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[Michael Mwebaze <michael.mwebaze@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Stian,

I wasn't able to find any documentation on specifying a namespace in the
manifest file. The links below were particularly helpful and I looked at
the java doc for AppManager api.

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/general-purpose-data-store

https://code.launchpad.net/~stian-sandvold/dhis2/KeyJsonValue

Regards,

Michael

On 20 June 2016 at 08:33, Stian Sandvold <stian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hey,
>
> seems like the documentation for specifying a namespace have disappeared,
> I will add it back in when I get a chance!
>
> In the mean time, it should be as simple as:
>
> “activities”: {
> “dhis”: {
> “namespace”: “my_name_space”
> }
> }
>
>
>
> I also see that there are some other discrepancies with the documentation
> regarding the namespaces, which I will fix:
>
>  - The name of the namespace reserved by an app does not need to be
> similar to the app it self.
> This way, different apps can share the same namespace, as long as the user
> has the correct access to the apps.
> - A namespace can only be reserved once
> If you are trying to share a namespace between multiple apps, only one of
> them can reserve it in the manifest, and users of the different apps all
> need to be able to use the app with the reservation.
>
>
> ——
> Stian Sandvold
> Software developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> http://www.dhis2.org
>
>
>
>
> On 20 Jun 2016, at 12:25, David Siang Fong Oh <doh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Is there any documentation about specifying a namespace in the manifest
> file? I've tried searching the DHIS2 developer manual and the W3C manifest
> documentation but can't find anything.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -doh
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Michael Mwebaze <
> michael.mwebaze@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Stian,
>>
>> I finally figured it out.
>>
>> On 20 June 2016 at 02:01, Stian Sandvold <stian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> defining namespaces in the manifest file only restricts access to the
>>> namespace, it does not create it.
>>>
>>> The namespace will appear as soon as you add some data to it. The way
>>> the dataStore is designed, a namespace only exists when one or more keys
>>> are present in it.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this help, and let me know if you need any more help with the
>>> dataStore.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 20 June 2016 at 06:47, Michael Mwebaze <michael.mwebaze@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to make use of the dataStore resource for my custom app but
>>>> can't seem to add namespace to it. In the manifest file, I have set
>>>> activities.dhis.namespace property and in the tomcat logs I do see that the
>>>> namespace and its value is being read. However
>>>> http://localhost:8181/dhis/api/dataStore is still empty i.e [ ]. Has
>>>> anyone come across this issue? I am using DHIS 2.22 build 22027.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
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>>>
>>>> ——
>>> Stian Sandvold
>>> Software developer, DHIS 2
>>> University of Oslo
>>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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