[Qgis-developer] Field mapper when pasting features

[Neumann, Andreas]

exactly. There are more situations where attributes need to be
harmonized between two different schemas. 

It would be great if something generic could be developed that can be
re-used in other situations. 

With that in mind - perhaps a QEP makes sense. 

Andreas 

On 2016-10-28 12:54, Richard Duivenvoorde wrote:

> 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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