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    I guess what you are referring to is that in ArcGIS you can link
    attribute tables to rasters, and subsequently use any column to
    define the legend. There have been feature requests for this in
    QGIS, but it has not been implemented yet as far as I know.<br>
    <br>
    It is however fairly easy to define the legend (color and labels)
    for a raster using a QGIS colour file. This is a simple comma
    delimited value (csv) file with raster id, R, G, B color values and
    label. One option is to have an spreadsheet with your attribute
    tables and generate the color files text file, which you can then
    load in QGIS, as described here
    (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://pvanb.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/creating-a-qgis-color-map-from-text-file/">https://pvanb.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/creating-a-qgis-color-map-from-text-file/</a>).
    Obviously you can achieve the same using different tools, e..g, R.<br>
    <br>
    Regards<br>
    <br>
    Paulo<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 30-10-15 01:02, Inna Nogeste wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks Damien,
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For the
            purposes of the product that I'm working on the preference
            is for the data to be maintained as a raster.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I've been using
            QGIS to test cartographic design and Map Server export
            (plugin) functionalities. It's worked fine for the data I've
            been given and what I've wanted to achieve except for the
            land use raster. I've needed to use ArcMap for the landuse
            raster data.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The MapServer
            plugin isn't working in QGIS 2.10 Pisa but was working in
            QGIS 2.8.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Inna<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">(I've removed
            your screen grab from an earlier email as I keep on getting
            messages saying that this message is too big for this
            listing so don’t know if any of the QGIS developers have
            seen this query).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                lang="EN-US"> Damien Stephens
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au">mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au</a>] <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 28 October 2015 6:18 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Inna Nogeste<br>
                <b>Cc:</b> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: QGIS- How to render a raster using a
                field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">At this point
            my only suggestion is to convert the raster to polygons.
            Hopefully the text is maintained.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Could you send
            a clipped version of the raster to confirm?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">damien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                  style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US"> Inna
                Nogeste
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[mailto:I.Nogeste@bom.gov.au]">[mailto:I.Nogeste@bom.gov.au]</a>
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 28 October 2015 2:29 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Damien Stephens; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: QGIS- How to render a raster using a
                field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the
            suggestion. I've looked at it. Band = Band 1 (Gray) and
            there is no option to select a field or even input Values.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It would be
            good if QGIS could have the option of selecting a field to
            symbolise as this would be useful in raster data such as
            land use.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              lang="EN-US">Inna</span><span
              style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                lang="EN-US"> Damien Stephens [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au">mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au</a>]
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 27 October 2015 12:08 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Inna Nogeste; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: QGIS- How to render a raster using a
                field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ah ok the text
            field may cause a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I don’t have
            any rasters with text values to test. What happens when you
             try the paletted render type with text in the band
            rendering tab on the layer properties dialogue?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cheers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Damien<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                  style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US"> Inna
                Nogeste
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[mailto:I.Nogeste@bom.gov.au]">[mailto:I.Nogeste@bom.gov.au]</a>
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 27 October 2015 7:34 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Damien Stephens; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: QGIS- How to render a raster using a
                field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hi Damien,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for your
            reply. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am working
            with land use raster data which only has 1 band.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The values in
            the Value field have been attributed to a landuse (as a text
            attribute) in a newly created field which is what I want
            symbolise. In ESRI ArcMap, I can select whatever Value Field
            I want from a drop down list of fields in the raster data.
            It would be good to have a similar function in QGIS.
            <o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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              lang="EN-US">Inna</span><span
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
                lang="EN-US"> Damien Stephens <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au]">[mailto:Damien.Stephens@sandfire.com.au]</a>
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 14 October 2015 6:37 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Inna Nogeste; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> RE: QGIS- How to render a raster using a
                field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">If your raster
            has more than one value field (band)  it should be pretty
            simple. The band rendering tab on the layer properties
            dialog lets you chose the band to colour.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">In the attached
            screen grab I have chosen band 1 using a singleband
            pseudocolour render.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hope that
            helps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
                  style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
                style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" lang="EN-US">
                Qgis-user
                <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:[mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]">[mailto:qgis-user-bounces@lists.osgeo.org]</a>
                <b>On Behalf Of </b>Inna Nogeste<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 14 October 2015 2:13 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                  href="mailto:qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org">qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
                <b>Subject:</b> [Qgis-user] QGIS- How to render a raster
                using a field other than Value [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I would like to render my raster using a
          field that is not the Value field. Is it possible to do this
          in QGIS? This is easily done in ESRI ArcMap.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">I have access to both QGIS 2.10 and QGIS
          2.8.<o:p></o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
            lang="EN-US">Regards,</span><span
            style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New
            Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;mso-add-space:auto"><span
style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"
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