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[Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi guys,

any agreements on this? :)

 I would like to know if I need to change the configuration of some
programs (unique attributes are always compulsory)  or not (unique
attributes can be optional). I would prefer if we can keep them blank as
well (so they are optional).

Thanks
Jose

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:52 AM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I just want to support the idea that blanks should be accepted and not
> checked for uniqueness. I'm glad to hear that the API already supports
> this, so it will be great if the UI follows that logic.
>
> *Rodolfo *
>
>
> On 8 June 2016 at 10:49, Juan Manuel Alcantara Acosta <
> jmalcantara1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Markus
>> I had a short email exchange with Abyot last week and he said the same
>> "So many blanks can not be unique” but for a value to be unique there must
>> be a value. If the database and the API do not have this requirement, the
>> interface should follow the program’s configuration.
>> Best regards,
>> JM
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> El 08/06/2016, a las 8:35 a.m., Markus Bekken <markus.bekken@xxxxxxxxx>
>> escribió:
>>
>> Hi guys!
>> Chiming in - I think Abyot is on leave today.
>> This seems to be a discrepancy that we should just resolve one way or the
>> other. You might say that a blank value is not unique, but I have also
>> recently encountered a use case where we needed a non-compulsory unique
>> attribute like you Jose.
>>
>> Hiding the field with program rules was a workaround in our case, but I
>> think it makes sense to allow blank values in non-compulsory unique
>> attributes.
>>
>> Unless there is any disagreements we can implement the client to conform
>> to the API.
>>
>> Markus
>>
>> 8. jun. 2016 kl. 09.15 skrev Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Sorry for late reply, but I have been looking into this, and from the
>> backend this is not required. I'm adding in Abyot, hopefully he can answer
>> why it is required in the UI part (I see it's marked with red star, and it
>> will not allow it without a value)
>>
>> --
>> Morten Olav Hansen
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 6, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear devs,
>>>
>>> we realized that tracked attributes are always compulsory even if they
>>> are not marked like that in the program definition? so it is not possible
>>> at all to keep them blank using the Tracker Capture.
>>>
>>> In PSI (and I guess is the same for many different countries), we need
>>> to define unique patient's IDs, although several times it is not possible
>>> to collect them for many reasons, but now the system is not giving us the
>>> option of keeping the IDs blank
>>>
>>> Is this something that can be changed? Unique attributes can be
>>> compulsory just marking the attribute as compulsory in the program
>>> definition...
>>>
>>> Please, let us know, as we may need to reconsider some re-configuration
>>> for our programs.
>>>
>>> Many Thanks
>>> Jose
>>>
>>>
>>>
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