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Working with tables in GIS is normally a bit difficult, no matter what GIS software you use. In
proprietary products and in QGIS, the typical workflow is to load a dataset into the project, right-
click the dataset name in the table of contents, select open table, and view the table of data in the
separate window that pops up. Editing those attributes, adding columns, changing column names,
and so on, has typically been quite difficult. QGIS, however, has made some improvements on this.
Not only can column (field) names be changed, but there is now as of QGIS 2.18 an easier way to
calculate new field values than the field calculator