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[Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ola - I just tried, but unfortunately I only get the Data Element names,
nothing else.
Is there a switch to get all the properties of the object?

<dataElements>
<dataElement name="KE - Microlut" created="2012-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000"
lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.351+0000"href="
http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/vV5rUtTs2gK"; id="vV5rUtTs2gK"/>
<dataElement name="KE - IUCD insertions [Target]" created="
2013-02-05T12:12:37.937+0000" lastUpdated="2013-03-07T09:19:22.614+0000"
href="http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/Fdb2XIirCaI"; id="Fdb2XIirCaI"
/>
<dataElement name="KE - IUCD removals" created="2013-02-05T07:35:49.543+0000
" lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.324+0000"href="
http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/QXaKhE3QH4v"; id="QXaKhE3QH4v"/>
<dataElement name="KE - Implant insertions" created="
2012-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000" lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.331+0000"href
="http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/R6Il27oviAY"; id="R6Il27oviAY"/>
<dataElement name="KE - Condoms" created="2013-02-05T07:35:49.546+0000"
lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.238+0000"href="
http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/vxwTVldLL3v"; id="vxwTVldLL3v"/>
<dataElement name="KE - Injections" created="2012-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000"
lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.344+0000"href="
http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/Va0SNBrIArX"; id="Va0SNBrIArX"/>
<dataElement name="KE - COC" created="2013-02-05T07:35:49.552+0000"
lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.231+0000"href="
http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/lcIUdP3C4vJ"; id="lcIUdP3C4vJ"/>
<dataElement name="KE - IUCD insertions" created="
2013-02-05T07:35:49.557+0000" lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.276+0000"href
="http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/Ouc8q8P7LuO"; id="Ouc8q8P7LuO"/>
<dataElement name="KE - Implant removals" created="
2012-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000" lastUpdated="2013-03-04T15:55:29.338+0000"href
="http://dev.psi-mis.org/api/dataElements/mvdI2hF1sRI"; id="mvdI2hF1sRI"/>
</dataElements>
<dataElementGroupSet/>
</dataElementGroup>


On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:27 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> That sounds like a very good approach - I will try.
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 10:22 PM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Rodolfo,
>>
>> You can also use the Web API to get an xml dump of a group of data
>> elements like this:
>> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElementGroups/qfxEYY9xAl6.xml
>>
>> So you could
>> 1) put all the data elements you want to move over to another instance
>> into one data element group,
>> 2) use the Web-API browser: http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/resources ,
>> 3) click on html link next to DataElementGroups and then look for your
>> group and click on the XML linkto get the XML you need for your data
>> elements.
>> 4) That XML can be imported using metadata import on another instance.
>>
>> Lars just explained that to me today so I have not tested it yet, but it
>> is supposed to work. Lars, or others, please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Ola
>> --------
>>
>>
>> ----------------------------------
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>>
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>>
>> On 8 April 2013 22:34, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rodolfo
>>>
>>> The old metadata export used a very manually crafted parser for a
>>> language called dxf 1.0 which was past its sell-by date and becoming hard
>>> to maintain.
>>>
>>> The newer metadata export uses dxf 2.0 which is a much more complete
>>> reflection of the domain objects but I note it doesn't allow the selection
>>> of particular dataelement groups or indicator groups.
>>>
>>> We will be working on some functionality to export the selection of all
>>> metadata which might be related to a particular group of indicators, but
>>> that is coming.
>>>
>>> In the meantime if there is particular filtering you want to do of the
>>> full metadata dump then share on this list and I (or someone else) can
>>> probably help with an xslt transform you could use which would be
>>> infinitely beter than editing manually.
>>>
>>> If you are wanting to edit then there a number of approaches.  The
>>> oxygen xml editor is by far the best in my view but sadly not free.  emacs
>>> (nxml mode) works really well even on mac and windows but is not for
>>> everybody.  For working with xml from the mac or windows shell, then libxml
>>> from http://www.xmlsoft.org/ comes with the handy xmllint tool which
>>> can do lots of things, but one of the most useful is to "pretty print"
>>> format the xml.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8 April 2013 19:20, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... is gone
>>>>
>>>> Hi - 2.10 as well as early development releases of 2.11 had an 'DXF
>>>> Detailed Metadata Export' option. This function allowed to specify what
>>>> Data Elements and Indicators to export. It was great for prototyping
>>>> something in one server, and then moving the final definitions to another
>>>> box. The final release of 2.11 doesn't have that option anymore. I curios
>>>> to learn why the functionality was axed - i suspect some technical reasons
>>>> relating to the explicit use of UID across the new version.
>>>>
>>>> So if that function is not coming back, what is the best strategy for
>>>> moving metadata from one instance to another? I imagine the answer is using
>>>> an XML editor  and editing the export XML that you get from the metadata
>>>> export option. Is that the case? Any suggestions of good XML editors that
>>>> allow to read the resulting XML by a human being, so you can be selective
>>>> about what you are moving between boxes? I'm looking for a Mac editor, and
>>>> a Windows editor.
>>>>
>>>> Rodolfo
>>>>
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*Rodolfo Meliá*
*Principal*
rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.knowming.com
+1 708 872 7636
+44 777 576 4090
Skype: rod.melia
Twitter: @RodolfoMelia <https://twitter.com/RodolfoMelia>

Note: Please note my new email address, which I will be using for PSI
related work: rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx