[Qgis-developer] Field mapper when pasting features

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Yep, both good ideas :-)

One thing I think of: a 'mapper'-dialog could maybe also be used in the
some algorithms like an 'union between 2 layers' and other algorithms
which handle 2 or more feature types etc etc

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde


On 28-10-16 10:54, Neumann, Andreas wrote:
> Hi Arnaud,
> 
> This sounds like a very useful feature to have. A big +1!
> 
> Not sure if it requires a QEP - but it never hurts to do one. Perhaps
> other people have more idea, once they see a description or mockup.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> Andreas
> 
> On 2016-10-27 17:52, Arnaud Morvan wrote:
> 
>> Hello QGIS devs,
>>
>> I want to add a field mapper dialog when pasting features to layers.
>>
>> For now when pasting features with attributes names that do not exists
>> on the destination layer,
>> those attributes values are lost.
>>
>> When clipboard fields and destination layer fields are not strictly
>> the sames,
>> In QGIS 3.0, I want to popup a new dialog with fields mapper configurator.
>>
>> Dialog UI could be similar to Refactor Fields Algorithm, showing a
>> list of destination fields :
>>
>>     source expression (expression widgets) => destination field
>>
>> For example, I often use this workflow :
>>     Open a shapefile or autocad file.
>>     Use the refactor fields to get temporary layer with same fields as
>> destination.
>>     Paste to postgis database layer.
>>
>> I think having this dialog showing up when needed could really ease
>> data manipulation from one layer to another.
>> And I want to give the possibility to use expressions.
>>
>> Any remarks, do you think I need to open to open a QEP for that ?
>>
>> Regards
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