QField and QFieldCloud - Project setup, team management and best practices

QField and the QFieldCloud ecosystem provide everything you need to take your QGIS projects into the field, collaborate seamlessly, and ensure your spatial data remains consistent. This workshop provides a comprehensive guide to setting up a project for field data collection workflows and synchronization.
Organizations worldwide rely on QField for efficient mobile data collection. QFieldCloud acts as the bridge between desktop QGIS and mobile devices, supporting collaborative editing with GeoPackage and PostGIS layers. However, proper project configuration is essential to prevent data loss, avoid synchronization conflicts, and optimize storage.
In this workshop, we will explain the core concepts of QFieldCloud and guide you through the following workflow:
- Understand the synchronization process (QGIS to Cloud, Cloud to Field, and applying Deltas)
- Choose the correct working mode (Offline Editing vs. Direct Data Access)
- Implement project configuration best practices (managing UUIDs, relative paths, and modular GeoPackages)
- Manage teams, restrict project files, and resolve data conflicts
- Push and synchronize changes seamlessly using the QFieldSync plugin
- This workshop is for GIS professionals, field data managers, and QGIS users looking to deploy reliable mobile data collection campaigns.

Requirements for the Attendees
- QGIS installed on a laptop
- QField app installed on a mobile device (Android or iOS)
- QFieldSync plugin installed in QGIS
- A registered account on QFieldCloud

For almost two years now, QGIS' best field companion QField has gained a plugin framework that allows users to expand the capabilities of QField through QML and Javascript. This workshop introduces the framework and goes through practical examples aimed at empowering the participants into writing their own plugins.