OneDrive Connector 25.4
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# Retrieve Information from OneDrive

To automatically retrieve content from OneDrive, create a new fetch task by following these steps. The connector runs each fetch task automatically, based on the schedule that is defined in the configuration file.

To create a new Fetch Task

1. Stop the connector.
2. Open the configuration file in a text editor.

3. In the `[FetchTasks]` section of the configuration file, specify the number of fetch tasks using the `Number` parameter. If you are configuring the first fetch task, type `Number=1`. If one or more fetch tasks have already been configured, increase the value of the `Number` parameter by one (1). Below the `Number` parameter, specify the names of the fetch tasks, starting from zero (0). For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

4. Below the `[FetchTasks]` section, create a new TaskName section. The name of the section must match the name of the new fetch task. For example:

       [FetchTasks]
       Number=1
       0=MyTask

       [MyTask]

1. Ensure that the relevant OAuth parameters are included in the configuration file. For example, the following line imports the relevant parameters from a file named `oauth.cfg`. This file is generated by the OAuth configuration tool that is supplied with the connector.

       [MyTask] < "oauth.cfg" [OAUTH]

   For information about importing parameters into a configuration file, see Include an External Configuration File.

2. If you have installed the connector on a machine that is behind a proxy server, set the following configuration parameters so that the connector can access OneDrive.

   `ProxyHost` | The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use to access OneDrive.
   `ProxyPort` | The port of the proxy server to use to access OneDrive.

3. If you are retrieving information from a OneDrive for Business environment, set the following parameters:

   `ProcessAllUserDrives` | A Boolean value that specifies whether to retrieve information from the drives of all enabled users in a OneDrive for Business environment. To retrieve information from all enabled users, set this parameter to `TRUE`. When `ProcessAllUserDrives=False`, the connector only processes drives that belong to the user account used to access OneDrive.
   `UserMustHaveRegex` | A regular expression to limit the users whose files are retrieved. The principal name of a user must match the regular expression, otherwise the user is ignored.
   `UserCantHaveRegex` | A regular expression to limit the users whose files are retrieved. If the principal name of a user matches the regular expression, the user is ignored.
   `MappedSecurity` | (Optional) A Boolean value that specifies whether to add Access Control Lists (ACLs) to documents. If you want to use mapped security to protect documents from unauthorized access, set this parameter to `TRUE`. For more information about mapped security, see Mapped Security.

4. (Optional) To limit the information that is retrieved from OneDrive, set the following parameters:

   `PathMustHaveRegex` | A list of regular expressions. The full path a folder must match one of the regular expressions, otherwise the folder and its contents (including subfolders) are ignored.
   `PathCantHaveRegex` | A list of regular expressions. If the full path of a folder matches any of the regular expressions, the folder and its contents (including subfolders) are ignored.
   `FileNameMustHaveRegex` | A list of regular expressions. The name of the file must match one of the regular expressions, otherwise it is ignored.
   `FileNameCantHaveRegex` | A list of regular expressions. If the name of a file matches any of the regular expressions, the file is ignored.

   For a complete list of the parameters that you can use to configure the connector, refer to the OneDrive Connector Reference.

5. Save and close the configuration file.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery OneDrive Connector 25.4

Topic Title: Retrieve Information from OneDrive