changed after the import",[11,201,202,203,206],{},"Imports are copies, not links. 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