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[Uwe Wahser <uwe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

I did some more testing on this: 

1) featuretype: I managed to upload the minimized demo from the documentation to
the dhis2-demo server. On my server I got the same error message as before, so
I'll just try to upload a new build of 2.21 and hopefully I'll be fine.

2) apostrophe in uid: I loaded the attached test-file into the demo
installation: Test-province and Toast-province with one child respectively.
Test-province received an uid with apostrophe: ROCKN'ROLL. The effect is, that
you can open Toast in the editor, but not Test although the plus sign indicates
children (see screenshot). Equally the api only returns a few organizations -
alphabetically sorted - up to Baoma MCHP
(https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/organisationUnits.json).

I didn't do another test for spaces, but I assume that the uid can only digest
[A..Za..z0..9] without causing hick-ups elsewhere, although other characters get
imported without an error message. I propose to specify this in the manual and
to do some checks on valid characters when importing.

Sorry for not updating the docu myself, but I still feel shy ;-)

Regards, 

Uwe

> Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 18. Dezember 2015 um 10:37
> geschrieben:
> 
> 
> Hi Uwe,
> 
> unfortunately the CSV metadata import docs lagged behind a bit when we
> forked the 2.21 docs.
> 
> If you go to the "latest build documentation" on the docs page you will the
> correct one. Direct link:
> 
> <goog_851896030>
> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s10.html#d5e964
> 
> The reason for the "java.lang.NullPointerException: Name is null" crash is
> that we changed to using enums
> <https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/enum.html> , so that
> several the "predefined options" changed:
> 
> Feature typeNoNONE | MULTI_POLYGON | POLYGON | POINT | SYMBOLGeospatial
> feature type.
> 
> 
> In general, uids must be 11 alphanumerics, letter first. Please have a look
> at that link, try again and let us know how it goes.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Lars
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Uwe Wahser <uwe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for quick answers, Jason, Knut and Calle.
> >
> > Unfortunately the original csv is no longer available, as I modified it a
> > lot in
> > order to get my data in. I can list my steps and observations, though, if
> > that
> > helps. Some things will be fine with updated documentations (header line,
> > to
> > some extend the UID-problem).
> >
> > Here's my log of today:
> >
> > The initial file looked like the demo from the documentation, except that
> > the
> > uid was filled with the county-name and the description-column was filled.
> > This
> > file produced the following error in catalina.out (no error in gui, just
> > rest of
> > import parameters):
> >
> > * ERROR 2015-12-17 09:12:04,879 Unexpected error occurred in scheduled
> > task.
> > (TaskUtils.java [taskScheduler-5])
> > java.lang.NullPointerException: Name is null
> >         at java.lang.Enum.valueOf(Enum.java:236)
> >         at
> > org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.FeatureType.valueOf(FeatureType.java:37)
> >         at
> >
> > org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.csv.DefaultCsvImportService.organisationUnitsFromCsv(DefaultCsvImportService.java:324)
> >         at
> >
> > org.hisp.dhis.dxf2.csv.DefaultCsvImportService.fromCsv(DefaultCsvImportService.java:116)
> >         at
> >
> > org.hisp.dhis.importexport.action.util.ImportMetaDataCsvTask.call(ImportMetaDataCsvTask.java:92)
> > [...]
> >
> > I then specified all columns as empty values and inserted values for the
> > feature
> > type. DHIS2 would do the import, but reject all counties < 11char with the
> > posted error message.
> >
> > I then filled up the field uid with spaces to complete to 11char. This
> > worked -
> > all counties were imported and visible in the left hand hierarchy in the
> > OrgUnit-Editor and in the pivot table.
> >
> > However, when I imported the next hierarchy level in the same way, DHIS2
> > refused
> > to show the newly imported OrgUnits under their respective parents (not
> > even
> > under root) - in pivot tables they showed up correctly. The counties would
> > show
> > a plus-sign to indicate that there is something underneath, but the
> > wouldn't
> > open up when clicking on them.
> >
> > I then replaced all spaces with underscore (_) in uid, code, name etc
> > fields of
> > the tables organisationunit and _orgunitstructure. As an effect this let
> > me open
> > all county-nodes to see the underlying orgunits - except for one: this one
> > had a
> > (') in uid, code, name etc (eg. ROCK'NROLL).
> >
> > I replaced this as well. Now the hierarchies seem to show up properly
> > everywhere
> > (editor, pivot tables) and I can even export all orgunits via
> > Metadata-Export
> > (detailed and simple). The only problem remaining is the api-export: here
> > DHIS2
