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

Hi Paulo,
I am not sure it would be worth it, but looks like it might work. Why can't
you just simply export CSV instead? Seems that given the structure of your
data, you could just simply use the CSV importer instead of setting up an
integration route?

Regards,
Jason



On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Paulo Grácio
<pgracio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi all,****
>
> ** **
>
> We are wondering about the best form to import in DHIS2 data from legacy
> applications.****
>
> ** **
>
> In chapter “26.4. Transforming data - a Java route” of the User Manual we
> see that there is a way to do this integration using Java routes, but we
> are having some difficulties in implementing a proof of concept.****
>
> ** **
>
> In our PoC scenario we have a XLS file sent by an external application
> (DataValues.xls in attach). Our idea is to create a Java route in order to
> import all data values that exist in that file.****
>
> ** **
>
> Following the tutorial “Customer 3: Excel via e-mail” presented in the
> Apache Camel page -
> http://camel.apache.org/tutorial-business-partners.html - we have been
> able to transform the XLS file in a list of DataValue objects. ****
>
> ** **
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> Basically, we only had to create a XLSDataIn route and a
> ExcelConverterBean (files in attach). The XLSDataIn takes an InputStream of
> an XLS file and calls the ExcelConverterBean. The ExcelConverterBean
> iterates through the file, and for each data value row, creates a new
> DataValue object and adds that object to a list of DataValue objects.****
>
> ** **
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> Now we are having some issues because we don’t know the best way to insert
> these data values in DHIS2.****
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> The questions we are having are:****
>
> **1.       **The approach that we have used to implement our PoC is the
> correct one? I mean, XLS -> List<DataValue> -> import is correct or we
> should use XLS -> CSV -> import?****
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> **2.       **How should we proceed, after the XLS file has been processed
> by the ExcelConverterBean?****
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