Publish Field Data to Project Library

After creating a job site, use the Publish Field Data to Project Library command to send relevant field data and designs to a project library on the Connected Community (TCC) website. Site managers can access the project library using Trimble Earthworks machines. File versions displayed in the Job Site Manager and Job Site Design Manager help you ensure that the project library contains the most recent data. In the field, site managers can check the project library to ensure that the latest versions of the design and data files are on the Trimble Earthworks machines. If you do not have access to Connected Community (TCC), you can create the project library locally on your computer.

Files that can be uploaded to a project library include:

Control points
Site maps
Design files (Surface, Road surface, 3D linework, Material layer)
Calibration files

Coordinate system files and geoid models are uploaded to the project library automatically when calibration files are uploaded.

Prerequisites:

Licensed module; See the Subscription Plans page. For a license matrix by command, see the License page in the TBC Community. Also see View and manage licensed features.
Job site with data for the field. See Create a Job site.
TCC account if you want to send your job site data to a project library on Connected Community (TCC). See Log In to External Services.
Trimble Earthworks machines that can access the project library

To access the commands:

Select Job Site Manager in Construction Data > Controllers.
Select Publish to Library in Construction Data > Publish Data.

To link a project to a project library:

From the Project Explorer, right-click on a job site.
Select Job Site Manager.
The Job Site Manager command pane displays.
In the Project Library group, click Select...
The Select Project in Project Library dialog displays.
Select an option in the Type list:
- Folder - Select this to send field data to a project library created locally on your computer. Use this option if you do not have access to Connected Community (TCC).
- TCC - Select this to send the field data to a project library on the Connected Community (TCC) website, enabling Trimble Earthworks machines to access the data from the field.
If you select TCC and you have not created a service profile for TCC you will be prompted to sign in to TCC now. Enter your credentials and click Sign In.
For TCC users, select the correct Organization for the credentials you have entered.
Projects are used in the project library to organize data. Select an option in the Project group:
- Existing - Select this to load the field data to a previously created project.
- New - Select this to load the field data to a new project. Type a name for the project.
Click OK.

To publish field data to a project library:

Select Field Data > Publish to Library on the ribbon.
The Publish Field Data to Project Library dialog appears. The Summary tab lists items that are selected to be uploaded to the project library.
Click the Job Site tab. Any job site component that has not previously been uploaded to the project library or has been edited since the last upload will be automatically checked and show the Refresh icon. The version column displays the most recent version of the component published from the current Business Center project (VCE). The Modified column will display Yes if the component has been modified since the last upload. The Project library group displays the components already published to the project library and the file versions. See Understanding the Project Library.
To publish an additional job site component, check the component's box. Ensure all components you do not want to publish are not checked.
Click the Designs tab. Any design data that has not previously been uploaded to the project library or has been edited since the last upload will be automatically checked and and show the Refresh icon.
Note: Only design files supported by Trimble Earthworks will be published. (Surface, Road surface, 3D linework, Material layer)
To publish an additional design, check the design's box. Ensure all designs you do not want to publish are not checked.
Click Publish. The publish button shows the number of items that will be uploaded. When successful, a confirmation dialog lists the files that have been published to the project library.
Click OK.

Note: Version numbers of the latest files uploaded to the project library are displayed in the Job Site Manager and Job Site Design Manager. When a file is re-published, the version number increments by one.

Site managers or machine controllers can easily determine if they have the latest job site components and designs, by comparing the version number in the project library with the version on their machine.