Hi Archana,
sorry for the delayed response.
Functionality for editing of variables is regrettably lacking in the program
rules editor. Support for editing and renaming is coming in a later release,
possibly at the same time as we modernize the program rules editor UI. Name
change is currently only possible through the API and directly in the database.
Remember that if you update a variables name you might have to also update
expressions. When an update name function is added to the UI, the solution
would refactor automatically - but for now you would have to do it manually.
To update the variable RycV5uDi66i to "updatedName" through the API:
curl -X PATCH -u admin:district -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d
'{"name":"updatedName"}'
"http://localhost:8080/api/programRuleVariables/RycV5uDi66i";
As the configurators are free to use their own naming convention for variables,
it is not currently possible to do a reliable automatic renaming of the
variables. Generally it might be a good idea to have a short variable name that
captures the data elements essential meaning, and not the complete data element
name. If you are using different source types and other settings, the variable
name might contain a clues to this.
Markus
> 30. jan. 2017 kl. 13.16 skrev Archana Chillala <archa...@thoughtworks.com>:
>
> Hi,
>
> Could you please provide any update on this ?
>
> Archana Chillala
> Application Developer
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> On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 2:54 PM, Archana Chillala <archa...@thoughtworks.com
> <mailto:archa...@thoughtworks.com>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> We're using latest revision of DHIS 2.25. In Program rules, do we have the
> ability to modify or delete the source field after they've been first added?
> If so, could you please elaborate how we could do that? Because, currently,
> we have a button to add a source field, but we don't have any UI component to
> modify/delete an existing one. (See screenshot below)
>
> <source fields.png>
>
> When we add a source field, we have to give a variable name, and in most
> cases, the variable name will be same as data element name (in short). Now,
> later if we modify that data element to something else, (rename or change any
> of its properties or make it an option set), the data element name in program
> rule also changes accordingly, but the variable name of the source field will
> still remain the same old one. So, here renaming the variable name will help
> identify. It would also be good if we could delete that particular source
> field and add it again.
> It would be valuable if that functionality is provided.
>
> Thoughts?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Archana Chillala
> Application Developer
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