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[Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ok, but why do you need to store it in the server at all? can't you just
process it on the client?

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Morten Olav Hansen
Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org

On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:16 PM, chathura widanage <
chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Morten,
>
> Thanks. Just the selected rows from the CSV are going to be stored in the
> data store. But to do so, first I need to show the content of the CSV to
> the user (graphically). So I have to read the content of the CSV first.
>
> If I am going to do it in one of my own web app, what I will do is,
>
> 1. Upload the CSV to server temporary.(say tmp.csv) (I need a solution for
> this step in the DHIS context)
> 2. Read back the uploaded CSV(tmp.csv) show it to the user. (draw a chart
> in my case)
> 3. Allow the user to select the required data.
> 4. Save only the selected data(rows) to the database. (In DHIS, saving to
> the data store)
> 5. Delete tmp.csv
>
> So what I really need is to do the same thing in step 1 above using the
> DHIS Web api.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Did you have a look at the data store API? [1], you could also use the
>> user setting API to store it (if its small enough) [2]
>>
>> [1]
>> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s67.html
>> [2]
>> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s46.html
>>
>> --
>> Morten Olav Hansen
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 2:03 PM, chathura widanage <
>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, display in a chart as a preview. Part of the data(selected rows)
>>> will be then saved as an attribute in a custom object. Custom object will
>>> then be persisted to the system. So there is no need of retrieving data
>>> from this fileSource later.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Sure, but what is it you want to do with this after retrieving? Display
>>>> it somehow?
>>>>
>>>> Knut
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 11:11 AM, chathura widanage <
>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the response, what I meant by read is, retrieve the content
>>>>> of the file. Comma separated values as a String in my case.
>>>>>
>>>>> Chathura
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The answer is probably no, although I am not sure what you mean by
>>>>>> "read"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Knut
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 10:53 AM, chathura widanage <
>>>>>> chathurawidanage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi devs,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a way to read the content of a fileResource without linking
>>>>>>> the resource to a dataValue.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> example scenario :
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Upload a CSV which contains some arbitrary data and read it
>>>>>>> immediately. I won't need these data after the first read.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Chathura
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Knut Staring
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>>>>>> Norway: +4791880522
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>>>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> *Chathura Widanage,*
>>>>> Undergraduate,
>>>>> Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
>>>>> University of Moratuwa,
>>>>> Sri Lanka
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Knut Staring
>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>> Norway: +4791880522
>>>> Skype: knutstar
>>>> http://dhis2.org
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>
>
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> Best Regards,
>
> *Chathura Widanage,*
> Undergraduate,
> Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
> University of Moratuwa,
> Sri Lanka
>
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