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4.5 | Saving and Auto-Saving Projects

Saving a project retains its survey, design and other associated data so you can close T3RRA software and resume work later.

Although T3RRA software includes an automatic backup system, regularly saving your project is strongly recommended to minimise the risk of data loss.

Save project button (shown as Save proj.)

Saving a Project

The Save project button is available from the main Wizard pages.

Select Save project to open the project save window. T3RRA's standard project structure organises projects using the following information:

  • Grower
  • Farm Name
  • Field Name
  • Project Name

Enter the required information, or use the drop-down lists to select an existing Grower, Farm or Field.

Select OK to save the project within the standard T3RRA project structure.

Save File window with Grower, Farm, Field and New Project Name fields

Saving to Another Location

T3RRA project files are standard Windows files and can also be saved outside the default T3RRA project structure.

Select Manually Choose Location to specify an alternative save location.

The save window can be navigated using either the folder tree on the left or the main file browser. Navigate to the required location, enter a filename, then select Save.

You can save elsewhere on the tablet PC or to another available storage location.

Windows Save As window for choosing a project location and filename

Important — Back Up Your Projects

Regularly copy important project files to a location separate from the in-cab tablet PC. This provides an additional copy of your project data if the tablet is damaged, lost or experiences a hardware failure.

Consider backing up at appropriate stages during a job instead of waiting until all work is complete.

Auto-Saving

T3RRA software automatically creates backup copies of project data while you are working. Autosaving helps protect against data loss if the application closes unexpectedly or the tablet PC experiences a software or hardware failure.

The autosave interval can be configured under Settings > Advanced.

Autosave files are stored in the same location as the active project and use the same project filename with an additional .backup suffix.

Windows file list showing a .tci project and its .tci.backup autosave

Recovering an Auto-Saved Project

When you load an existing project, T3RRA checks for its corresponding autosave file.

If an autosave exists and has a newer date and time than the saved project, T3RRA will prompt you to choose whether to load the newer autosaved version.

After an unexpected shutdown or other interruption, this can recover work completed since the last manual save.

Manually Recovering an Auto-Save

An autosave contains the same project data format as a regular T3RRA project and can also be recovered manually if required.

Using Windows File Explorer, locate the appropriate autosave file and make a copy before modifying it. Rename the copied file by removing the .backup suffix:

ExampleProject.tci.backup → ExampleProject.tci

Open the recovered copy as a normal T3RRA project, keeping both the original project and the autosaved version.

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