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[Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

That functionality would be what we need. Is this something that you could
backport to 2.25?

Also wondering if it would be possible to prune for a Data Set? That would
reduce the amount of API calls as our end goal is to delete the Data Set
itself.

Let me know. Thanks,

Lorill

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry Lorill, I misread your question.
>
> No we haven't changed the policy that data element can be deleted if data
> value audits exist.
>
> We recently implemented a feature for pruning
> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_maintenance.html>
> data (including approval records, data set completeness records, data value
> audits and data values) for organisation unit units.
>
> /api/26/maintenance/dataPruning/organisationUnits/<org-unit-id>
>
> We could implement something similar for data elements.
>
>
> Lars
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lars,
>>
>> Thanks for the quick reply. Does this mean if we soft delete all data
>> values associated with a data element we will then be able to hard delete
>> the data element?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Lorill
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lorill,
>>>
>>> in 2.25 we introduced "soft data value" delete, meaning that in the
>>> database we simply mark data values as deleted using the "deleted" property
>>> (this is transparent to the users). This means that foreign key constraints
>>> from data value audit values should not be a problem anymore. Let us know
>>> if that solves it.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> We have a long standing request to allow users of our custom DHIS 2 app
>>>> to delete specific Data Sets and all corresponding data elements and
>>>> values. We need to do this via the API.
>>>>
>>>> It seems the only thing preventing us from doing this now is the
>>>> deletion of datavalueaudit records. Is there any plan to allow
>>>> deletion of datavalueaudit records via the API? Or to remove
>>>> dependencies from the datavalueaudit records so they can be standalone and
>>>> not prevent the deletion of the corresponding data elements?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Lorill
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:37 PM, channara rin <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> YES,
>>>>> thank you for reminding...
>>>>>
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>>>> Lorill Crees
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>>>> 2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
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>> --
>> Lorill Crees
>> Project Leader / Senior Developer
>> 2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
>>
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>> skype: lorill2paths
>> (604) 689-4123 x 15
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Lars Helge Øverland
> Lead developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> Skype: larshelgeoverland
> lars@xxxxxxxxx
> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>
>


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Lorill Crees
Project Leader / Senior Developer
2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>

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