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  • This topic is about a Virtual Layer, not Geometry by expression, Geometry generator etc. :) Commented Nov 9, 2021 at 12:21
  • Yes, I know :-) But as someone commented, it seems not to be possible with virtual layer - so this is probably the closest way to achieve the result. Sometimes a question is not so much about a particular method how to achieve someting, but simply to draw the OP to other possibilities how to achieve the same result. Commented Nov 9, 2021 at 12:48
  • Thanks @Babel for your input! I appreciate your out of the box thinking :) The reason I'm using a virtual layer here is that I need the buffer layer to be dynamically and I also want to be able to export the geometries to a file (so I need the actual geometries). I also created a spatial model which is generating a buffer layer, but this solution is not dynamically. And as far as I know Geometry by expression is also not dynamically. Commented Nov 24, 2021 at 7:06
  • Geomtry generator is dynamic, but does not create actual geometries. Geomtry by expression creates actual geometries, but is not dynamic. But combining both (depending on your workflow) could solve the problem. You say you want to export the geometries to a file: this will not be dynamic, either, and is exactly what Geomerty by expression does. Commented Nov 24, 2021 at 12:53