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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stephane,
You should not use the Analytics API to get metadata.

Try this instead:
https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s05.html

Knut

On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:32 PM, Stéphane Delbeke <sdelbeke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use the API to get information on an organisation unit.
> For instance i'm trying to extract the 'contact name'.
> My request looks as follow:
>
>
> ...dhis/api/analytics?dimension=dx:IBRoBwdUxkA&dimension=pe:2012&dimension=ou:vzw0YutAWos
>
> and i obtain an answer like this:
>  {"headers":[{"name":"dx","column":"Data","type":"java.lang.String","hidden":false,"meta":true},{"name":"pe","column":"Period","type":"java.lang.String","hidden":false,"meta":true},{"name":"ou","column":"Organisation
> unit","type":"java.lang.String","hidden":false,"meta":true},{"name":"value","column":"Value","type":"java.lang.Double","hidden":false,"meta":false}],"metaData":{"pe":["2012"],"co":[],"ou":["vzw0YutAWos"],"names":{"pe":"Period","ou":"Organisation
> unit","dx":"Data","IBRoBwdUxkA":"Nom et prénoms
> contact","2012":"2012","vzw0YutAWos":"MUTUELLE DE SANTE DE
> BANIKOARA"}},"height":0,"rows":[],"width":0}
>
> with rows being empty...
>
> I can get dataelements with a numeric value. Is there something specific
> with datalements that have to return strings ?
> Any idea what i am doing wrong ?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stephane
>
>
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