Create a new site

Before importing surveys into a site, the site must be created first in BTField. Locate the Site tab in the upper left of the application and expand the Site panel to see a tree view of all the sites in the project. A Site can be thought of as a container for all data collected in a specific geophysical area.

In the Site tab, right-click on the root node named Sites and select the option Create New Site from the context menu.

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In the Create New Site dialog window,

  1. enter a Site Name which should exactly match the Site Name token in the directory you are importing. See above. Note: the imported surveys can be re-assigned to a different site after import if necessary.
  2. check the Exclude GE Overlays checkbox
  3. press Save and then OK
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Create New Site dialog window.


The new site will appear in the Site panel:

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Exported HDF5 V1 survey files

BTField allows the survey team to export surveys in HDF5 V1 format by highlighting the surveys and selecting the Export Merged HDF5 v1.1 option as shown here:

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When you receive their exported HDF5 V1 surveys, you should have a collection of directories similar to this:

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In this example, all the surveys were exported from the RATS site, so import them all into the RATS site by right clicking on the site in BTField, and selecting the Import BTField HDF5 v1.1 menu option as shown here:

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When initiating the import, select the parent folder as shown here:

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The imported surveys will appear under the site:

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Exported Native survey files

BTField allows the survey team to export surveys in Native BTField format by highlighting the surveys and selecting the Export Survey option as shown here:

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When you receive their exported native surveys, you should have a folder similar to this:

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This naming structure can be broken down into 4 components:

  • {0}({1} surveys) survexp -{2} at {3}

where the above tokens indicate,

  • 0: Site Name
  • 1: # of surveys contained within the directory
  • 2: day of the year when exported from BTField
  • 3: time of day when exported from BTField


In our example, all the surveys were exported from the RATS site, so import them all into the RATS site by right clicking on the site in BTField, and selecting the Import Surveys menu option as shown here:

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When initiating the import, select the parent of the Data folder as shown here:

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