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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes that way does work.  You can try a GET first on an instance, eg

http://apps.dhis2.org/dev/api/metaData.xml?assumeTrue=false&organisationUnits=true

so you can check the required format.

Bob


On 12 December 2012 09:27, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Writing is not supported for /api/organisationUnits (sorry, that might not
> have been clear). Try and push the XML to /api/metaData
>
> --
> Morten
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:25 AM, ChangJames <jamesbjchang@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>   Thank you all for the help.  They were quite helpful.
>>
>> I have tried both database method and cURL Meta-data import.
>> The database method was successful, using ‘nextval('hibernate_sequence')’
>> and restart of DHIS2 for UID auto populate.
>>
>> However, I am still struggling with cURL method.
>> I have downloaded curl.exe and ran it (in Windows 7).
>> I keep on getting ‘HTTP Status 405 – Request method ‘POST’ not supported’
>> error.
>> Is there something I have to set on DHIS2 or on server for this?
>>
>> The command I used is –>   curl –d @test3.xml “http://107.—.—.—:8080/dhis/api/organizationUnits”;
>> –H “Content-Type:application/xml” –u ---/--- -v
>> This is for adding a new OrganizationUnit.  In this email, I have
>> attached curl error output and test Meta-data xml files.
>> I have tried variations of the curl commands (removing header parameters,
>> etc) and variations of Meta-data xml file contents(adding/removing UID, ID,
>> etc), but all gave me 405 error.
>>
>> If it is not about the DHIS2 setup issue, I was wondering if someone can
>> provide me with any success case curl command and Meta-data xml file, so
>> that I can use that was an example to follow.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any help.
>>
>>
>>
>>  *From:* Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 05, 2012 10:25 PM
>> *To:* ChangJames <jamesbjchang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Cc:* dhis2-users <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-users] New Organization Units Import
>>
>> That should be "without any ou-levels"
>>
>> --
>> Morten
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Do you have a structure in the data your are importing, or is it a flat
>>> list with any ou-levels? I would personally use the DHIS 2 web-api to
>>> import the data.
>>>
>>> For examples, look at our documentation for meta-data import:
>>> http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch23s04.html
>>>
>>> So you would use something like:
>>> <metaData>
>>>   <organisationUnits>
>>>     <organisationUnit> .... </organisationUnit>
>>>     <organisationUnit> .... </organisationUnit>
>>>     <organisationUnit> .... </organisationUnit>
>>>     <organisationUnit> .... </organisationUnit>
>>>   </organisationUnits>
>>> </metaData>
>>>
>>> For examples of the meta-data, have a look at:
>>> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api
>>> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/metaData.xml
>>>
>>> This can then be pushed into DHIS using your username/password, and a
>>> proper content-type (I would personally use cURL for this)
>>>
>>> --
>>> Morten
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM, ChangJames <jamesbjchang@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>>    Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Is there any easy way(/preferred way) to import Organization Units (New
>>>> ones) on blank DHIS2 system?
>>>> I have a list of organization units I like to add to the system, but
>>>> like to know if there is an alternative to the individual manual add using
>>>> DHIS UI.
>>>>
>>>> It seems there isn’t import function for this on DHIS, so I took a look
>>>> at datatable for inserting straight to DB.
>>>> But, the ‘OrganizationUnit’ table has ‘UID’ field.  How do I generate
>>>> that?  One of my data ‘jII07NoHiO5’ does seem like normal Uniquie
>>>> Identifier number format.
>>>> And is this, adding rows straight to datatable, a OK way of mass
>>>> importing the Organization Units on DHIS?
>>>>
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>>
>>
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