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[Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is now implemented. I tested most of the apps, and they seem to
function as they should. If you see any issues in your apps, either select
fields explicitly or just use the :identifiable preset.

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Morten

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Internally displayName falls back to name if not displayName is set (no
> translation), so displayName should always be used, its part of id-object.
>
> --
> Morten
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 2:40 PM, Abyot Gizaw <abyota@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I also use displayName. But if no displayName, I use name.
>>
>>
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>> Thank you,
>> Abyot.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone
>>>
>>> As you probably, if you do something like
>>> /api/organisationUnits.json?fields=*
>>>
>>> All the objects are expanded, and by default the idObjects / collection
>>> of idObjects are expanded to include id,code,name,href,created,lastUpdated.
>>>
>>> This adds a lot of space to default payloads, and I don't think we
>>> actually need all this properties.
>>>
>>> 1) Export use-case: We only want the id, nothing else is important, we
>>> just need something to link to
>>>
>>> 2) App use-case: You just want the id and displayName (you should never
>>> use name anymore anyways)
>>>
>>> I think all our apps probably already are requesting displayName (Jan?),
>>> so I don't think a change here would affect anyone.
>>>
>>> I suggest we change the default to just include the id, and then the
>>> user can expand more if he needs to (I'm also open to having id,
>>> displayName as default.. although I think in many cases you don't need
>>> displayName)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Morten
>>>
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