> > sorts the OrgUnits nicely by name and then stops the export after 49
> > entries
> > (the json-file is properly terminated with all teh brackets) - however,
> > that's
> > the most important part for me as I need to match the orgunit-codes first,
> > when
> > importing data into datasets via api.
> >
> > Anyway, I'm giving up for today - tomorrow I might decide to use the api's
> > to
> > import the orgHierarchy in the ETL process. I'll need that anyway for
> > nightly
> > updates, I was just hoping to get some quick gains by doing this manually.
> >
> > Lot's of words, hope someone can get clues out of this, maybe the reason
> > lies in
> > the (') although all contents were encapsulated by ("") ...
> >
> > Regards, Uwe
> >
> > > Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 17. Dezember 2015
> > um
> > > 08:01 geschrieben:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Uwe,
> > > Thanks for the feedback. We will take a look at it.
> > >
> > > From the docs
> > >
> > > "DHIS 2 supports import of metadata in the CSV format. Columns which are
> > > not required can be omitted in the CSV file, but the order will be
> > > affected. If you would like to specify columns which appear late in the
> > > order but not specify columns which appear early in the order you can
> > > include empty columns ("") for them. "
> > >
> > > The language here is not as clear as it could be. I will edit it a bit to
> > > reflect the fact that as Calle says, the header is optional and ignored.
> > > The order of the columns however is what is important. The required
> > columns
> > > are mandatory, other columns are optional as indicated in the docs,
> > > however, if you are using columns which appear later in the order, you
> > must
> > > include empty columns, so that the order of the columns is correct.
> > > FeatureType should not be required, but it should be required if you
> > choose
> > > to include coordinates. We will check on this.
> > >
> > > It might be helpful if you could share a snippet of your CSV file with
> > us,
> > > which might make diagnosing things a bit easier.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Jason
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 7:22 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > 1.
> > > > The header row is optional - it will automatically be discarded if it's
> > > > there. CSV import follows a pre-defined list of columns - you can drop
> > > > anything at the end, but must include extra commas if you have blank
> > > > columns in between relevant columns.
> > > >
> > > > 2. All UIDs must be 11 characters, and starting with a letter (NOT a
> > > > digit).
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Calle
> > > >
> > > > On 17 December 2015 at 08:06, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> I think header is completely optional (so docs should reflect that).
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 6:28 AM, Uwe Wahser <uwe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> update inline
> > > >>> > Uwe Wahser <uwe@xxxxxxxxx> hat am 17. Dezember 2015 um 06:23
> > > >>> geschrieben:
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Dear all,
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > according to a previous post on the users list there have obviously
> > > >>> been
> > > >>> > changes
> > > >>> > in the CSV-format for importing OrgUnits. Some have been
> > documented,
> > > >>> others
> > > >>> > not
> > > >>> > (or might be bugs):
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > - feature format seems to be mandatory now. I don't know whether
> > that
> > > >>> makes
> > > >>> > sense, if it does, please indicate that in the docs, too.
> > > >>> > - If you decide to change the docs on that, please also add a
> > column
> > > >>> with the
> > > >>> > technical names to be included in the header line of the csv - the
> > > >>> names in
> > > >>> > the
> > > >>> > example differ from the names in the format specification. (or
> > > >>> indicate,
> > > >>> > whether
> > > >>> > the header line is optional)
> > > >>> > - the import summary records a funny error message. Don't know
> > whether
> > > >>> it's
> > > >>> > new,
> > > >>> > but it seems to be wrong: Validation Violations:
> > > >>> > [ValidationViolation{property='id', message='Allowed range for
> > length
> > > >>> [11,
> > > >>> > 11],
> > > >>> > length is 7', value=NAIROBI}]
> > > >>> UPDATE: only uid's >= 11char were imported - must be a bug
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > I could have posted this as bug-report, but I wasn't sure, whether
> > > >>> those are
> > > >>> > bugs or features ...
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Regards,
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Uwe
> > > >>> >
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name,uid,code,parent
"Test province","ROCKN'ROLL_","TESTP","ImspTQPwCqd"
"Toast province","HAKUNA_____","TOAST","ImspTQPwCqd"
"Test inner","ROCKNOROLL_","TESTI","ROCKN'ROLL_"
"Toast inner","MATATA_____","TOASTI","HAKUNA_____"

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