Portable project

Portable project

The original version of this document is located at https://docs.qfield.org/how-to/advanced-how-tos/movable-project

Portable project

To manually synchronize your QGIS project, you will need a portable
version of your QGIS project file (.qgs, .qgz). Portable means that all paths are relative and datasets are reachable from the device.

Configure a portable project

🖥️ Desktop preparation

Check that
Project > Properties > General > Save paths
is set to Relative and that all required data
files are in the same folder like the QGIS project file or in a subfolder.

You can learn more how to prepare your projects for fieldwork in
Get Started with QFieldCloud (recommended)
or Get Started with QFieldSync tutorials.

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