QGIS Graphical modeller returning values from "Vector Field" Parameters

Question

In the Graphical Modeller in QGIS, I am trying to extract the values of a field in a Layer by using the "Vector Field" parameter (named FieldChoice in my case) in the Field Calculator.

When opening the filed calculator, I wanted to use the Value of the field selected by the user, however when using @fieldchoice as a parameter it will return the field name instead of its value. What would be the way to retrieve the attributes in the field for the calculation instead of the field name?

What should I use instead of @FieldChoice in the FieldCalculator algorithm ?

Answer 1

I followed the instructions on the post provided by @eurojam gis.stackexchange.com/a/453048/87346 and managed to get my algorithm to work.

I had to use the "Pre-calculated Values" to extract the values from the field @fieldchoice. My final expression used is:

'(' || '(' || @fieldchoice || '- $area' || ')' || '/' || '$area' || ')' || '* 100'

I would like to emphasis on the use of " ' " and " || " to concatenate the string forming the expression. I was using " + " instead of " || " even though both can concatenate strings, however " + " can be also used as an operator to add numbers.

The following document helped me to understand better how to resolve the issue:

https://docs.qgis.org/3.10/en/docs/user_manual/working_with_vector/expression.html