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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Olav,

this was actually fixed in trunk and 2.17 two days ago. You can now use the
meta-data detailed export and make an export of the category combos that
you need to transfer (those used for the data elements in your data sets).
You then import that file first. It will contain all the relevant category
option combos for those category combos.

regards,

Lars

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 1:11 PM, Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> I’m in a situation where I want to transfer data and metadata for one
> dataset from one DHIS instance to another. My initial idea was to use the
> «Meta-Data Detailed Export» from the source database, select the relevant
> dataset, and check «include dependencies». This creates an XML-file with
> the dataset, data element, cateories, categorycombos etc as expected.
> However, after importing this metadata into the target database, I realised
> that it did not include the categoryoptioncombos (with IDs). In other
> words, even though I have the same data elements, categories,
> categorycombos etc in both databases, I’m not able to transfer data between
> the two since the data export relies on the categoryoptioncombo.
>
> One work-around is of course to use the «regular» meta-data export and
> selecting category option combos, but then it includes the metadata for ALL
> categorycombos, not just the three I’m interested in - so I will either
> have to edit the XML or delete the ones I don’t need later.
>
> Am I missing a more obvious/simpler way of doing this? Is it by design or
> by oversight that the categoryoptioncombos are not included in the detailed
> export? (I realise the categoryoptioncombos are a bit «special» since they
> can be regenerated later etc)
>
> Olav
>
>
>
>
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