[Qgis-user] creating one portable QGIS project

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 10/7/20 11:45 AM, Andre Ulrich wrote:
> Dear community,
> 
> I want to export a QGIS project. In this project there are a few layers (the path for each layer is set according to where the data is saved on my computer). I can open the project on my computer and all the layers are available.
> But when I send the project (and all the data for the layers - everything is in one repository) to a colleague, he can not view the layers (because the paths are still set according to my computer). One can fix this in a few minutes by setting up the correct paths, but this is very annoying. And once the paths are set correctly, all the symbology from the layer properties is lost (or reset to some standard).
> 
> Is there a way to save a QGIS project and all the related data as one file (so that another person, who opens this file on its own computer, does not have to set up all the paths and edit the symbology)?

Try the QConsolidate plugin from Alex Bruy:
https://github.com/alexbruy/qconsolidate
available from his plugin repo (or github)
https://plugins.bruy.me/qconsolidate.html

It is also possible to export your data to an geopackage yourself, as you can also save symbology for layers into a geopackage, and..., wel you would need to sent 2 files then: the gpkg with you data+symbology and your QGIS project file
(was there a plugin to write your projectfile into a gpkg?)

HTH

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde