Simulation
Walk a proposal update through Drive
A made-up proposal and a made-up customer. Pick a permission level, press Next, and answer your dot when it asks.
Google Drive permission level
Alder rollout proposal
- Seats
- 150 becomes 220
- Term
- 12 months becomes 24 months
- Pricing table
- Built for 150 seats becomes Redone for 220 seats
- Open reviews
- Not listed becomes Security, technical
- Shared with
- Only you becomes You and Dana (can view)
Alder wants 220 seats on a 24-month term now. Update the proposal in my Drive.
At Always ask only
May I open "Alder rollout proposal" in your Google Drive?
Yes, open it
At every level
Read "Alder rollout proposal"
At Always ask and Read-only actions
It still says 150 seats and 12 months. May I change it to 220 seats and 24 months and redo the pricing table?
If you say yes
Yes, update it
Edited "Alder rollout proposal"
Updated. Seats, term and pricing match the new request, and I listed the two reviews that are still open. I haven't shared it with anyone.
If you say not yet
Not yet
Understood. I haven't changed the document.
After the edit, at every level
Want me to share it with Dana at Alder? I'd give her view access.
If you say yes
Yes, share it with Dana
Shared with Dana, can view
If you say no
No, I'll send it myself
It stays private to you.
Press Next to send the request.
- Press Next to send the request.
- Always ask: your dot asks before it even reads.
- Reading changes nothing, so your dot goes ahead.
- Editing is a change. At this level your dot asks first, in a chat message you answer in words.
- The four highlighted rows are what it changed.
- Allow all actions: no question before the edit. The four highlighted rows are what it changed.
- You said not yet, so the document is exactly as it was.
- Sharing puts your file in front of someone else. Your dot offers, and waits for you at every level.
- Shared, because you said so, with the person you named.
- Nothing left your Drive.