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[Viet Nguyen <viet@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sam,

I have applied a fix for this issue on 2.25

Please try again.

Regards,


On Tue, Oct 18, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Viet Nguyen <viet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Sam,
>
> Can you try to  use the full object name "dataElementCategoryCombo"
> instead of "categoryCombo" and try again. It works on my local.
>
> Need more investigation to understand why the short name does not work
> though.
>
> Regards.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 9:55 PM, Sam Johnson <samuel.johnson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Devs,
>>
>>
>>
>> The problem I reported yesterday has actually turned out to be what I
>> think is a new bug in 2.25, which is stopping XML imports for data elements.
>>
>>
>>
>> No matter what I do, *any attempt at an XML import of data elements
>> seems to throw the error “**DataElementCategoryCombo Missing required
>> property `categoryCombo`”*, even if a valid CategoryCombo is supplied.
>> The same XML import works fine in 2.21.
>>
>>
>>
>> To reproduce on play.dhis2.org:
>>
>> ·         Using the import/export module, do an XML export of data
>> elements only.
>>
>> ·         Delete all data elements from the XML except DE_1148614 (which
>> uses the default CategoryCombo), and change the user of that data element
>> to <user id="xE7jOejl9FI"/>.
>>
>> ·         To circumvent a couple of other export/import bugs:
>> 1. delete the three ‘<’ characters (which have been exported as plaintext
>> instead of &lt;)
>> 2. delete the <attributeValues> tags (I have no idea why these tags are
>> failing)
>>
>> ·         Import this XML file back into play.dhis2.org.
>>
>>
>>
>> The import fails, and the import summary has the error message “DataElementCategoryCombo
>> Missing required property `categoryCombo`” – despite the fact that the
>> data element has the default categoryCombo id.
>>
>>
>>
>> I’ve attached the XML I extracted from play.dhis2.org to speed up
>> testing.  I’d be very grateful if you could look into this urgently, as I
>> can’t currently do XML imports into my 2.25 instance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Sam.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Dhis2-devs <dhis2-devs-bounces+samuel.johnson=
>> qebo.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Sam Johnson <
>> samuel.johnson@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Date: *Monday, 17 October 2016 at 04:54
>> *To: *DHIS2 Developers <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Cc: *Rodolfo Melia <rodolfo.melia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject: *[Dhis2-devs] FW: Null pointer exception calling
>> .../api/me/programs
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> I’m trying to produce a generic EventCapture XML config that can be
>> imported into any DHIS2 instance, which requires the data elements and
>> program to use the default CategoryCombo of the target instance.
>>
>>
>>
>> My understanding from the documentation (and the email thread below) is
>> that if the CategoryCombo for a data element is null, then during metadata
>> import the data element will automatically be assigned the local ‘default’
>> CategoryCombo; the problem is that I can’t figure out how to represent this
>> ‘null’ CategoryCombo in the XML. I’ve tried:
>>
>> ·         simply removing all <CategoryCombo /> tags from the data
>> elements in the XML;
>>
>> ·         using <CategoryCombo id=null/>;
>>
>> ·         using <CategoryCombo id=""/>
>>
>> ·         using <CategoryCombo code="default"/>.
>>
>>
>>
>> In 2.25, all of these throw the error “DataElementCategoryCombo Missing
>> required property `categoryCombo`”…  How can I get these data elements to
>> take on the local ‘default’ CategoryCombo as the XML is loaded?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks for any help anyone is able to give!
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards, Sam.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From: *Dhis2-devs <dhis2-devs-bounces+samuel.johnson=
>> qebo.co.uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Rodolfo Melia <
>> rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Date: *Monday, 9 May 2016 at 09:37
>> *To: *Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Cc: *Adebusoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DHIS2 Developers <
>> dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, JM Alcantara <jmalcantara1@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject: *Re: [Dhis2-devs] Null pointer exception calling
>> .../api/me/programs
>>
>>
>>
>> Noted - we look forward to get a resolution to the setting of CatCombo to
>> 'default' in 2.22 soon - we import hundred of new data elements to our
>> servers every week, and many of the templates out there have that column
>> null. This was not a problem in 2.20.
>>
>>
>> *R*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 May 2016 at 09:24, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi - I just want to confirm that I'm getting my facts right.
>>
>>
>>
>> The fix for ensuring that a imported DEs with CatCombo=null are set to
>> default is only available in 2.23, latest build.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Any 2.23 build, but yes.
>>
>>
>>
>> The only workaround available right now for 2.22, that avoids
>> re-starting tomcat (which makes the necessary correction at start-up) is to
>> make sure that when importing DEs, we set the CatCombo to default in the
>> XML/ CSV.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> *Rodolfo Meliá*
>>
>> *Principal  |  *rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> Skype: rod.melia  |  +44 777 576 4090  |  *+1 708 872 7636
>> <%2B1%20708%20872%207636>*
>>
>> www.knowming.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On 9 May 2016 at 08:19, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> And yes, we don't allow null in the categoryCombo field from 2.23 and
>> upwards
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Morten Olav Hansen
>>
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>>
>> University of Oslo
>>
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 2:15 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <morten@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> *Morten* do you think you could comment?
>>
>>
>> Hi, these kinds of issues are fixed in our new importer (available in
>> 2.23), for now I would include the default category combo. When you say
>> Import, are you creating this payload yourself, or is it coming from
>> another system?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Morten Olav Hansen
>>
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS 2
>>
>> University of Oslo
>>
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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> Viet Nguyen
> Software Engineer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> http://www.dhis2.org
>
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Viet Nguyen
Software Developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org