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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

You will have to ensure a fresh download of metadata from the server for
this to take effect.

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Great point. The android data capture app uses another API endpoint where
> the form name was not properly handling translations. I have made a fix now
> to (to the DHIS 2 server application) in 2.25 and 2.24.
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> Builds ready in 15 min. Let me know if it works.
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> Lars
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> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Blake Hansen <bhansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> Thank you Lars!
>>
>> That is curious then, because our data elements are already translated,
>> the users language is set to the locale the translations exist for and yet
>> in the android data capture app the only language displayed is english. Is
>> there a setting that needs to be changed somewhere on the app or the server
>> to ensure the android data capture app UI uses the *display** property
>> value?
>>
>>
>> --
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>>
>> *Blake Hansen*
>> Projects Implementation Manager, BAO Systems
>> +1 202-536-1541 | bhansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | http://www.baosystems.com |
>> Skype: blake.a.hansen |  2900 K Street, Suite 404, Washington D.C. 20007
>>
>> On 26 Jan 2017, at 12:16, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Blake,
>>
>> the displayName is not a persisted property of the data model. This
>> property gets populated based on the translations available for the object
>> for the currently selected locale.
>>
>> Example from the demo:
>>
>> https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements/FTRrcoaog83?fie
>> lds=id,name,code,translations
>>
>> This dataelement has 8 translations available, including one for the
>> french locale for the name property.
>>
>> When you have set the db locale for your user to french, the system will
>> render that french translation ("Accute French") as the *displayName*
>> property value.
>>
>> The idea is that all clients should use the displayName (or display***)
>> property for their UIs. This is a transient field which is populated by
>> DHIS 2.
>>
>> To store translations in DHIS 2 for a specific locale, you can POST the
>> translation part of the object itself in the same format as it is rendered
>> (see URL example above). Docs here
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_browsing_the_web_api.html#webapi_translation>
>> .
>>
>> This can of course also be done through the maintenance app UI.
>>
>>
>> best regards,
>>
>> Lars
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>> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:20 AM, Blake Hansen <bhansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Devs,
>>>
>>> I have been trying to change the display names (displayName,
>>> displayFormName etc…) of some data elements so that they are different to
>>> the name, displayName etc… I have a use case where data entry on computer
>>> will be in one language but on the android data capture app will be
>>> another. In previous threads it was mentioned that from 2.24 the android
>>> app will read the displayX property for what it displays.
>>>
>>> My question: *Is it possible to change the displayFormName
>>> independently of the formName?* If so, how please? So far I have used
>>> xml updates and partial payload updates but to no avail. However simply
>>> changing the form name does the trick (which I don’t want to do.)
>>>
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Blake
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> 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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> --
> 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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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
Skype: larshelgeoverland
lars@xxxxxxxxx
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