Google Vault is a tool that allows you to manage and export your google data for discovery purposes. Everlaw can process Google Vault files either directly via a cloud connector or from exported files.
From Vault, you can create exports that consist of actual data files (in a series of zips) and two Google-generated metadata files: one with custodian information and another with file metadata. When you generate an export in Vault, you can download these files individually. There will be a checksum file that can be ignored. To load the files with the metadata overlay on Everlaw first submit all files in a single folder or archive (see similar format for split archives/images).
Examples
Here is an example of Google Vault export files for Google Drive:
- EXPORT_NAME-custodian-docid.csv
- EXPORT_NAME-metadata.xml
- EXPORT_NAME-metadata.csv
- EXPORT_NAME_0.zip
- EXPORT_NAME_1.zip
Example of Google Vault export files for Gmail/chat:
- EXPORT_NAME-N.zip
- EXPORT_NAME-metadata.csv
- EXPORT_NAME-result-counts.csv
- EXPORT_NAME-drive-links.csv
- EXPORT_NAME-errors.xml
- EXPORT_NAME-conversion_errors-N.zip (if exported in PST format)
The Vault files must have their original filenames as downloaded from Google Vault. Then, you can drag and drop a folder (in Google Chrome, Edge, or Firefox browsers) or create a combined Zip of the above files to upload (other browsers).
Once uploaded to Everlaw, our native processing will use the metadata provided in the XML or CSV for deduplication and document metadata, where appropriate. For example, Google Docs will rely primarily on cloud metadata dates in the xml while Google Drive documents will rely on intrinsic dates from before it was uploaded.
Calendar exports
Everlaw splits Google Vault calendar exports into individual events, so you can review each calendar event as its own document. To split an export, upload the calendar .ics file together with the export’s metadata CSV (EXPORT_NAME-metadata.csv), in the same folder or combined zip. An .ics file uploaded without the metadata CSV is not split. You can also upload calendar exports through the Google Vault connector. This applies only to calendar exports, and the files must keep their original Google Vault filenames.