On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 10:10, Spencer Gardner <spencergard...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah, interesting. Thanks Nyall. This raises the question of whether the > variable names related to Atlas need to be renamed (or duplicated) to reflect > their applicability to both reports and atlas. Perhaps you've already had > discussions?
Not yet -- but yes, it's rather counter-intuitive! Nyall > > On Mon, Jan 7, 2019 at 3:56 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.daw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Tue, 8 Jan 2019 at 07:39, Spencer Gardner <spencergard...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > I'm using QGIS3 to create a report. One of my tasks is to display only >> > features in a map layer that match the current iterated feature in the >> > report. To be specific, my report body is set to iterate over a "stations" >> > layer and I have an layer of intersection points where an intersection >> > should only be displayed if it is associated the the current station (via >> > an attribute called "station_name"). >> > >> > With Atlas, this could be done by setting the atlas page name to >> > "station_name" from the stations layer and then setting symbology on the >> > intersections layer using >> > "station_name" = @atlas_pagename. >> > Is there a comparable solution for a report? I don't see any relevant >> > variables. >> >> Use @atlas_feature, e.g. >> >> attribute(@atlas_feature, 'STATION_NAME') = "STATION_NAME" >> >> This takes the STATION_NAME attribute value from the current >> atlas/report feature, and compares it against the station_name >> attribute from your "stations" layer. Be careful of the quoting here >> -- the first field name, in the attribute function, is a string >> literal so uses single quotes. The value you are comparing against is >> a field reference, so needs double quotes. >> >> Nyall _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list Qgis-user@lists.osgeo.org List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
