View or edit Google Cloud projects

  • Every Apps Script project is associated with one of two types of Cloud projects: Default or Standard.

  • Default Cloud projects are automatically created and managed by Apps Script.

  • Standard Cloud projects are created and managed by users for advanced use cases.

  • Viewing or editing Cloud projects in the Cloud console requires specific resourcemanager permissions.

  • Default Cloud projects are located within specific folders in the Cloud resource hierarchy that should not be deleted.

Every Google Apps Script project is associated with a project in Google Cloud. There are 2 types of Cloud projects for Apps Script:

  • Default Cloud projects: Apps Script automatically creates and manages a Google Cloud project each time someone creates and runs an Apps Script project. To learn more, refer to Default Cloud projects.
  • Standard Cloud projects: Users can create and manage their own Cloud projects for advanced Apps Script use cases. To learn more, see Standard Cloud projects.

To view your organization's default and standard Cloud projects in the Cloud console, obtain the resourcemanager.projects.list permission for your organization. To view standard and default projects separately, obtain resourcemanager.folders.list permission. To set view permissions for projects in your organization, see Assign view permission for all Cloud projects in an organization.

To edit your organization's standard and default Cloud projects in the Cloud console, obtain the resourcemanager.projects.update permission for your organization. To set edit permissions for projects in your organization, see Assign edit permission for all Cloud projects in an organization.

View or edit default Cloud projects

Default projects are in the Organization root > system-gsuite > apps-script folder in the Cloud resource hierarchy. Don't delete these folders. If you do, Apps Script cannot create default projects and won't execute scripts properly.

To view the system-gsuite and apps-script folders, obtain resourcemanager.folders.list permission. If you only have resourcemanager.projects.list permission, standard and default projects show up together in one list. Default project IDs start with sys-.

To view or edit the default projects in your organization, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Cloud console at console.cloud.google.com.
  2. Click Menu > IAM & Admin > Manage Resources.
  3. Next to your organization, click Expand node .
  4. Next to the system-gsuite folder, click Expand node .
  5. Next to the apps-script folder, copy the ID.
  6. Click Filter > Parent ID.
  7. Paste the Apps Script folder ID and press Enter.
  8. Next to the project you want to view or edit, click More > Settings. The project opens in the Cloud console, where you can modify it.

View or edit standard Cloud projects

To view or edit the standard projects in your organization, follow these steps:

  1. Open the Cloud console at console.cloud.google.com.
  2. Click Menu > IAM & Admin > Manage Resources.
  3. Next to your organization, click Expand node . The list of projects includes all standard Cloud projects whether or not they have Apps Script projects associated with them.
    • If you don't have resourcemanager.folders.list permission, default Cloud projects might appear in the same list as standard Cloud projects. To tell the difference, default project IDs start with sys-.
  4. Next to the project you want to view or edit, click More > Settings. The project opens in the Cloud console, where you can modify it.