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Re: [Dhis2-users] User accounts import

 

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:31 PM, Brajesh Murari
<brajesh2murari@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> There is a difference, how you are thinking about a community based
> information system developed by using great methodology for doing certain
> good work, however it varies from person to person, perhaps we can simply
> categories like given below,
>
> 1. DHIS2 -- As a data enty end user / data analyst user
> 2. DHIS2 -- As a core developer
> 3. DHIS2 -- As a system administrator
> 4. DHIS2 -- As s solution architect
> 5. DHIS2 -- As a business analyst
> 6. DHIS2 -- As a 66 Hacker
> 7. DHIS2 -- As a consultant / trainer / coordinator
> 8. DHIS2 -- As a program manager
>
> Can you make us little more clear where would you like to put yourself for
> finding solution of proposed pretty use case generated in trail email based
> on your best findings / suggested option ?
>
> I think you will get even better option / solution when you will put your self
> at best place to
> look into the scenario. At lest, i think a solution architect can't
> suggest to do a work around "hack" which is no way gone a
> be appreciated in DHIS2 Community.
>

And if your doing "hack" around DHIS2 than you should be more clear in your
mind that you are doing wrong practice.

:-)


> Regards,
> Brajesh
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:42 AM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Brajesh,
>>
>> I would be more than happy to allow you to create 300 users for me next
>> time I need to do this, however, this is not really a feasible option for
>> me!
>>
>> Please present some concrete ideas (preferably code) in terms of how to
>> better solve this problem, which I think everyone would be happy with, but
>> in the absence of a way to create many multiple users through the user
>> interface, I do not see any other  way other than the "hacks" suggested.
>>
>>  It is the best option I have come up with. If you have a better one,
>> great, but creating several hundred user accounts through the user
>> interface is really not one of them.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Brajesh Murari <brajesh2murari@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> I am totally agreed with you and the painful process of user creation in
>>> DHIS2, specially, if some one need to create thousands of users by
>>> following steeps given in the link below
>>>
>>> http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch02s03.html
>>>
>>> But still, I would recommend you to follow these standard steeps given
>>> in above link for user creation in DHIS2, this is most trusted and
>>> officially recommended. This is one time job and usually it takes time, if
>>> one need to create users in bulk.
>>>
>>> Probably, you might find 6 other different hacking techniques and
>>> solutions suggested by Randy, Jason and others to do the same work of user
>>> creation in DHIS 2, but don't trust
>>> on any work around hacking technique at all for doing this work. Always
>>> chose to opt the
>>> best officially recommended process for doing certain work in DHIS 2 as
>>> given in user manual on above link.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Brajesh
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Jason Pickering <
>>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you use this template, I can redo that R script to read it, and then
>>>> create the SQL to insert the users fairly easily.
>>>>
>>>> Let me know if you need help with this.
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jason
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Wilson,Randy <rwilson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Attached are some instructions and a template file that you can use
>>>>> to collect the data in excel - I would test on a local copy of the database
>>>>> before using on the production server.****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> Randy****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* dhis2-users-bounces+rwilson=msh.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:
>>>>> dhis2-users-bounces+rwilson=msh.org@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf
>>>>> Of *Martin Namutso
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 21, 2013 11:34 AM
>>>>> *To:* dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> *Subject:* [Dhis2-users] User accounts import****
>>>>>
>>>>> ** **
>>>>>
>>>>> Guys - i have up to close to 100 people to create usernames for in
>>>>> DHIS2 system...Is there a way i can import these using the import export
>>>>> functionality..or is there any other way?
>>>>> ****
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----
>>>>>
>>>>> *Blessings & regards*
>>>>>
>>>>> *Martin Namutso | IT Specialist | Mob: +256 782 006 662*
>>>>>
>>>>> *----- If you think education is expensive try ignorance! -----
>>>>>
>>>>> "To oppose CORRUPTION in government is the highest obligation of
>>>>> patriotism." -- G. Edward Griffin*****
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Brajesh
>>>
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Regards,
Brajesh

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