How do I upload or send files to Gurobi?

At Gurobi, we often ask customers to upload model files for testing, tuning, or benchmarking. The security of your model and data is important to Gurobi. The safest way to send the zipped models or data to Gurobi is through the upload page on the Gurobi website.

Please follow these steps:

1. Export your models as MPS or REW files. The REW format is an anonymized version of the MPS format. An LP model file is also acceptable, but the exported data of an LP file may not be as accurate as that of an MPS/REW file. To export the model file, use the write() function of your chosen API.
2. Compress the model file using a compression tool like bzip2, zip, 7zip, or gzip. Note that you can append an extension to the file name in the write command to specify a compression algorithm (.bz2, .zip, etc.).
3. Login to your account on the Gurobi website.
4. Upload the compressed model file at Support → Upload. If you have already opened a help center request, please include the ticket number on the form.
5. After you have uploaded the file, please let us know the name of the uploaded file, preferably within your Help Center request if possible.

Your uploaded files are stored on a secure server and are only accessible by Gurobi Experts, Technical Account Managers, developers, and IT staff, all of whom have been trained to handle these files securely.

Further information

• How do I write an MPS model file from a third-party API?
• How do I export a model from Gurobi?
• How do I anonymize model files?
• What are the differences between LP and MPS file formats?
• How do I get similar performance from Gurobi based on parameters tuned for another solver?