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Re: Information about Metadata Sync

 

Hi Vanya,

thanks for reaching out on this. We do not have a near-term plan for
implementing that feature so if you would like to take it on then it will
be appreciated.

We can do a call and discuss the approach. Just suggest a time.

best regards,

Lars




On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 9:50 AM, Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi dhis-devs
>
> I am from ThoughtWorks India and we are working for MSF (OCA). There is a
> requirement to synchronize data/metadata across multiple dhis instances.
> The deployment strategy that we have is: A central instance called as
> Headquarters(HQ) and multiple field level instances for data collection.
> The central instance is
> responsible for creation of the metadata and do data analysis(data
> collected from fields get synced to the HQ instance). So, this essentially
> is a classical case of a distributed setting.
>
> Data Sync functionality is built into the system. But for metadata sync
> there is no direct or consolidated functionality implemented. We explored
> the Metadata Export and Import functionality as a probable solution.
>
> But then I stumbled upon this mail thread
> https://lists.launchpad.net/dhis2-users/msg05889.html and there is a
> mention of some synchronization tool under development with support coming
> in from HISP India developers.
> I had a look at the branches and this is what I think is their development
> branch:
> https://code.launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core/dhis2/synchmanager_2.20
>
> So, I wanted to understand a couple of things here:
>
> 1. Actual requirements/ blue print of the feature under development.
> 2. If we could get a high level solution approach that has been followed.
> 3. The roadmap in terms of feature release and also what all has been
> implemented so far.
>
> Also, would it be possible to have it all discussed over a call?
>
> Thanks in advance for all the help.
>
>
> --
> With Regards
> Vanya
> ThoughtWorks Technologies
> Hyderabad
>
> --Stay Hungry Stay Foolish!!
>
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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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