Google Workspace

Google Workspace is a single connection that covers Google Sheets, Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Calendar with one approval, so you do not have to connect each of them separately. You can also connect any one of those on its own if that is all you need. Google Forms is its own connection, described below.

What each Google connection can reach

The Google connections differ in how much of your Drive they can see, so it is worth choosing deliberately.

Google Sheets and Google Forms can also read your Google Drive. Approving either one lets the app read files across your whole Drive, not only the spreadsheets or forms you had in mind.
Google Drive is the narrower choice for files. It works with the files your app creates and with file details across your Drive, and it does not open the contents of everything in your Drive.
Google Workspace covers Sheets, Drive, Gmail, and Calendar together. Its Drive access is read-only: the app can look at files, and it cannot upload or change them.

Fill and read a spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is often the simplest place for an app's data to live, especially when people outside the app need to see it:

Log each new entry as a row, so a sheet fills up as the app is used.
Read a range of cells into a list, a table, or a set of totals.
Update cells in place when something changes — a status, a price, a quantity.
Create a new spreadsheet when the app needs one to start from.

Email a summary

The Gmail connection sends mail from your Google account, so messages come from your own address:

Send a confirmation to someone after you approve their booking or order.
Email a summary of the day's entries to yourself or to a colleague.
Email a document or a list, in plain text or formatted.

Gmail is for sending and reading, not for tidying. The app cannot mark a message as read, add or change labels, or delete anything.

Because the app can also read your mail, it can act on incoming messages — for example, turning a reply into an entry. It checks your mail when you use the app, not the moment a message arrives, so expect a short delay rather than an instant reaction.

Add and read calendar entries

Create an event with a title, a time, and guests, when you book or schedule something.
Show upcoming events in the app, so a week's schedule is visible without leaving it.
Change or cancel an event when the booking changes.

Back up files to Drive

When you upload a file in your app, save a copy to Drive, so the file is also in the place your team already looks.
List and search for files, and read their details, such as the name, type, and when they changed.

Google Forms (separate connection)

Connect Google Forms on its own. The app can read a form's questions and pull the responses into your app, which is useful when people already fill in a form and you want the results in a purpose-built app. This connection is read-only: the app cannot create forms or change them.

About Google Docs

There is no separate Google Docs connection. Documents stored in Drive are files like any other, so the app can list them and, with the Workspace connection, download or export them as text or PDF. The app cannot edit or create a Google Doc.

Connect the Google services you need

Open Account settings, choose Integrations, find the Google service or Google Workspace, and select Connect. The steps are the same as any other service — see Connect an integration.

Once connected, ask the builder for the behaviour you want, in your own words. Use a connected service in your app explains how those requests are handled and billed.