[Qgis-user] Feature labels using joined data

[martin (gmail)]

HI,

I have a dataset of point features that I label with their name. I am 
producing documents in a number of different formats using this data and 
I need to be able to move the label positions.

To avoid having multiple label_x and label_y in the original dataset I 
was hoping to join a different label datafile, containing a label_x and 
label_y,  to the dataset in each project.

Unfortunately when I use the "joined" locations I am not able to use the 
"move label" feature to edit the label x and y that is stored in the 
joined file. I have tried csv and shapefile formats for the datafile. 
Should I be able to update the data in a joined file or is this a read 
only connection?

Any suggestion on managing multiple label positions appreciated.

Thanks

Martin