> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.domino.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Work with local data

If you use the [Domino CLI](/cloud/reference/cli/install-the-cli) to work with projects on your local machine, you might find that storing large data files slows your [download](/cloud/reference/cli/cli-reference#download-the-latest-version-of-your-files) and [sync](/cloud/reference/cli/cli-reference#synchronize-the-files-on-your-computer-with-the-server) operations, and fills up a lot of your local disk storage. To prevent this, store data in a Domino Dataset, and reserve your project files for the scripts and documents that you want to work with locally.

<Note>
  In a [Domino Nexus deployment](/cloud/admin/architecture-and-deployment/architecture/nexus-hybrid-architecture), CLI access to Datasets is only available in the `Local` [data plane](/cloud/platform-capabilities/core-concepts/zones/domino-nexus).
</Note>

To simplify your local workflow:

1. [Create a Dataset](/cloud/platform-capabilities/core-concepts/data/datasets/create-and-manage-datasets) in your project, and write your large data files to it.

2. After the files have been written to the Dataset, remove them from your project files.

3. [Fetch](/cloud/reference/cli/cli-reference#get-a-project-from-the-server-onto-your-computer-for-the-first-time) a clean, lighter-weight copy of your project.

4. Update your code to reference your data files in their new location, at:

   `/domino/datasets/local/<dataset-name>/`

5. When everything is working properly, delete copies of the project that have the large data files in them from your local machine.

## Next steps

* [Get the path to a snapshot](/cloud/platform-capabilities/core-concepts/data/datasets/use-datasets-and-snapshots)

* Learn [how Domino handles large Datasets](/cloud/platform-capabilities/core-concepts/data/datasets/manage-large-data)