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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Lars,
>
> That functionality would be what we need. Is this something that you could
> backport to 2.25?
>
>
Okay we can work on that. I have written an issue. Yes I think we can
back-port to 2.25.


> Also wondering if it would be possible to prune for a Data Set? That would
> reduce the amount of API calls as our end goal is to delete the Data Set
> itself.
>
>
I think we will keep it on data element - don't want to take this too far.
I guess you could chain API calls for this without too much hassle.

best regards,

Lars




> Let me know. Thanks,
>
> Lorill
>
> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 9:16 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Sorry Lorill, I misread your question.
>>
>> No we haven't changed the policy that data element can be deleted if data
>> value audits exist.
>>
>> We recently implemented a feature for pruning
>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_maintenance.html>
>> data (including approval records, data set completeness records, data value
>> audits and data values) for organisation unit units.
>>
>> /api/26/maintenance/dataPruning/organisationUnits/<org-unit-id>
>>
>> We could implement something similar for data elements.
>>
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Lars,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the quick reply. Does this mean if we soft delete all data
>>> values associated with a data element we will then be able to hard delete
>>> the data element?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Lorill
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 8:54 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lorill,
>>>>
>>>> in 2.25 we introduced "soft data value" delete, meaning that in the
>>>> database we simply mark data values as deleted using the "deleted" property
>>>> (this is transparent to the users). This means that foreign key constraints
>>>> from data value audit values should not be a problem anymore. Let us know
>>>> if that solves it.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:48 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have a long standing request to allow users of our custom DHIS 2
>>>>> app to delete specific Data Sets and all corresponding data elements and
>>>>> values. We need to do this via the API.
>>>>>
>>>>> It seems the only thing preventing us from doing this now is the
>>>>> deletion of datavalueaudit records. Is there any plan to allow
>>>>> deletion of datavalueaudit records via the API? Or to remove
>>>>> dependencies from the datavalueaudit records so they can be standalone and
>>>>> not prevent the deletion of the corresponding data elements?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorill
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:37 PM, channara rin <rin.channara@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> YES,
>>>>>> thank you for reminding...
>>>>>>
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>>>>> Lorill Crees
>>>>> Project Leader / Senior Developer
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>>>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>>>> University of Oslo
>>>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>>>> lars@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lorill Crees
>>> Project Leader / Senior Developer
>>> 2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
>>>
>>> lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> skype: lorill2paths
>>> (604) 689-4123 x 15
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lars Helge Øverland
>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>> lars@xxxxxxxxx
>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Lorill Crees
> Project Leader / Senior Developer
> 2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
>
> lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx
> skype: lorill2paths
> (604) 689-4123 x 15
>



-- 
Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
Skype: larshelgeoverland
lars@xxxxxxxxx
http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>