---
title: "Create and Manage a Native Connector"
slug: "create-and-manage-a-native-connector"
tags: ["Add", "delete", "Connector", "native", "Email"]
updated: 2024-10-29T16:04:48Z
published: 2024-10-29T16:04:48Z
canonical: "docs.revealdata.com/create-and-manage-a-native-connector"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.revealdata.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create and Manage a Native Connector

A Native file connector allows Brainspace to analyze common native file types, including basic versions of emails (EML), PDF, MS Office, PST (Outlook), Mbox (email formats), ZIP, and RAR.

Native documents must be presented to Brainspace within the /data/brainspace/ directory structure to be ingested. These native documents can be viewed and downloaded in the Brainspace Document Viewer as long as they continue to reside in that location.

## Create a Native Connector

To create a native connector:

1. In the user drop-down menu, click **Administration**, the Datasets screen will open.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-6w6vkufx.jpg)
2. Click the **Connectors** button, the Connectors screen will open.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-87j7h86j.jpg)
3. Click the **Add Connector** button, the Connector menu will open.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-avuz7muc.jpg)
4. Click a native connector in the menu, the connector dialog will open.
5. Complete the required text fields, and then click the **Test Connector** button.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> Required fields are specific to the connector that you selected.
6. After the connector test is successful, click the **Create Connector** button. ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-kr9f2bsy.jpg)
7. After the connector is added to the Connectors pane, you are ready to use the connector to create datasets.

## Manage a Native Connector

After creating a connector, you can update or delete it from Brainspace.

To update a connector, click the **Update Connector** icon:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-f5uuqnnx.jpg)

To delete a connector, click the **Delete Connector** icon:

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/create-and-manage-a-native-connector-image-kd1hmld5.jpg)

## Related

- [Reveal-Brainspace Connector Guide](/reveal-brainspace-connector-guide.md)
- [Download a Native Document](/download-a-native-document.md)
- [Native Ingest Troubleshooting](/native-ingest-troubleshooting.md)