# Export Paige documents to a Box Drive folder

Run an SFTP server on a PC that has Box Drive, point Paige at a folder inside Box, and every finished document uploads itself — PDFs plus Paige's data files, nothing to build and no automation subscription.

Product: paige · Audience: system-administrator · Time: 45 minutes · Last verified: 2026-09-05

Canonical: https://help.ademero.com/paige/integrations/export-paige-documents-to-a-box-drive-folder

**At the end of this guide, every document Paige finishes appears in Box as a searchable PDF, minutes after export, with nothing to build — because the export folder on a PC is inside Box Drive and Box uploads whatever lands there.**

## How it works

1. Box Drive presents your Box content in File Explorer at `C:\Users\<you>\Box`. Files saved there are uploaded to Box.
2. An SFTP server on that PC exposes a subfolder of it as Paige's export folder.
3. Paige exports finished documents there. Box Drive uploads them.

> **IMPORTANT:** Box Drive works only while the account is signed in to Windows and Box Drive is running. Use a PC or VM that stays on and signs in automatically. Right-click the Paige folder and choose **Make Available Offline** so it is always a real local folder for the SFTP server to write into; signing out of Box Drive clears offline content and you'd need to mark it again.

## Step 1 — Prepare the Box folder

1. Install Box Drive on the PC and sign in. **What you should see:** a **Box** folder in File Explorer's left pane.
2. Inside it, create a folder for Paige, for example `Box\Finance\Paige Invoices`. One subfolder per scan job.
3. Right-click that folder and choose **Make Available Offline**.

## Step 2 — Run an SFTP server on the PC

Windows' built-in **OpenSSH Server** is free and enough:

1. **Settings > System > Optional features > Add a feature**, install **OpenSSH Server**, and set the **OpenSSH SSH Server** service to start automatically.
2. Create a local Windows user for Paige (for example `paige-sftp`) with a strong password and modify rights on the Paige folder.
3. Forward port 22 on your firewall or router to this PC, allowing only Paige's address ranges — [Outbound IP ranges for firewall allow-lists](/paige/document-processing/outbound-ip-ranges-for-firewall-allow-lists).

Test from an SFTP client outside your network first and note the exact path that reaches the folder (for example `/C:/Users/<you>/Box/Finance/Paige Invoices`).

## Step 3 — Point Paige at the folder

1. In Paige, open **Settings** (the gear at the bottom of the left menu — administrators only), pick the scan job, and choose **Export**.
2. Click the **FTP** card. Enter your public address in **FTP Address**, **Port** `22`, the SFTP user's **Username** and **Password**, and the path from Step 2 in **FTP Folder Path**.
3. Click **Test Connection**. **What you should see:** `FTP connection successful!` Connect — `Connected to FTP Server!` and a green **Connected** label.
4. Turn on **Enable Auto Export**, switch on **Only documents having a document type**, set **Human Reviewed** to **Reviewed** if a person checks documents in Paige first, and click **Save**.

## Step 4 — Test it

1. Process one document through the scan job and wait for the export.
2. On the PC, open the Paige folder. **What you should see:** the PDF plus `.json`, `.xml`, and `.csv` files with the same base name, each showing Box Drive's synced mark within a minute.
3. Open box.com. **What you should see:** the same files in the folder.

## Living with it

- **Filenames** are Paige's generated ones. Rename by hand, or use the [automation path](/paige/integrations/send-paige-documents-to-box-with-an-automation) to name files from their contents.
- **The data files** arrive too. The `.csv` opens in Excel if someone wants the values.
- **Generate combined metadata file** in Paige's FTP settings adds one JSON, XML, and CSV per export run summarizing every document.

## When it doesn't work

| Symptom | Where to look |
| --- | --- |
| `FTP connection failed:` from Paige | Port 22 isn't reachable from the internet, the firewall rule doesn't include Paige's ranges, or the Windows user's password is wrong. |
| Files arrive on the PC but never reach Box | Box Drive isn't running or signed in, the PC is asleep, or the folder is outside the Box folder. Check the Box Drive icon in the system tray. |
| The SFTP server can't write to the folder | The folder went online-only. Mark it **Make Available Offline** again. |
| Nothing arrives from Paige | Auto-export criteria aren't met, or the document was processed before you turned auto export on. Export it once from the **Documents** page. |

If the Paige side is the problem, contact Ademero support with the scan job name and the message from **Test Connection**.

## What's next

- [Send Paige documents to Box with an automation](https://help.ademero.com/paige/integrations/send-paige-documents-to-box-with-an-automation)
- [Connect Paige to Box](https://help.ademero.com/paige/integrations/connect-paige-to-box)