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When the job executes, folders with "share-by-link" permissions will transfer to Box as permissions to the mapped Box group.

Summary/Recommendations

Note

For best results, we recommend that jobs of this nature are broken into two parts:

1. Taxonomy Job w/ Permission Migration

2. Copy/Sync Job w/ Author Preservation

  1. Use the "Exclude Shared" filter when you want SkySync to propagate permissions; the destination will not yield the same folder structure because the destination may have a different sharing scheme (e.g. Box shares show up on root only).

    1. To transfer content exactly as shown from G Suite/Box without caring about sharing/permissions, do not use "Exclude Shared" filter and do not enable permission migration.

    2. We have found that certain platforms, such as Box, require this filtering in order to prevent duplication.

  2. Since G Suite allows shared content be located anywhere in a user's drive:

    1. Set GoogleDrive.AllowSharedWithMe to true if you are not transferring entire user drives, otherwise you risk skipping transferring shared content in the destination.

    2. Set GoogleDrive.AllowSharedWithMe to false (default) if you are transferring entire user drives, otherwise you risk duplicating shared content in the destination.

  3. The sharing permissions of explicitly shared files cannot be transferred from G Suite to Box. Only folders.

  4. If you use disinheritance in G Suite to remove a sharer from the permission list, content will most likely be skipped. The sharer cannot transfer the content because it no longer has access to it within his share. The sharee cannot transfer the content because "Exclude Shared" will skip over the parent of the disinherited content.