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[Mike Nelushi <mikeevolution@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Halvdan,

We want the user to upload the file and be able to retrieve it but the
files are deleted(purged) at 2AM everyday.
* INFO  2016-07-25 02:00:00,072 'system-process' delete
org.hisp.dhis.fileresource.FileResource, name:
PERSONAL_CONSIDERATION_SUBMISSION. Samuel Mur 7910025121081.pdf, uid:
ko0TqodGcPh (AuditLogUtil.java [taskScheduler-4])
* INFO  2016-07-25 02:00:00,082 'system-process' delete
org.hisp.dhis.fileresource.FileResource, name: Craig Anders Personal
Consideration.pdf, uid: ShiqhAsXc78 (AuditLogUtil.java [taskScheduler-4])
* INFO  2016-07-25 02:00:00,096 'system-process' delete
org.hisp.dhis.fileresource.FileResource, name: Motivation for Comm -
Copy.pdf, uid: L1fLHOSqwkM (AuditLogUtil.java [taskScheduler-4])
* INFO  2016-07-25 02:00:00,102 'system-process' delete
org.hisp.dhis.fileresource.FileResource, name: SATA - TOUCH WORLD CUP 2015
- SA MIXED TEAM CONFIRMATION.pdf, uid: EWQXKQsCunv (AuditLogUtil.java
[taskScheduler-4])
* INFO  2016-07-25 02:00:00,108 'system-process' delete
org.hisp.dhis.fileresource.FileResource, name: N_Isaacs_WPTA_July2016.pdf,
uid: AmoMiCsoSvD (AuditLogUtil.java [taskScheduler-4])
*.....*

How do we disable this task from running?

Regards,
Mike

On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 1:27 PM, Halvdan Hoem Grelland <halvdan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> This should be fine. Are you experiencing that it doesn't work as
> expected? (I didn't consider the tracker use case when I wrote 'dataset'.
> My bad...)
>
> Calle: your assumptions are correct. DV to FR is one-to-one. You would
> need a DE per specific file for your event/dataset, or alternately package
> multiple files in some archive format and store that instead (you could
> handle this on the client side).
>
> What if you want multiple data value records to reference the same
>> document [...]
>>
>
> A FR data value is just a data value with a weak reference to a file.
> Grouping data elements is no different than for straight numeric or text
> values. That is, there is no 'link' between the fields, but you could use a
> construct such as a data set (aggr) or programstageinstance/event (tracker)
> to group DEs.
>
> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 1:02 PM, Mike Nelushi <mikeevolution@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Halvdan,
>>
>> The following are the steps I'm using:
>> 1. Save the file on the api/fileResource endpoint, get the UID back, then
>> save the uid as of a dataValue on the event. Example:
>>
>>     POST to api/fileResources, get id: “a11111bbbb” back.
>> 2. PUT the event:
>>
>> {
>>   "event" : "<some-event-uid>",
>>   "dataValues" : [
>>     {
>>       "value" : "a11111bbbb",
>>       "dataElement" : "<some-fileResource-dataelement-uid>"
>>     }
>>   ]
>> }
>>
>> Are these steps correct?
>> Are the datasets required in these case? If yes, how should I go about
>> doing this in the tracker module.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Halvdan Hoem Grelland <
>> halvdan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> As is explained in the docs, the FR must be referenced by a data value.
>>> If the FR is referenced it will not be deleted.
>>>
>>> The FR object is not usable by itself, so the upload to the
>>> api/*/fileResources is step 1 of 2 in the process of uploading a file (it
>>> needs to be tied to a DV afterwards).
>>>
>>> In practice this means that in order to use FR you need to create data
>>> elements (and datasets) to contain your files.
>>>
>>> Hope that answers your question. If not, please let me know.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 7:57 AM, Mike Nelushi <mikeevolution@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Halvdan/Morten,
>>>>
>>>> There seem to be a cleanup task which is ran at 2AM every 24H which
>>>> necessary maintenance which removes orphaned files (FileResources) which
>>>> have been posted to the instance but are marked for deletion as Halvdan
>>>> explained here
>>>> <http://dhis-developers-list.1563109.n2.nabble.com/Re-Dhis2-users-Nightly-Batch-Jobs-td7604891.html>.
>>>> And from File resource constraints explained *here
>>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/2.23/en/developer/html/ch01s12.html#d0e2396> "Any
>>>> file resources which are in this state and are older than two hours will be
>>>> marked for deletion and will eventually be purged from the system." *
>>>>
>>>> Our new application allows users to upload files and would like to
>>>> prevent this from happening.
>>>> How do we stop the system from running this file deletion task or tag
>>>> the files to not be deleted?
>>>>
>>>> Please advice.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Halvdan Hoem Grelland
>>> Software developer, DHIS 2
>>> University of Oslo
>>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Halvdan Hoem Grelland
> Software developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>
>