Have you ever come across any of the following situations?
In this short best practices article, I would like to share with you an important strategy in ATLAS.ti which would enable you to export or transfer the projects from one machine to another – it is called ‘bundling’.
Project bundling is a feature in ATLAS.ti which allows the users to group together (a.k.a. ‘bundle’ or ‘zip’ together) the analysis project file and the source data files. By using this feature, the user would be able to properly export or transfer their analysis project from one machine to another, or simply to create a complete ‘copy’ of their analysis projects. This complete ‘copy’ of the analysis project is called ‘project bundles’ and known by the extension “.atlproj”.
Why proper bundling is recommended?
It is highly recommended for users to properly create bundles, should they wish to do any of the following:
How frequent should bundles be created?
It is always a good idea to create bundles as frequently as possible. After all, computers can fail and by having the project saved as a bundle, you will be protected against computer malfunction. It will not take you more than a few seconds to do it. So, it certainly is worth the effort.
To create bundles in ATLAS.ti is super easy, and takes minimal effort!
In ATLAS.ti Windows
Once created, the exported bundle would be in the extension ‘.atlproj.’ The user can then save this bundle in an external drive, or on the cloud, or any other locations convenient to the user.
In ATLAS.ti Windows
In ATLAS.ti Mac