A project is a file that contains:
Internal source materials—your primary data such as field notes, audio/video interviews and pictures
External source materials representing books, hand-written diaries and other materials that cannot be imported
Memos that you use to hold your observations and ideas
Nodes representing the themes, cases or relationships that you use for coding
Attributes (such as age or gender) assigned to cases
Queries for finding patterns and pursuing ideas
Models that enable you to graphically demonstrate and explore your research data
When you save a project it is stored on your computer as a .nvp file. By default, projects are stored in your My Documents folder. If you are running Windows Vista, projects are stored in the Users\<username>\Documents folder.
All your project data is stored in a single file (except for audio or video content which may be stored outside your project), so you can easily move it to a new location.
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If your project includes audio/video content stored outside the project, you can still move your project to a new location, however, you may need to move the media files as well or update media file locations within your project. Refer to Storing Audio and Video for more information. |
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You can open projects created in NVivo 2, NVivo 1, N6, N5, and N4. When you open an older project, NVivo will create a new project based on the conversion options that you specify—your older project is not overwritten.
You can open projects created in NVivo 7. Although, unlike the earlier versions mentioned above, NVivo will overwrite your NVivo 7 project and create an updated version based on the conversion options that you specify.
You can convert projects created in MAXQDA 2007 (*.mx3) and ATLAS.ti versions 5.2 and 5.5. When you convert a project, NVivo will create a new project based on the conversion options that you specify—your original project is not overwritten.
You can merge projects by importing one project into another. This can be useful if you are working in a team or if you want to use an existing project's structure when creating a new project.
