Dear Open Foris Arena team, Considering the space limit for Arena surveys, but also the fact that some users will anyway want to use Arena as a way to share data + associated images but not to store those images long term, would it be possible to add an function (maybe in the menu "DATA" / "MANAGE IMAGE FILES") that allows a given user or survey manager to remove / delete / archive all image files from a given survey? In my case, I have a survey in which I collect species and ecosystem occurrences in the field. I then 'Export the data to csv + files' and I store the image files downloaded on a server which I use to create shiny apps with direct links to the image files and thumbnails. Therefore, once I have recovered the image files from Arena and saved them on my server, I do not need them in Arena anymore, and therefore (1) to reduce memory space of my survey on Arena and (2) to download faster newly uploaded data and their images (without having to download older images too), I would simply prefer to delete those images from Arena once I have a copy of them locally. I am not sure if the image file data should also be deleted or maybe best if those are kept? Anyway, this is just a suggestion. The main motivation is to manage space on my Arena survey. Best wishes, Bruno
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Dear Bruno,
The feature you are requesting sounds a bit risky!
If you only need to store the survey data and not the images, we suggest exporting the survey along with its data, removing the images from the generated archive file, and then re-importing the survey back into Arena without the images.
Alternatively, if you strictly need more storage space for a specific project, we can look into increasing the available limit for one of your surveys.
Please let us know how you would like to proceed.
Best regards,
The Open Foris Arena Team
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Stefano (OF) ♦♦ 5.7k●1●1●9 accept rate: 19%