Cloud Projects: Exporting collected data

Terra Office can be used to export data collected in TerraFlex Cloud projects to a variety of common, geospatial (GIS and CAD) file formats. Raw data is downloaded from the Trimble cloud and the export files are generated locally.

To export TerraFlex data:

1. Run the Terra Office application and Sign In with your Trimble Identity and a valid subscription license to Trimble Terra Office Basic or higher.

2. In the Cloud Project Workflows section, click the Export data from a TerraFlex Project in Trimble Connect link.

3. Use the Trimble Connect Project dropdown to select the Trimble Connect project where your data resides. Depending on project membership, your Trimble Identity may allow access to one or more projects.

4. Use the refreshed TerraFlex Project (map workspace) dropdown to select the actual TerraFlex project that contains the data you want to export. If your project has been archived and isn’t immediately visible in the list, use the Include archived workspaces checkbox to toggle visibility of archived data.

5. In the Download forms section, use the first two checkboxes to limit the data included in the export. This starts by limiting the raw TerraFlex data that gets downloaded and then converted to the desired file format. The application will only ever include data that was collected or edited in the field; it will not include data that was imported and never touched in the field.

   • To limit the export to the past number of days (based on last edit), use the Only collected/updated in the last days checkbox and day counter.

   • To limit the export to forms that have not been previously marked as exported (shares the same mechanism as Map Viewer), use the Only forms which are not exported previously checkbox.

6. Optionally, if you want to mark this data as exported (so as to use the filter next time), use the Mark exported forms checkbox. As mentioned above, this uses the same mechanism as exists in Map Viewer and marking the forms as exported in either place should yield the same result.

7. Click Next to navigate to the next page and note the Details at the top, summarizing the choices made on the first page.

8. Use the Export format dropdown to select the desired export format:

   • GeoPackage: One .gpkg file will be generated for all of the data in the project (using the file name provided).

   • Shapefiles (SHP): Four files will be generated for each layer in the project (using the folder selected).

   • GeoJSON: One .json file will be generated for each layer in the project (using the folder selected).

   • CSV: One comma-separated text file will be generated for each layer in the project (using the folder selected).

   • DWG: One CAD file will be generated for all of the data in the project (using the file name provided); data will be represented in layers.

     This format cannot be used with projects using a geographic (latitude/longitude) coordinate system.

   • DXF (R10 with blocks): One CAD file will be generated for all of the data in the project (using the file name provided); data will be represented in layers and feature attribution will be represented in the feature blocks.

   • ArcGIS File geodatabase: One file geodatabase (as a folder) will be generated for all of the data in the project (using the folder selected). Template schema will be represented as ArcGIS schema where possible.

   • GML: One .gml file (and corresponding .xsd file) will be generated for all of the data in the project (using the file name provided).

9. Use the Store to file (or folder) entry box and … button to specify a file or folder name (depending on the format) for the exported data. The entry option will automatically change based on the requirements of the format.

10. To include photos (images) with the form download, use the Download images to local files checkbox. Images will be stored in a relative file path.

11. Click Save to generate the file(s). You will be notified when the process completes.