Is there a way to save the aliases in a QGIS shapefile?
When I save the shapefile in a different name or open it in a different QGIS project the entered aliases have disappeared. The same happens for metadata.
Is this a bug?
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Is there a way to save the aliases in a QGIS shapefile?
When I save the shapefile in a different name or open it in a different QGIS project the entered aliases have disappeared. The same happens for metadata.
Is this a bug?
Best Answer
Instead of a bug I would call it a WAD (Work As Designed). The changes has to be saved as a project, if you want to persist the changes. You could add a feature request to the QGIS development team (some help) to get the alias and metadata saved in a QGIS Layer Style File (*.qml).
A side note: On of the strong things of qml-files is that if you name them same as the other files composing the shapefile, the setting would get loaded automatically, when you open the shapefile. A shotcut is saving the style as default.