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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

do we have a blueprint for this some how? We can try to do it for 2.15.

Lars



On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Sharada Acharya <sa3119@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jason,
>
> I went through the your bug description, that is exactly what I want!
> Providing the ability to create regular-expressions or creation of a
> dynamic
> data-type seems to be the best way to verify the format of incoming data.
> I was wondering if this request has been considered for DHIS future
> release.
> Any idea about which version would it be considered for?
>
> -
> Sharada Acharya
> Health Informatics Intern at ICAP
> Columbia Univeristy
> New York, NY
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 7:40 PM, jason.p.pickering <
> 1247890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Knut and Sharada
> >
> > This is still the case in 2.13 and good to see someone else is seeing a
> > need for this!
> >
> > Although what Sharada is requesting for is a bit different I think than
> the
> > blueprint you mentioned, but nonetheless related. I think the case here
> is
> > that a dynamic  data type, which is user definable in a sense,  needs to
> be
> > created. Right now, these are hardcoded as integer, negative integer,
> > positive integer, etc. And all of these different types basically use a
> > regular expression to validate their type, since in the database,
> > everything is stored as text. Seems to be a useful feature, but having a
> > server side mechanism to do the validation is the first step in my mind.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jason
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/regex-validation
> > >
> > > ** Changed in: dhis2
> > >        Status: New => Invalid
> > >
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> > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
> > >
> > > Title:
> > >   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
> > >
> > > Status in DHIS 2:
> > >   Invalid
> > >
> > > Bug description:
> > >   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
> > >   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
> > >   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length.
> Validation
> > >   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if the
> > >   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
> > >
> > >   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
> > >
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> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
> >
> > Title:
> >   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
> >
> > Status in DHIS 2:
> >   Invalid
> >
> > Bug description:
> >   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
> >   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
> >   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length. Validation
> >   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if the
> >   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
> >
> >   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
> >
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1247890
>
> Title:
>   New field type required to ensure the format of the data
>
> Status in DHIS 2:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   There doesn’t seem to be a way to check the structure of each field
>   beyond field type (number, text, date). For example, ensuring ANC
>   number is formatted as ###/##/## or is a particular length. Validation
>   rule does not allow users to create an expression which checks if the
>   input is well-formed or has a particular format-type.
>
>   DHIS Live Version: 2.11
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/dhis2/+bug/1247890/+subscriptions
>
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