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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dapo,

thanks for pointing this out. Aware of the need - we are working on some
underlying changes in our web api to get this in place now.

regards,

Lars



On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Dapo Adejumo <dapo_adejumo@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hi Lars,
>
> Thought I should resuscitate this as it seems the fix did not make it to
> 2.14 ( at least as at now) . I think this feature is quite important
> especially for use of information in the DHIS . As Knut suggested it will
> be better to actually have the option set in each analysis module per user
> but implementing that will be quite a task I imagine. The original
> `implementation that allows a user to define use of shortname vs longnames
> as a global `setting will at least provide some shorterm solution while we
> look for more lasting
> answers.
>
>
>
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> *Regards,*
>
>
>
> *Dapo Adejumo*
>
> *+2348033683677 <%2B2348033683677>*
>
> *skype : dapojorge*
>
>
>
> *From:* Knut Staring [mailto:knutst@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 13 December 2013 09:04
> *To:* Lars Helge Øverland
> *Cc:* Dapo Adejumo; DHIS 2 Developers list
>
> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-devs] short name in analysis modules
>
>
>
> This should have a high priority, since many charts look quite stupid and
> often actually misleading/wrong with long names. Orgunit names present a
> particular challenge, as in many countries there is a need to have "double
> names" such as Lao+English, since Orgunit names are currently not
> translatable.
>
>
>
> But I'm not sure I would want it to be a universal user choice, would
> perhaps feels more natural to have it as an option for each chart or map?
> Or maybe as a universal choice which could be overridden for particular
> resources.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Dapo,
>
> this feature did not completely make it into 2.13 and was unfortunately
> half-done. The setting was removed from 2.13 last week. Will implement as
> soon as we get time.
>
> Lars
>
> On Dec 8, 2013 10:28 PM, "Dapo Adejumo" <dapo_adejumo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Devs,
>
> Just to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong before reporting this as a
> bug. Users should be able to choose whether to use 'name' or 'short name'
>  for metadata in analysis modules. This should be set by each user under
> their profiles......this doesn't seem to be working - Any similar experiences
> or how should this work?
>
>
>
> ................................................
>
>
>
> *Regards,*
>
>
>
> *Dapo Adejumo*
>
> *+2348033683677 <%2B2348033683677>*
>
> *skype : dapojorge*
>
>
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