What's New

September 2020

WHAT'S NEW

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28-Sep-2020

Added to | Notes

GAM.CFG. todrive_parent, the folder to save reports in.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/notes#h.950y1phm3j2q

Added to | Classroom

Update. Change the name of a course.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.lbrsab3c0kgj

24-Sep-2020

Added to | Groups

Update. Update Multiple Groups for a Single User, using a CSV.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/groups#h.kssqpgueagug

22-Sep-2020

Added to | Groups

Update. Who-Can_Post_Message > allindomaincanpost|allmanagerscanpost|allmemberscanpost|allownerscanpost|anyonecanpost

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/groups#h.p_FjwsAAQ2Xb_5

Updated | Gmail

Deleting Email. Added a comment about showing command output with redirect Stdout and corrected <message ID> format.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/gmail#h.p_BA36TkosZQ6R

21-Sep-2020

Added to | Classroom

Guardian Invitations. Moved Guardian Invitations to a new section. How to Add, Delete, Print & View.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.cykk3sy94j7g

Updated | Notes

todrive. Added the tdclearfilter option to remove filters on a Sheet before updating.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/notes#h.p_pHkI7ZFjXIGF

Updated | Groups

Add users. Expanded the command to include the _and_children and the _ns options..

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/groups#h.p_ovh4WtDWVq_I

Added to : Notes

Output. Making a note of the stdout option to see the output from a command.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/notes#h.3lus3qycya9s

18-Sep-2020

Added to | Drive & Shared Drive

excludeTrashed. By default it looks like GAM will copy files in the bin. Use excludeTrashed option to prevent this.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/drive#h.rhuxpmnsphkf

15-Sep-2020

Added to | Classroom

Invitations. Added section for Invitations and combined commands from other sections and command for user invitations.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.irrsppd3b0y

14-Sep-2020

Updated | Classroom

Change Owner. Added the commands get the CourseID, reinstate the course and un-suspend/suspend old owner, if required.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.p_ZzCeeHvUNR8o

Updated | Shared Drives

Find. Find Shared Drives containing specific text. Including breakdown of Regex query.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/shared-team-drive#h.bahmqqof0i40

12-Sep-2020

Added to | Shared Drives

Find. Find Shared Drives starting with or containing specific text.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/shared-team-drive#h.bahmqqof0i40

11-Sep-2020

Added | Google Analytics

Google Analytics. Now the site has been live for nearly 2 years and usage has grown to over 6.7K per month, I thought others may be interested in the Google Analytics data. A page has been added with links to the Audience and Behavior Overview reports. If you would like any other information please let me know.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/google-analytics

Moved | Contact Page

Contact Us. Formerly "Submit a GAM Command" now altered to allow easier feedback for general comments.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/contact-us

Added to | Classroom

Print. Or Show the classroom invitations for a specific class.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.n3s4rqsj8w6s

Added to | Contacts

Update using gSheet. Update email address of contact using gSheet list of users.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/contacts#h.vued12786tsa

10-Sep-2020

Added to | Calendar

Private Events. Change events to private.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/drive#h.drs41nfbh8iu

Added to | Gmail

Deleting all messages. Added comment to change command from delete to trash.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/gmail#h.p_-UmIFF66Y_Me

Added | Photos

Page. Commands to view the Gmail & Profile photos.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/photos

9-Sep-2020

Added to | Drive

Download. Download files as a PDF.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/drive#h.drs41nfbh8iu

8-Sep-2020

Added to | Groups

Update. Who_Can_View_Group. Which controls who can view the messages.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/groups#h.7k1k1ut3whna

Added to | Contacts

Contact Groups. Print all the members of all the Contact Groups.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/contacts#h.5h3d989lsal5

Added Page | Multiprocess GAM Commands

Example #1. Showing the breakdown of the overall command. Hopefully to allow piecing together other commands.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/misc/multiprocess-gam-commands

Updated | Surveys

Charts. Found an option to add a (live) Chart for the results of the serveys.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/misc/surveys

Updated | Home

Notes. Added the command format, link to variables and option to updating the todrive_timestamp in the gam.cfg file

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/notes#h.p_aDW2Wuy3c8w1

7-Sep-2020

Added to | Classroom

View Classes. For a Google Group of teachers

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.fsnm6ulopao5

View Classes. For a CSV list of Teachers

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/classroom#h.xhoc6ad993nb

Added to| Shared Drive

Add Group. Find the Shared Drive ID from the name of the Shared Drive.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/shared-team-drive#h.nfdwmdqvohy

Add Group. Add a group to a Shared Drive.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/shared-team-drive#h.1l38bpieo1rk

6-Sep-2020

Added to | Contacts

Contact Groups. View, print and see members.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/contacts#h.ydq1vo6n6rdn

4-Sep-2020

Added to | Gmail

Filters. Add a filter to forward message from a specific email address.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/gmail#h.p_ExtuvJTFd4Y5

Added to | Gmail

Deleting emails. For an OU and sub-OUs

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/gmail#h.ps1n2p3zqk3a

Added to | Projects

Update Contact Email Address. Check, Test and Change the contacts, using a gSheet.

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/misc/projects#h.eyzscieas94w

3-Sep-2020

Added to | Calendar

Print. Summary for a date range

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/calendar#h.wj26mi6i119a

Delete. Single Calendar Event

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/calendar#h.u235lbv2mnly

Added to | Notes

Todrive. Added option tdtimeformat <string>

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/home/notes#h.p_pHkI7ZFjXIGF

New Page | Surveys

Surveys. A page with the results to the site surveys

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/misc/surveys

Added to | Users

Update. How to check after updating recoveryEmail or recoveryPhone

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/users#h.as2acbjyvs46

1-Sep-2020

Added to | Drive

Check Drive Usage. Display Data used by a user in Drive, for users, OUs and groups

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/services/drive#h.jpo1sqowbpu

Added to | Groups

Members inc Nested Groups. Print off members of a group inc nested group memebers

https://sites.google.com/jis.edu.bn/gam-commands/people/groups#h.3r8fg5uqquz9