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[Jasper Timm <jasper.timm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Zubair,

Any luck with that sample SMS command?

Thanks,

- Jasper

On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 8:41 PM, Zubair Asghar Raja <zubair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Jasper,
>
> OrgUnit code is unique identifier for organisation unit so in that sense
> its same as ID.
> For period type there is no prefix because the date mentioned in SMS text
> is used to create PeriodType. If Date is not mentioned in SMS then it is
> retrieved from DataSet.
>
> I will test and share sample SMS command by tomorrow.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 01. sep. 2016 16:55, Jasper Timm wrote:
>
> Thanks very much for the response Zubair, that's quite helpful.
>
> So when specifying the orgUnit in the command you need to precede it by
> 'org '? What exactly is meant by <orgUnitCode>, is it simply the id of the
> orgUnit? Is there a similar prefix required when specifying period?
>
> Maybe you could give an example of an SMS Command submission specifying
> both orgUnit and period?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Jasper
>
> On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 9:01 PM, Zubair Asghar Raja <zubair@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jasper,
>>
>> Sorry for the late response.
>>
>> In SMS orgUnit can be specified like this "org <orgUnitCode>" If no
>> orgUnit is specified in SMS then first user is retrieved from phoneNumber
>> and then orgUnit from that user.
>> As far as PeriodType is concerned it should be specified in this format
>> "ddMM" for example 3108, but in case its not specified then PeriodType will
>> be retrieved from DataSet attached to SMSCommand.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 30. aug. 2016 20:17, Jasper Timm wrote:
>>
>> Still hoping for a response on this regarding the more specific questions
>> regarding identifying OrgUnit by phone and how to specify OrgUnit/Period.
>>
>> Zubair - are you aware of how that works? Or any other DHIS2 dev?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> - Jasper
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Jasper Timm <
>> jasper.timm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Zubair,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick response but I don't think it answered the
>>> questions I asked regarding how to specify the OrgUnit and Period at all.
>>>
>>> Also, in the case where no OrgUnit is specified in the SMS, I'm assuming
>>> given there is a 'User belongs to more than one OrgUnit' message that DHIS2
>>> attempts to guess the user by the phone number the SMS was received from
>>> and uses the OrgUnit the user is assigned to?
>>>
>>> And for the multiple messages then - I assume you need to split the
>>> submission up into multiple SMSs with the same 'header' (command name,
>>> orgunit, period?) and separate lists of the key,value pairs for the data
>>> elements?
>>>
>>> As in:
>>>
>>> MSG1 = "report <orgUnitCode> <period> de1,1 de2,0 de3,4"
>>> MSG2 = "report <orgUnitCode> <period> de4,2 de5,2" e.t.c.
>>>
>>> Which makes it a bit tricky when it comes to considering the submission
>>> 'complete' I suppose. I guess then you'd have to allow partial submissions
>>> to complete the form.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> - Jasper
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:04 PM, Zubair Asghar Raja < <zubair@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> zubair@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jasper,
>>>>
>>>> please find the answers in line.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 24. aug. 2016 13:58, Jasper Timm wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi there,
>>>>
>>>> We're considering using the SMS Commands functionality of DHIS2 to
>>>> receive data from the data capture Android App when there is no internet
>>>> connectivity.
>>>>
>>>> I'm working from the documentation here:
>>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/mobile_sms_command.html>
>>>> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/
>>>> mobile_sms_command.html
>>>>
>>>> Unfortunately it still leaves a few questions:
>>>>
>>>> - How do you specify the OrgUnit and Period? Does the discussion from
>>>> this thread still apply? ( <https://lists.launchpad.net/d>
>>>> https://lists.launchpad.net/dhis2-users/msg06122.html) If so - how
>>>> does the parser differentiate when you specify BOTH OrgUnit and Period?
>>>> Where does one assign codes to the OrgUnits?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *       SMSCommand is associated with a Parser and parser is attached
>>>> to certain Programs (with/without registration).        1. Create
>>>> SMSCommand        2. Edit SMSCommand        3. Set response messages to be
>>>> sent to the originating user.        4. Set codes for data elements ( for
>>>> example age, height, orgunit etc ) *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> - What happens when a message is longer than one SMS message?
>>>>
>>>>     *  When text is longer then one SMS(160 characters) then it will
>>>> be sent as multiple SMSes each having <= 160 characters. *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It'd be great to see these answers in the documentation itself.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> - Jasper
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> --
>>>> Zubair Asghar
>>>> Software Developer, DHIS2
>>>> University of Oslowww.dhis2.org
>>>>
>>>> --
>> Zubair Asghar
>> Software Developer, DHIS2
>> University of Oslowww.dhis2.org
>>
>> --
> Zubair Asghar
> Software Developer, DHIS2
> University of Oslowww.dhis2.org
>
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