Copying Attribute values between copied features

Copying Attribute values between copied features

Copy Attribute values between copied features

When copying a feature from one layer to another, any attributes with matching column names in both layers will also be copied.

Example:
If your point layer includes uprn or address columns, copying a selected address from the AddressBase layer will automatically populate those columns with the corresponding values from the AddressBase table.

Exceptions:
This done not currently work against layers that are created in PostGIS as views. 
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