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Re: [Dhis2-devs] can't delete data element
Thanks Lars. Yes - keeping it on a data element will work for us.
Could you please let me know when this is complete for us to try out? Or
let me know the issue so I can track it?
Thanks for accommodating this functionality - much appreciated!
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Lorill Crees <lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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:
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>>> 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
>>>>>> 2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>> skype: lorill2paths
>>>>>> (604) 689-4123 x 15
>>>>>>
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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/>
>
>
--
Lorill Crees
Project Leader / Senior Developer
2Paths Solutions Ltd. <http://www.2paths.com>
lcrees@xxxxxxxxxx
skype: lorill2paths
(604) 689-4123 x 15
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Re: [Dhis2-devs] can't delete data element
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