hi Brent,
the action is saved in the qml, too (not independently from style, though)
elaborating the Python-plugin thought you can create an action for the
active layer like that:
layer = self.iface.activeLayer()
layer.actions().addAction(1, #actionType 1 = Python action
"show species", <Python code>)
if you put that into a slot connected to a menu or button you are set.
Users can create this action for any of their layers (won't make sense
for all of them, I am sure but that's the user's responibility)
Bernhard
Am 02.06.2015 um 22:12 schrieb Brent Wood:
Cheers Bernhard,
Yes, I can do that, but creating the action for each layer is the repetitive task I
want to simplify. Instead of typing the the command line for the action, I could
just select & apply. This is less of an issue for me as for the users less
familiar with QGIS that I'm working with.
Like I can create a symbology once, then save it & apply it to new layers, I'd
prefer not to have to create the action for every layer - instead I could create it
once then save & reuse as appropriate.
As an institutional resource, I can create a set of QGIS styles (symbologies) that
users can copy & apply to layers, without having t go through the complex
operation of creating it themselves. It would be great to be able to do the same
thing with actions - create a library of actions for institutional WFS services
that users can re-use - which is where your suggestion of Python is a good one -
being platform independent.
Thanks,
Brent
From: Bernhard Ströbl <bernhard.stro...@jena.de>
To: qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 2, 2015 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Qgis-user] Help reusing QGIS action
Hi Brent,
I hope I got the intention of what you want to achieve....
Talking about layer actions you could define the same action for each of
your layers calling the batch script and passing the point's id. Or you
could create a Python action (functionality provided by a plugin) that
lists all species for each point. This would be platform independent, too.
Bernhard
Am 02.06.2015 um 01:06 schrieb Brent Wood:
Hi,
I can create an action on a biodatabase: the site data is shown on the map, and
an action created that will retrieve and dispaly a sorted list of the species
identified at that site. This works well, as a bash script for Linux or a batch
file for Windows.
What I'd like to be able to do is save an action, much like a style, to be
applied to multiple layers.
The use case is: open a layer filtered to show species a, then other layers for species
b & c. I then want to see the full list of species caught from individual stations,
by clicking on the map. Currently I need to create the action separately for each
species - when I have hundreds of species, this gets very cumbersome - so storing &
re-using the action would be useful, just as I can reuse a style for each species layer
with catch size based symbology.
Is there a way to do this now that I don't know? Do I need to file a ticket for
this?
Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks
Brent Wood
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Hi,
I can create an action on a biodatabase: the site data is shown on the
map, and an action created that will retrieve and dispaly a sorted list
of the species identified at that site. This works well, as a bash
script for Linux or a batch file for Windows.
What I'd like to be able to do is save an action, much like a style, to
be applied to multiple layers.
The use case is: open a layer filtered to show species a, then other
layers for species b & c. I then want to see the full list of species
caught from individual stations, by clicking on the map. Currently I
need to create the action separately for each species - when I have
hundreds of species, this gets very cumbersome - so storing & re-using
the action would be useful, just as I can reuse a style for each species
layer with catch size based symbology.
Is there a way to do this now that I don't know? Do I need to file a
ticket for this?
Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks
Brent Wood
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Cheers Bernhard,
Yes, I can do that, but creating the action for each layer is the
repetitive task I want to simplify. Instead of typing the the command
line for the action, I could just select & apply. This is less of an
issue for me as for the users less familiar with QGIS that I'm working
with.
Like I can create a symbology once, then save it & apply it to new
layers, I'd prefer not to have to create the action for every layer -
instead I could create it once then save & reuse as appropriate.
As an institutional resource, I can create a set of QGIS styles
(symbologies) that users can copy & apply to layers, without having t go
through the complex operation of creating it themselves. It would be
great to be able to do the same thing with actions - create a library of
actions for institutional WFS services that users can re-use - which is
where your suggestion of Python is a good one - being platform independent.
Thanks,
Brent
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*From:* Bernhard Ströbl <bernhard.stro...@jena.de>
*To:* qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 2, 2015 5:36 PM
*Subject:* Re: [Qgis-user] Help reusing QGIS action
Hi Brent,
I hope I got the intention of what you want to achieve....
Talking about layer actions you could define the same action for each of
your layers calling the batch script and passing the point's id. Or you
could create a Python action (functionality provided by a plugin) that
lists all species for each point. This would be platform independent, too.
Bernhard
Am 02.06.2015 um 01:06 schrieb Brent Wood:
> Hi,
> I can create an action on a biodatabase: the site data is shown on
the map, and an action created that will retrieve and dispaly a sorted
list of the species identified at that site. This works well, as a bash
script for Linux or a batch file for Windows.
> What I'd like to be able to do is save an action, much like a style,
to be applied to multiple layers.
> The use case is: open a layer filtered to show species a, then other
layers for species b & c. I then want to see the full list of species
caught from individual stations, by clicking on the map. Currently I
need to create the action separately for each species - when I have
hundreds of species, this gets very cumbersome - so storing & re-using
the action would be useful, just as I can reuse a style for each species
layer with catch size based symbology.
> Is there a way to do this now that I don't know? Do I need to file a
ticket for this?
> Any suggestions appreciated!
> Thanks
> Brent Wood
>
>
>
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> Hi,
>
> I can create an action on a biodatabase: the site data is shown on the
> map, and an action created that will retrieve and dispaly a sorted list
> of the species identified at that site. This works well, as a bash
> script for Linux or a batch file for Windows.
>
> What I'd like to be able to do is save an action, much like a style, to
> be applied to multiple layers.
>
> The use case is: open a layer filtered to show species a, then other
> layers for species b & c. I then want to see the full list of species
> caught from individual stations, by clicking on the map. Currently I
> need to create the action separately for each species - when I have
> hundreds of species, this gets very cumbersome - so storing & re-using
> the action would be useful, just as I can reuse a style for each species
> layer with catch size based symbology.
>
> Is there a way to do this now that I don't know? Do I need to file a
> ticket for this?
>
> Any suggestions appreciated!
>
> Thanks
>
> Brent Wood
>
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