Hi Morten Thank you for the help! I will try these and see whether I can get it to work!
Kind regards, Terence Terence Scott Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) Steering Committee terence.sc...@rabiesalliance.org https://paracon.rabiesalliance.org Skype: tpscott1987 On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Morten Olav Hansen <mor...@dhis2.org> wrote: > Hi there > > Sending in event IDs is not required, but its definitely recommended if > you want do repeated imports (good to have a unique id connected to your > event so that you don't end up with duplicates) > > We offer a few options to generate UIDs: > > 1) Using the web-api /api/system/id (you can add limit=X to adjust how > many you need) > 2) Install the dhis2 cli (npm -g install dhis2-cli) and then just do > "dhis2 uid", or "dhis2 uid -h" to get more help > 3) if you are nodejs directly you can also use the dhis2-uid lib for > generating uids (npm --save install dhis2-uid) > > https://www.npmjs.com/package/dhis2-cli > https://www.npmjs.com/package/dhis2-uid > > -- > Morten Olav Hansen > Senior Engineer, DHIS 2 > University of Oslo > http://www.dhis2.org > > On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:21 PM, Terence Scott < > terence.sc...@rabiesalliance.org> wrote: > >> Dear All >> >> We have collected animal vaccination data (including GPS coordinates, >> time, date, species etc.) in a custom developed program and have a CSV >> output for this program. We are looking to try to import the data from the >> custom-built programme into our DHIS2 instance via Event import. I have >> gotten the import to work on Event export files that I have edited with new >> animal data (e.g. by changing the species) and this works, as it simply >> updates the old event (based on the event ID). However, we would like to >> import these data as new events as opposed to simply replacing existing >> events currently on the system. >> >> Therefore, I would like to please find out as to whether it is possible >> to do one of the following: >> >> 1) Do an event import without an Event ID (i.e. register a new event on >> the DHIS2 instance via Event import) >> - I have looked through the documentation but am unable to find out >> whether this is possible >> - In the Developer Docs, it seems to mention that import using XML >> does not require an Event ID, but I have not managed to >> determine whether I am misinterpreting this or whether I >> simply do not know how to do it. >> >> 2) Generate our own Event IDs in our custom-built programme that will be >> recognised by the DHIS2 instance. >> - Is there some way by which the Event IDs could be automatically >> generated outside of the DHIS2 instance (in our programme) so that >> new events can be imported into the instance? >> >> Please let me know if you need any further clarification. I would really >> appreciate any help that you could provide! >> >> Kind regards, >> Terence >> >> >> Terence Scott >> >> Global Alliance for Rabies Control (GARC) >> Pan-African Rabies Control Network (PARACON) Steering Committee >> terence.sc...@rabiesalliance.org >> https://paracon.rabiesalliance.org >> Skype: tpscott1987 >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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