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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Using the Processing Modeler I am trying to automate the generation of shapes from a CSV file using the following sequence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Create Point Layers from Table <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Points to Path<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:27.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;vertical-align:middle"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Lines to Polygons<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This works absolutely fine if I select the CSV file name in the “<i>Input Layer” </i>selection box of “Create Layers from Table”. However I want to be able to select the input file each time I run the automation. To do this I included a “File/Folder” Input and set a “<i>Parameter Name</i>”. I had expected that I could use the parameter name from the “File/Folder” Input by selecting it from the “<i>Input Layer” </i>drop down, but it does not appear in the drop down. I can use a map layer as an input and this appears in the drop down, but this is of no use to the task I am trying to do.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Q1) Is it possible in Processing Modeller to have an input of a CSV file to the “Create Layers from Table” function? Do I need some intermediate function?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Q2) Is there a function that I have missed that directly creates one or more polygon(s) from a list of points in a CSV file, without the need to do this automation?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Thanks <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:middle"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">John C <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>