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Re: [Dhis2-users] DHIS CSV import error

 

OMG... Apologies for reporting wrong error .... Thanks alot for your
cooperation :)


On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Maimoona,
>
> "Dryrun" means that you can check if your data are ok and what they are,
> without actually importing. So when you select Dryrun=yes, nothing should
> be imported.
>
> Thanks for reporting the other issue, sounds like something we need to
> look into.
>
> Knut
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 6:43 AM, Maimoona Kausar <
> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Knut.
>>
>> So after trying different patterns it appears that problem occurs when
>> selected option is dryrun=yes. Whatever data is, whatever combination is,
>> it always flags successful import, which, in actual, is not.
>> However, when I tried dryrun=no it successfully imported data, which was
>> available in datavalue table too.
>>
>> I tried the version here http://apps.dhis2.org/ci/job/dhis-trunk/ . But
>> in this version there is minor bug that is on exporting (CSV) any data it
>> shows FALSE in comments column  (that must be of followup column) .
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Maimoona.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:43 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> This has indeed been changed lately. You can check your build number
>>> under About DHIS2 and get the latest builds from here:
>>> http://apps.dhis2.org/ci/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:00 AM, Maimoona Kausar <
>>> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I tried exporting CSV from demo app as you explained in email above.
>>>> The column for datetime of row is different in both CSVs. i.e. Column is
>>>> 'timestamp' in CSV exported from my instance of DHIS, but the column name
>>>> is 'lastupdated' in CSV exported from Demo app. Seems that there s some
>>>> version difference. From where I can get the same app as one deployed on
>>>> demo server.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:34 PM, Maimoona Kausar <
>>>> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I tried importing CSV again with category undeleted, and changed the
>>>>> period, and values. it says 8 updated but new value is not reflected in
>>>>> tables.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Maimoona Kausar <
>>>>> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I deleted it because it was mentioned as non-required option. And the
>>>>>> system from which we would get our CSV may not have category.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <
>>>>>> larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Okay. Any idea why categoryoptioncombos are not there?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Maimoona Kausar <
>>>>>>> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The email above contains image for CSV data being imported.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <
>>>>>>>> larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Maimoona,
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> thanks for reporting. I have tried to reproduce your problem but
>>>>>>>>> could not. What I did on the demo was:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - Export data in CSV format for Ngelehun 2013-02-01 -> 2013-04-01
>>>>>>>>> for PHUF 2 form
>>>>>>>>> - Removed the corresponding data by simply blanking out in the
>>>>>>>>> data entry form
>>>>>>>>> - Imported the CSV file
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> This lead to data re-appearing in the form.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Some things to check:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> - What does your CSV file look like, does it have values, can you
>>>>>>>>> please post it?
>>>>>>>>> - If you already have data in your database and do an export, then
>>>>>>>>> you must remove some of it for the import to have any effect on the same
>>>>>>>>> database.
>>>>>>>>> - The CSV file is using UIDs, not database ids, category option
>>>>>>>>> combo id to 15 will not work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Let us know.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Lars
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>  On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Maimoona Kausar <
>>>>>>>>> maimoona.kausar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>  Hi Team,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I am working with CSV import module of DHIS 2.13 live. It doesnot
>>>>>>>>>> import any data into datavalue table. Neither does it show any row in
>>>>>>>>>> importdatavalue/importobject tables.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The CSV I am trying to import was exported using DHIS CSV export
>>>>>>>>>> module to make sure that format is correct. Attached are images of import
>>>>>>>>>> activity.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I also tried putting ID 15 (default catergorycombination) into
>>>>>>>>>> CSV, but it didnot help too.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Please let me know if I am making some mistake in understanding
>>>>>>>>>> the import functionality and the way it works.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Maimoona
>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Knut Staring
>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>> +4791880522
>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Knut Staring
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
> +4791880522
> http://dhis2.org
>

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