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Export/change/import attachments

Hi gurus,

In our DB, we have a huge number of attachments, some of which can be of reducible size. Is there a way to access directly the attachments, in order to reduce their size (pdf, photos) ?

If it is not possible to access these directly through a kind of 'ftp' access, is there a way to export them in mass / reduce their size / import in mass?

Or latest option, is it possible to move the attachments on an external storage location (would it work with Google drive for example) ?

Thanks!

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    • Alan_Cooke
    • 1 yr ago
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    Using the attachment (paperclip) for images, pdf's etc is to be avoided as far as I am concerned.  Very rapidly the database will become bloated.

    My Project Management DB requires a lot of drawings, schematics and assorted documents available.  The solution that works for me is to use DropBox (or Google Drive, OneDrive etc) to store my documents and using a URL field paste the copied Shared Link into that field.

    I have a document repository table which links as a child to the parent table(s).  In that way the document is dedicated to a particular parent record and a view of the Doc Repository is embedded in the parent form.  Works a treat.

      • yann
      • 1 yr ago
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      Alan Cooke Thank you Alan for your feedback, we will give a try to your proposal!

      When I export my DB, I have this "files" folder with a list of numerical sub-folders containing the attachments (pics, pdf, ...) Isn't there a way to access this folder in Ninox Cloud, so that I could at least in the meantime reduce the size of some of the existing documents there?

      • Alan_Cooke
      • 1 yr ago
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      yann Not sure about that to be honest, perhaps someone reading this post could assist there.

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