How to retrieve the URL link
In your Google document, click on Share in the upper right corner of the screen.
Set your desired access options, then click on Copy.
Embedding Google documents with restricted access
Viewing Google documents with organization or restricted access requires an authorized Google account and consequently, the ability to log into such account.
However, Google’s support to external authentication is currently limited.
If a user tries to view a restricted document through an embedder app and they’re NOT logged into any Google account, Google’s login screen won’t show up and instead a generic error will be displayed.
To fix this:
open a separate tab and access any Google product
log into your Google account
go back to Jira/Confluence or monday.com and refresh the page
Once you are logged in, it will also apply to other Google Workspace embedders you use.
Aggressive cookie-blocking systems (like the default options in Brave browser) will prevent the embedder app to keep your authentication. Disable them in order to correctly log into your Google account. Deleting cookies will cancel your authentication.
In Google Sheets and Google Docs, click on File > Share > Publish to web.
If not published, set your desired publishing settings and click on Publish.
Copy the displayed URL in the Link tab.
Are you embedding a restricted Google document in monday.com desktop app and Google doesn’t let you login (cookie error)?
Temporarily disable the restriction OR copy the link of any unrestricted Google Sheets file.
Embed the link or refresh the page if you’re not changing link
Click on Access and log into your Google account
Go back to the page where you embedded the document
You can now enable the restriction again or swap back to the file you originally intended to embed. You don’t need to repeat these steps for other files or Google embedders!
How to embed in monday.com
When you install an embedder app, a workspace item is automatically added to your selected workspace.
You can always add new workspace items by clicking on Add item to workspace and then selecting an embedder app.
In the embedder’s workspace item, just open the Settings panel by clicking the button in the upper-right corner and paste the required URL.
Done!
In a board, click on the Add view button and then on Apps.
Find the app you want to embed and click on Open in board.
The embedder will show up, displaying instructions on how to retrieve the URL of your document.
In the Settings panel, paste the URL link of your document in the corresponding text box.
Done!
In a board view, click on an Item. The item panel will expand, click on the Add view button.
Find the app you want to embed and click on Add to item.
The embedder will be added to the item panel, displaying instructions on how to retrieve the URL of your document.
Now click on Settings, then Create New Column.
Add a Text column to the board.
Close the item panel. You can now rename the Text column to your liking (e.g. “Embed URL”).
Paste the URL in the corresponding cell under the new column.
Click on your item to open the item panel to see the embedded document.
Done!
In a dashboard, click on Add widget, then on Apps.
Find the app you want to embed and click on Add widget.
The embedder widget will be added to your dashboard, displaying instructions on how to retrieve the URL of your document. Now open the widget Settings.
Paste the URL link of your document in the corresponding text box.
Close the settings panel to see the embedded document in your widget.
Done!
In a monday.com document, type /widget and select the corresponding option.
Click on More widgets.
Find the app you want to embed and click on Add widget.
The embedder widget will be added to your document. Now open the widget Settings.
You may be asked to select a board to populate the widget. Select any board and continue. You’ll need to open the widget settings again.
Paste the URL link of your document in the corresponding text box.
Close the settings panel to see the embedded document in your widget.
Optionally, you can rename the widget so it matches the content of your document.
Done!
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