Troubleshooting: Dropbox source
Most common issues with setting up Dropbox source
- File picker displays data from a different Dropbox account
- The shared file is not visible in the Dropbox file picker
File picker displays data from a different Dropbox account
If you have several Dropbox accounts connected to Coupler.io, you can face some issues while working with the file picker.
Dropbox opens a list of files for your current active account that you are signed in to.
In case you need to switch accounts, sign out from your current account on https://www.dropbox.com/ and sign in to the needed account in the file picker.
- Sign out from the Dropbox account in the file picker.
- Sign in to the needed Dropbox account in the file picker.
- Select a file from a list on a correct Dropbox account.
The shared file is not visible in the Dropbox file picker
To select a file from another Dropbox account, the file must be shared the following way:
- On Dropbox Account_A, create a folder and place the Excel or CSV file to be shared to this folder.
- Share the folder with Dropbox Account_B that you connected to Coupler.io.
- Go to shared files in Account_B through Dropbox UI
- Click Add to Dropbox to accept adding a shared folder to your Dropbox.
- After this, the shared folder will be available in the file picker: