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Ben Silverman asked in #Salesforce Developer
Mar 4, 2016, 4:43 PM

Validating External Data Source

I am receiving an error when attempting to validate an external data source (Google Drive) in our sandbox so I can create an external object. For some reason I do not have permission to do this, even though I am a system administrator. The error appears under the Status field and shows "You are not authorized to perform that operation." Any advice anyone could provide me would be greatly appreciated!
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  1. Kai Williams
    Oct 26, 2018, 9:21 PM
    I eventually resolved this error with aid from https://help.salesforce.com/articleView?id=000220146&type=1  Even though I initially did select the Drive API and created all my credentials, it appears the credentials were saved without the Drive API. Going back to Google and (re)Enabling the Drive API for the project resolved the error.    Of course upon getting everything working I discovered that Team Drive files aren't viewable - just my personal Google Drive files.   If you need Team Drive access consider upvoting https://success.salesforce.com/ideaView?id=0873A000000CSZSQA4
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