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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

Trying to ressurect this thread, as I am running into this issue again
of having the "same" category option in multiple categories. I am
still a bit befuddled why this restriction exists, but it looks like
it did not make into into 2.7. Any more thought around if and when it
might be implemented?



On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Lars Helge Øverland
<larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> agree that we need to improve on this. We have been discussing this a
> lot and I think Bob describes very accurately how we are going to
> implement it.
>
> We already have quite a packed road map for the fall and I cannot
> promise we will be able to accomplish this before 2.7 release in mid
> Feb 2012, we will however try our best to get it done earlier.
>
> I have written up a blueprint here, feel free to add to it:
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/extend-category-and-groupsets-model-with-concepts
>
>
>
>
> Regarding the method for re-using category options presented above, I
> can only say it will confuse the system since it is mapped as a
> one-to-many association and lead to undefined behavior, eg. removal of
> categories will mess up other categories since category options are
> assumed not be present in other categories; re-used category options
> will be duplicated in lists and cause the import to crash etc.
>
>
> Lars