[QGIS-ZA-user] Upcoming release of QGIS3

[Gavin Fleming]

Hi Chris

To paraphrase one of recent support responses:

You have a few options:
Try the Autofields plugin
Add the field as a virtual field based on an expression (such as $length)
Use the built-in functionality once you move to QGIS 3 <https://twitter.com/northroadgeo/status/944111613526687745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnorth-road.com%2F2017%2F12%2F24%2F24-days-of-qgis-3-0-features%2F>
Or if you’re running on a database, you can get the DB to auto-update your field.
Gavin


> On 31 Jan 2018, at 13:27, Chris Berens via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> 
> Hey thanks Admire,
> 
> We love your 'Bring it on!' attitude just when you are already in the thick of it ;-)
> 
> Personally I think QGIS can jump through every hoop and more, but you asked so I'll share my current sukkel.
> 
> I like it that we can fill a new object/record/field with a Default value in the Edit Widget properties dialogue out of Layer properties>Fields.  Specifically I can call an environment variable such as @user_full_name - very useful to see who added that new object.  But now I'd like to know who performed the most recent edit on that item, i.e. auto re-populate a field when an edit is saved...surely when it can perform this task (or perhaps it already does) then QGIS can be complete!
> 
> Best wishes for the new release and thanks for all the help!
> 
> On 31 January 2018 at 10:07, admire via qgis-za-user <qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-za-user at lists.osgeo.org>> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> QGIS3 is currently in feature freeze (no new features are being added, just fixing bugs and code revision). There is usually a lot of fanfare that goes with the release of a major version of QGIS.
> 
> We will obviously have a change-log that highlights all the nice features that have been added and we can track various blog articles that have been written by developers of certain features.
> 
> The best way to explore a new version is by looking at the shortcomings (sometimes it's just us users not exploring the full power of a program) of the current versions of QGIS.
> 
> * Do you have any niggling issues that you have been experiencing with the current version of QGIS that you so long wished could be better.
> 
> * Do you have anything that you have tried to do with the current version of QGIS and realized this task is impossible in QGIS.
> 
> * Do you have any workflows that are currently tedious in the current versions of QGIS.
> 
> If you have experienced any of the above issues please ask the list and we can use this to explore how QGIS3 is going to make our working lives better.
> 
> Regards
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