Use attachment

In QField, a field with Attachment widget can be used to:

• Fotos zu zeigen und aufzunehmen
• show and record videos
• listen and record sound clips
• show links to external files like PDFs or documents

Attachments

To configure the Widget, please refer to the Attributes Form Documentation

Eine Reihe von Bildern zu einem Objekt hinzufügen

Vorbereitung am Schreibtisch

One or more pictures can be added to the feature. Here is an example of how to proceed.

Tabellen

It is necessary to set up two tables. One table where the features are stored and one with a list of pictures.

Bienenstock

Feld	Typ
id	Text (UUID)
geometry	Geometrie
...

Bienenstock_Bilder

Feld	Typ
id	Text (UUID)
bienenstock_id	Text (UUID)
pfad	Text
...

Beziehungen

Erstelle eine Beziehung mit:

• apiary Referenced layer
• id Referenced field
• apiary_picture Referencing layer
• apiary_id Referencing field
• strength Composition

Beziehungen

Bedienelemente

Bienenstock

Set the default value of the field id to uuid() or use the UUID Generator widget. No need to show it in the form.

widgets

Set the relation widget to many to one relation and add the relation to the form

widgets

Bienenstock Bilder

Set the widget type of the field path to Attachment and add it to the form

widgets

Geotagging

Feldarbeit

Some mobile devices will require for native camera mode to be turned off to enable geotagging.

To enable geotagging in case your native OS camera does not support this functionality, follow these steps:

1. In QField, go to the settings and make sure Use native Camera is deactivated on your mobile device
2. Completed! QField's own QML-based camera will now be utilized while taking pictures

Maximale Bildgröße

Vorbereitung am Schreibtisch

The advanced settings allow rescaling the photos to a maximum width/height in QFieldSync plugin > Project configuration

Configurable attachment path

Desktop Vorbereitung

QFieldSync provides the possibility to configure the path of picture attachments.

1. Go to QFieldSync plugin > Layers Properties
2. Choose the layer, the field and configure the expression

Use expressions to specify the path of the attachments. By default, pictures are saved into the "DCIM" folder, audio are saved into the "audio" folder and videos are saved into "video" with a timestamp as name.

Speicherpfad für Bilder

Additional directories can be synchronized with pictures or other attachments. Extra paths can be configured in Attachment directories. All paths are relative to the project directory.

Anhangverzeichnisse

Anmerkung

Für diese Funktionsmöglichkeit ist QGIS 3.14 oder höher erforderlich