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Re: Editing the code in the option sets

 

Hi Juan,

yes you are right. It was the cache! :) So, yep, it is getting the name of
the optionsets. Thank you!

Dhis2 devs, is it going to be possible to edit the codes as well?

Thanks

On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 4:44 AM, Juan Manuel Alcantara Acosta <
jmalcantara1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jose
> I tested this in DEV, where we have options that have a code that is
> different than the text. I changed the value of one option and checked the
> result in an event report, I kept getting the old text until I cleared the
> server cache.
> Best regards,
> JM
>
> El 23/02/2015, a las 17:31, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>
> escribió:
>
>
> Following with this thread...
>
> I have tested changing the name of the option sets....
>
> We had the following option '4A03 - Meidy Mazariegos' in the 2.16, when we
> upgrade to the 2.17 the name and the code of the option were filled both
> with the same text '4A03 - Meidy Mazariegos'. However, we realized that
> there were some mistakes in the data entry, so we need to change the text
> of the option. As it is not possible to change the code right now, we had
> to change just the name value (as showed in the next figure). So first
> question, is it going to be possible to edit the code in the coming future?
>
> <image.png>
>
> The next figure represents a data entry screen capture.... (please note
> that in fact the value of the option appears updated)
>
> <image.png>
>
> However, after running the analytics, in the event reports we are getting:
>
> <image.png>
> So it is taking the code not the text. However, doesn't it make more sense
> showing the text instead? (or least let the user choose?)
>
> Any thoughts on this? This is quite urgent for us as we have many cases in
> which we have to change the text of different options. Right now it seems
> it is not possible to show those changes in the reports.
>
> Many thanks
> Jose
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:06 PM, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> When update the DHIS2 version to 2.17, the new 'code' field in optionsets
>> is filled with the value of the name. However,  we find out that sometimes
>> the name was wrong introduced by the users, so we would need to change it.
>> Right now we can not change the code for optionsets, do you have in mind to
>> allow that? (we can certainly change the name, but it is going to be quite
>> confused to have the code not synchronized with the name)
>>
>> In the event reports, the results are being filtered by its name (no with
>> the code), right?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Jose
>>
>
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