Scoped view & mapping headers for Box

Use the following headers when you're creating a CSV file for a scoped view or mapping for a Box migration. Your choice of headers depends on the data that you want to migrate.

CSV file format

• All headers and entries are case-sensitive unless indicated.
• When using a mapping CSV file, prefix the column headers belonging to the source connection with Source. Prefix the target connection column headers with Target.
• Make sure the character encoding of the CSV file is set to UTF-8. 

CSV file headers

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CSV file headers for Box (source)

Header	Use & examples
BoxUser	To map data from a Box user, use the BoxUser header with the email address of the user. Example BoxUser [e-mail]
BoxFolder Must be preceded by a column with a BoxUser value	To map data from a Box folder, use the BoxFolder header with the ID of the folder. Find the ID value by navigating to the folder in Box and inspecting the URL. For example, the URL https://app.box.com/folder/74816025069 has an ID value of 74816025069. Example BoxFolder 74816025069 Note: The All Files folder has an ID of 0.

Other source CSV file headers

Header	Use & examples
MapChildrenOnly Must be preceded by a column with a folder value	To map the contents of the folder, but not the folder itself, use the MapChildrenOnly header with the (case-insensitive) string true. To map the folder and its content, omit the column or use the (case-insensitive) string false. Example MapChildrenOnly true

CSV file headers for Google Workspace (target)

Header	Use & examples
GDrive Must be preceded by a GUser column and value	To map data to a user’s My Drive or to a shared drive, use the GDrive header with one of the following strings: GMyDrive GSharedDrives Example GDrive GMyDrive
GFolder Must be preceded by a GUser column and value	To map data to a folder inside a user’s My Drive or shared drive, use the GFolder header with the folder’s ID. Find the ID value by navigating to the folder and inspecting the URL. For example, the URL https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/BDEz25J3DzFb has an ID value of BDEz25J3DzFb. Example GFolder BDEz25J3DzFb
GGroup	To map data to a group in Google Groups, use the GGroup header with the group’s email address. Example GGroup [e-mail]
GOrgUnit	To map data to a specific organizational unit, use the GOrgUnit header and the path to the organizational unit. Example GOrgUnit /Org_Unit/Sub_Org_Unit
GService Must be preceded by a GUser column and value	To map data to a user’s Google Workspace service, use the GService header with one of the following strings: GCalendarService GContactService GDrive GMailService GSitesService Example GService GMailService
GSharedDrive Must be preceded by a GUser column and value	To map data to a shared drive, use the GSharedDrive header with the shared drive’s ID. Find the ID value by navigating to the shared drive root folder and inspecting the URL. For example, the URL https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/BDEz25J3DzFb has an ID value of BDEz25J3DzFb. Example GSharedDrive SBDEz25J3DzFb
GUser	To map data to a Google Workspace user, use the GUser header with the email address of the Google Workspace user. Example GUser [e-mail]
Sub Path	To map data to a folder that doesn't currently exist on your Google Workspace domain, use the Sub Path header. Add the path and name of the new folder below. During a migration, Google Workspace Migrate creates the path and folder and migrates the data to the new folder.  Example Sub Path Folder1#Folder2

Scoped view CSV file example

Scoped view CSV file for Box:

BoxUser

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

[e-mail]

To see example mappings for Box, visit Common examples of mappings.

Related topics

• Create & manage a mapping
• Create a scoped view

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