Tableau Connector for Dropbox

Build 25.0.9434

UploadFile

Uploads a new file to Dropbox or replaces an existing one at the specified path; requires content write access.

Input

Name Type Required Description
LocalFilePath String False The local file system path of the file to upload to Dropbox.
FileName String False The name of the file being uploaded. Required if using content; optional if the local file path is provided.
Path String True The destination path in the user's Dropbox where the file is saved.
AutoRename Boolean False When set to true, Dropbox will automatically rename the file to avoid name conflicts, based on the selected write mode.
Mode String False Specifies the behavior if the file already exists at the target path, such as overwrite, update, or add.

The allowed values are add, overwrite, update.

The default value is add.

Mute Boolean False When set to true, suppresses user notifications about the file upload.
ClientModified String False The timestamp to record as the client-side modification time in ISO 8601 UTC format (for example, %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ).
StrictConflict Boolean False When set to true, enables stricter conflict detection for write modes to prevent unintentional overwrites.
ContentHash String False A hash value of the file content being uploaded. If provided, Dropbox will validate it against the uploaded content and return an error if there's a mismatch.
PropertyGroups String False A JSON array (as a string) containing custom property groups to apply to the uploaded file.

Result Set Columns

Name Type Description
Success String Returns a value of True when the file is uploaded successfully; otherwise, returns False.
Name String The name of the uploaded file, including its extension.
Id String The unique identifier of the uploaded file.
ClientModified String The timestamp set by the client for when the file was last modified before upload.
ServerModified String The timestamp indicating when the file was last modified on Dropbox servers.
Revision String A unique revision ID for the uploaded file.
Size String The size of the uploaded file in bytes.
LowerCasePath String The lowercase version of the full Dropbox path to the uploaded file.
DisplayPath String The original cased path of the uploaded file, used for display purposes.
PreviewURL String The URL for previewing the uploaded file in a browser.
IsDownloadable String True when the file can be downloaded directly. When False, the file must be exported to access its contents.
HasExplicitSharedMembers String True when the file has explicitly assigned shared members; otherwise, the value is False.
ContentHash String A hash value of the file content after upload, used to verify data integrity.

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