I have a question regarding adding attribute fields on an existing vector file in pyQGIS. I’m writing a processing script for QGIS, and so far, I use the QGIS field calculator to add new attribute fields and then fill every feature with a value. The script looks something like this:

layer = QgsVectorLayer(myVectorFile,"", "ogr")
Field_1=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',layer,'Field_1',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_1,None)
Field_2=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_1['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_2',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_2,None)
Field_3=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_2['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_3',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_3,None)

Etc.

This works as expected, but it takes a very long time when I run the script, since it runs on very large vector files with a lot of features. I’m looking for a better/more performant way to add fields and file them with a value in pyQGIS. I imagen that maybe it would be possible to only edit the .dbf file? I’m open to suggestions.

I have a question regarding adding attribute fields on an existing vector file in PyQGIS. I’m writing a processing script for QGIS, and so far, I use the QGIS field calculator to add new attribute fields and then fill every feature with a value. The script looks something like this:

layer = QgsVectorLayer(myVectorFile,"", "ogr")
Field_1=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',layer,'Field_1',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_1,None)
Field_2=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_1['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_2',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_2,None)
Field_3=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_2['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_3',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_3,None)

Etc.

This works as expected, but it takes a very long time when I run the script, since it runs on very large vector files with a lot of features. I’m looking for a better/more performant way to add fields and file them with a value in PyQGIS. I imagine that maybe it would be possible to only edit the .dbf file? I’m open to suggestions.

I have a question regarding adding attribute fields on an existing vector file in pyQGIS. I’m writing a processing script for QGIS, and so far, I use the QGIS field calculator to add new attribute fields and then fill every feature with a value. The script looks something like this:

layer = QgsVectorLayer(myVectorFile,"", "ogr")
Field_1=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',layer,'Field_1',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_1,None)
Field_2=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_1['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Value_2',1,1.0,1.0,True,Field_2,None)
Field_3=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_2['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Value_3',1,1.0,1.0,True,Field_3,None)

Etc.

This works as expected, but it takes a very long time when I run the script, since it runs on very large vector files with a lot of features. I’m looking for a better/more performant way to add fields and file them with a value in pyQGIS. I imagen that maybe it would be possible to only edit the .dbf file? I’m open to suggestions.

I have a question regarding adding attribute fields on an existing vector file in pyQGIS. I’m writing a processing script for QGIS, and so far, I use the QGIS field calculator to add new attribute fields and then fill every feature with a value. The script looks something like this:

layer = QgsVectorLayer(myVectorFile,"", "ogr")
Field_1=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',layer,'Field_1',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_1,None)
Field_2=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_1['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_2',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_2,None)
Field_3=processing.runalg('qgis:fieldcalculator',Field_2['OUTPUT_LAYER'],'Field_3',1,1.0,1.0,True,Value_3,None)

Etc.

This works as expected, but it takes a very long time when I run the script, since it runs on very large vector files with a lot of features. I’m looking for a better/more performant way to add fields and file them with a value in pyQGIS. I imagen that maybe it would be possible to only edit the .dbf file? I’m open to suggestions.