Feature request #15321

Allow merge shapefiles from directory

Added by Andre Joost over 8 years ago. Updated over 8 years ago.

Status:Rejected
Priority:Normal
Assignee:Victor Olaya
Category:Processing/QGIS
Pull Request or Patch supplied:No Resolution:wontfix
Easy fix?:No Copied to github as #:23253

Description

Due to the drop of ftools, there is no chance to merge a whole folder of shapefiles from the GUI anymore.

The Merge Vector layers algorithm only delas with loaded layers from the canvas. This is far less than ftoools provided.

History

#1 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 8 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug report to Feature request
  • Target version deleted (Future Release - High Priority)
  • Priority changed from Severe/Regression to Normal
  • Subject changed from Merge shapefiles missing in QGIS 2.16 to Allow merge shapefiles from directory

#2 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 8 years ago

Note that you can merge hapefiles from directory with little Python scripting using Processing alg

#3 Updated by Victor Olaya over 8 years ago

That should be done using the batch processing interface

#4 Updated by Alexander Bruy over 8 years ago

  • Resolution set to wontfix
  • Status changed from Open to Rejected

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