{"id":17861,"date":"2025-10-09T00:49:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/?p=17861"},"modified":"2025-12-17T13:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:40:46","slug":"looking-at-recent-qfieldcloud-storage-handling-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.opengis.ch\/de\/2025\/10\/09\/looking-at-recent-qfieldcloud-storage-handling-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking at recent QFieldCloud storage handling improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our ninjas have been hard at work improving QFieldCloud!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent versions, a series of functionality improvements have had a significant impact on the way <a href=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\">QFieldCloud<\/a> handles storage, and we want to tell the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without further due\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shared datasets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting with version 3.6, QField supports shared datasets. 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Once it\u2019s fetched for one cloud project, it\u2019ll remain available for other projects too.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduce storage usage on <a href=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\">QFieldCloud<\/a> as the large datasets will only be stored on the server once.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In other words, whether you are on a free community plan or a paid subscription, you will get more value out of your QFieldCloud storage!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the main gains are around storage, shared datasets also ease management of projects as read-only datasets such as administrative boundaries can be updated in a single location and have it reflected within all the projects using these datasets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>QField\u2019s growing documentation site covers this functionality in depth, follow the link to <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.qfield.org\/how-to\/outside-layers\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/docs.qfield.org\/how-to\/outside-layers\/\">learn how to configure your projects with shared datasets<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On-demand attachment download<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A new project setting has made its way into<a href=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/qfield.cloud\/\"> QFieldCloud\u2019s web interface<\/a>: on demand attachment file download. When turned on, QField will defer the download of image, video, audio and other file types until users open a feature form containing such an attachment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This option can greatly reduce the time spent downloading and synchronizing projects when a large number of attachments is present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on-demand-attachment.png?resize=750%2C738&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on-demand-attachment.png?w=988&amp;ssl=1 988w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on-demand-attachment.png?resize=300%2C295&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on-demand-attachment.png?resize=768%2C756&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.opengis.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/on-demand-attachment.png?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For work in remote areas with poor connectivity, this option should not be used when users require access to attachments while offline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, this new behavior is ideal for fieldwork taking place within a well connected area, especially for projects spanning over a long period of time when gigabytes of accumulated attachment can transform project download into a real pain point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Resumable cloud project download<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A nice QFieldCloud quality of life improvement worth highlighting here is the new ability to resume the download of large cloud project files following a connectivity failure. 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