Syncing project files to centralized cloud storage

Purpose

1. Automate syncing and backup of project files from local or on-premises storage to centralized cloud storage for streamlined access, real-time collaboration, and compliance within design and documentation workflows.

2. Automates document versioning, team notification, and access permission settings, enabling design practitioners in architecture to manage project documents securely and efficiently across remote, hybrid, or distributed teams.

3. Supports automated audit trails and recovery, prevents data silos, and ensures all files—plans, blueprints, CAD files, RFIs—are available, always up-to-date, and centrally managed for regulatory and client project requirements.

Trigger Conditions

1. Automated file addition, update, or deletion within designated project folders (local, network drive, or on-premises system).

2. Automation initiated on team member upload, project milestone achievement, or scheduled intervals (e.g., nightly, hourly).

3. Automates in response to changes in document management systems, notifications from collaboration tools, or manual user command via a dashboard or applet.

Platform Variants

1. Google Drive

• Feature/Setting: Drive API v3 “Files: create”, “Files: update”, automated folder sync, OAuth2 credentials configuration.

2. Dropbox

• Feature/Setting: /files/upload endpoint, /files/list_folder for monitoring, automated sync via long polling webhook setup.

3. Microsoft OneDrive

• Feature/Setting: Graph API “Upload large files”, automated delta sync queries, client secret authentication.

4. Box

• Feature/Setting: Box API “Upload a File”, folder webhooks for automating changes, JWT App authentication.

5. Egnyte

• Feature/Setting: Egnyte Public API “File Upload”, automated folder watcher, personalized token.

6. SharePoint Online

• Feature/Setting: Microsoft Graph “DriveItem: Create Upload Session”, automating library sync via site webhook.

7. AWS S3

• Feature/Setting: S3 REST API “PutObject”, “ListObjectsV2”, configure automated backup policy, IAM credentials.

8. Autodesk BIM 360 Docs

• Feature/Setting: Data Management API “Upload File”, “Checkin”, automated project folder mapping.

9. Citrix ShareFile

• Feature/Setting: `/Files/Upload`, automating via API tokens, monitored sync folder subscribe.

10. Nextcloud

• Feature/Setting: WebDAV “PUT”, “PROPFIND”, automated sync script with access token.

11. pCloud

• Feature/Setting: PCloud API “Uploadfile”, automate with OAuth.

12. Zoho WorkDrive

• Feature/Setting: WorkDrive API “Upload File”, webhook for folder update notification, automate via API key.

13. Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage

• Feature/Setting: S3-compatible API “Upload Object”, automating via personal user key.

14. Backblaze B2

• Feature/Setting: B2 Native API “b2_upload_file”, configure automated sync with application key.

15. Mega

• Feature/Setting: MEGA SDK “Put”, automator integration of session key.

16. OpenText Documentum

• Feature/Setting: REST API “Import Document”, automate with OAuth2.

17. IBM Cloud Object Storage

• Feature/Setting: S3 API “PutObject”, trigger-based automated backup.

18. Egress Secure Workspace

• Feature/Setting: REST API “Upload Document”, automate folder monitoring with API key.

19. QNAP Qsync

• Feature/Setting: Qsync API “File Upload”, automate sync from NAS folder.

20. FileCloud

• Feature/Setting: FileCloud REST “FileUpload”, webhook for file change, automate token management.

21. Smartsheet

• Feature/Setting: API “Attach File To Row”, automate document insertion into project sheets.

22. Slack

• Feature/Setting: Slack API “files.upload”, automate notification with upload, workspace bot token.

23. Monday.com

• Feature/Setting: API “add_file_to_column”, automate sync to project management boards.

24. Asana

• Feature/Setting: API “attachments”, automate file upload to tasks, personal access token.

Benefits

1. Automates the elimination of manual file transfer—reducing risk of error, omission, or delay.

2. Centralized and automated cloud storage enables real-time access to the latest documents, supporting team collaboration without version conflicts.

3. Automatedly maintains compliance with data governance by tracking every upload/change for auditing.

4. Automator reduces IT support burden by streamlining how files flow from many sources to single repository.

5. Automates notification, permissions, and backup for each file, securing architecture project assets.

6. Ensures all stakeholders have immediate, automated access to project files—no more waiting or searching.

7. Facilitates easy scaling of storage needs via automated provisioning on supported platforms.