SharePoint OData Connector 25.4
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# Retrieve Data from SharePoint Online

To automatically retrieve content from SharePoint Online (part of Office 365), 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. In the new section, set the parameters necessary for authentication.

   After running the OAuth tool as described in Configure OAuth Authentication, the parameters needed to authenticate can be found in a file named `oauth.cfg`. You can import these parameters into the task as follows:

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

   For more information about including parameters from another file, see Include an External Configuration File.

2. Set the following parameters to configure the connection to SharePoint.

   `SharepointOnline` | A Boolean that specifies whether you are retrieving data from a SharePoint Online shared server. To retrieve data from a SharePoint Online shared server, set this parameter to `true`. If you are retrieving data from a SharePoint Online dedicated server, set this parameter to `false`.
   `SSLMethod` | The version of SSL/TLS to use to connect to SharePoint Online. To use the latest protocol supported by both client and server, set this parameter to `NEGOTIATE`.
   `SharepointUrlType` | The type of URL to retrieve data from: `TenantAdmin` - The URL of the primary SharePoint site collection. The connector then retrieves all site collections and sites. `SiteCollection` - A site collection URL. `PersonalSiteCollection` - A personal site collection URL.
   `SharepointUrl` | Specify a URL that matches the type you set using `SharepointUrlType`.
   `SharepointAdminUrl` | The URL of the admin site collection. If you want to retrieve user profiles from SharePoint Online, you must set this parameter.
   `SharepointMySiteUrl` | The URL of the "MySites" site collection.

3. (Optional) You can set additional configuration parameters to specify the information that you want to retrieve. For more information about the parameters that you can use, refer to the SharePoint OData Connector Reference.
4. Save and close the configuration file.

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Product: Knowledge Discovery SharePoint OData Connector 25.4

Topic Title: Retrieve Data from SharePoint Online