One Drive
One Drive reads files stored in your OneDrive: one specific file or the documents in a folder, including its subfolders. It can return the text of the files, so an agent or a model can work with it, or the files themselves, to pass them on to another component.
When to use it
- Summarise the reports the team keeps in a OneDrive folder.
- Extract the data from a department’s spreadsheets.
- Load internal documentation into a knowledge base.
Configuration
The component needs a Microsoft One Drive credential connected to your Microsoft account. See Credentials.
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Credential (required) | The OneDrive credential used to access the files. |
| Upload file or select file | The specific file you want to read. |
| or Select folder | The folder you want to read. If you pick a folder, the folder is read instead of the file. |
| File Type | Which files are read from a folder: all (documents, spreadsheets, PDFs and plain-text files such as .txt, .csv or .json), document (documents and spreadsheets), sheet (spreadsheets only) or pdf (PDFs only). Default: all. |
You must pick a file or a folder.
Output
- Data: the text of each file read, along with details such as its name and location. Connect it to an agent, a model or a document store.
- Files: the files as they are, to pass them to components that work with files.
Example
A finance team keeps each branch’s monthly reports in OneDrive:
- Add One Drive, pick the credential and, in or Select folder, the reports folder.
- In File Type, pick pdf.
- Connect Data to an agent that summarises the key figures of each report.
- Email the summary to management.
Good practices
- Use File Type to read only the files you care about in a folder.
- Pick the most specific folder you can: all its subfolders are read too.
Related components
- Files: manages OneDrive files.
- Folders: manages OneDrive folders.
- Parse Data: turns the data read into text.