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I am using QGIS 3.4.1-Madeira.

I have a base layer map that represents areas as polygons. I have created a CSV file with many entries of different NGO projects, and each one is coded with the ID of the spatial area it takes place. I understand I can't do a simple Join because it only joins one row of the CSV to each area polygon. I have set up a Relation in the Project Properties, which reflects the data structure I want, but I can't figure out how to make it just display in the map as a new layer.

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  • As far as I can see, shapefiles can store only 1:1 relations and a clean way to realize a one to many relation is using some database format, e.g. spatialite and store both tables. Unfortunately a related table, like in the ESRI-world, has no equivalent in a database.
    – Andreas Müller
    Dec 4, 2018 at 9:49
  • you should read about virtual layers concept of QGIS, it offers a lot of possibilities known from databases like joining data and building new layers based on that join. Just as a starting point (the concept is the same in QGIS 2.18 and 3.4): docs.qgis.org/2.14/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/…
    – eurojam
    Dec 4, 2018 at 17:29

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Let me suggest Join attributes by field value tool (though I am conscious this is not a direct answer to your question: how to utilize your established Relation).

This tool joins two tables using key field from each table. Its Create separate feature for each matching feature (one-to-many) option allows us to create one-to-many relational table, extending (duplicating) one record to match with many other records in the other table.

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