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Learn QGIS - Fourth Edition
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Learn QGIS - Fourth Edition

by Andrew Cutts, Anita Graser
November 2018
Beginner to intermediate
272 pages
5h 36m
English
Packt Publishing
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Batch processing multiple datasets

Sometimes, we want to run the same tool repeatedly, but with slightly different settings. For this use case, processing offers the Batch Processing functionality.

Use this tool to extract some samples from our airports layer using the Random extract tool (search for the tool in the processing toolbox). To do this, click on the Run button as Batch Process; this will open the Batch Processing dialog box. From here, you should observe the following steps:

  1. Configure the Input layer by clicking on the ... button and selecting Select from Open Layers, as shown in the following screenshot:
Batch processing
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