[Qgis-user] TimeManager question

[Nyall Dawson]

On 19 Nov 2015 1:50 AM, "Neumann, Andreas" <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
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> Hi,
>
> I have a project where I display events:
>
> * past events that are less than a week ago are displayed in light purple
>
> * current events are displayed in red
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> * upcoming events within the next two weeks are displayed in orange
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> I use now() within my rules.
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> Now my time-manger question:
>
> I thought I could simulate a view of the "past" or "future" with the
TimeManager plugin. But this doesn't work, because now() is still now() is
not replaced by animation_datetime() - which would serve my purpose.
>
> Is there a way to find out when time manager is active and when not - and
then I could build two different rules:
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> - one normal rule with now() - only used when time manager is not active
>
> - one rule with animation_datetime() - only used when time manager is
active

What about :

  Coalesce (animation_datetime(), now())

Does that work?

Nyall

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> Thanks,
>
> Andreas
>
>
>
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