To reload a CSV file you can press the Refresh button on the toolbar or press the "F5" key
Nicola On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Dr. Marco Lechner <mlech...@bfs.de> wrote: > Hi, > > how (often) does QGIS read features from a file (like csv or shape - > differences?)? I realize I do not really know how the datasource - qgis- > communication goes. > > Imaine you have a csv or shape file that is loaded into QGIS but is > automatically replaced from time to time (or lets say externally > edited). Using a database- instead of file-based approach is better for > sure, but still it is not clear when / how often (on which events) QGIS > requests features from the datasources. > > As an idea in mind I see, the nice Sync-Plugin > (https://plugins.qgis.org/plugins/SyncQGISWithDir/) can monitor folders > and notify the user if a new layer is available in a folder (well it > does not take care of a changed layer (new timestamp of file, but adding > this functionality should not be such a big thing). The user could also > be notified when a layers file changed. > > But I'm not sure what was the best way to implement the (re)loading of > an already loaded layer. Do I have to drop the layer and reload it > (including keeping the style) or is there a more efficient way? > > Marco > > -- > Dr. Marco Lechner > Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz / Federal Office for Radiation Protection > SW2.1 Koordination Notfallschutzsysteme / Coordination Emergency Systems > Rosastrasse 9 | D-79098 Freiburg | Germany > mlech...@bfs.de | +49 (0)3018 333 6724 | www.bfs.de > > -- > Hinweis zu Anhängen die auf .p7m/.p7c/.p7s oder .asc/.asc.sig enden: > Die .p7?- und .asc-Dateien sind ungefährliche Signaturdateien (digitale > Unterschriften). > In E-Mail-Clients mit S/MIME Konfiguration (.p7?) oder PGP-Erweiterung > (.asc) dienen sie zur: > - - Überprüfung des Absenders > - - Überprüfung einer evtl. Veränderung des Inhalts während der > Übermittlung über das Internet > Die Signaturdateien können ebenso dazu verwendet werden dem Absender > dieser Signatur eine E-Mail mit verschlüsseltem Inhalt zu senden. > > In E-Mail-Clients ohne S/MIME Konfiguration oder PGP-Erweiterung > erscheinen die Dateien als Anhang und können ignoriert werden. > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-user mailing list > Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user >
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