Re: [Dhis2-devs] Meta-Data Import complains of missing shortname and name

2015-08-12 Thread Timothy Harding
Yes, unfortunately this particular instances is using 2.18. Because of the 1 error message per update (1400+) with my current XML file using curl or node.js, I instead I asked the API for a list of dataelements only showing the zerosig status as an XML file: /api/dataElements.xml?paging=false&fil

Re: [Dhis2-devs] Meta-Data Import complains of missing shortname and name

2015-08-07 Thread Morten Olav Hansen
Proper PATCH is only available in DHIS 2.19+, in 2.18 we supported "PATCH" for a single property. curl -X PATCH -d "{\"name\": \"updated name\"}" -u user:pass http://localhost/api/dataElements/ID/name Please note that the URL ends with the name of the property you are updating. -- Morten On Fr

Re: [Dhis2-devs] Meta-Data Import complains of missing shortname and name

2015-08-07 Thread Bob Jolliffe
Well that is an odd message :-( What version of dhis are you using? PATCH functionality was implemented in March this year, so is only available from v2.19 onwards. Unfortunately if you are using 2.18 or below you are out of luck with this approach :-( On 7 August 2015 at 15:55, Timothy Hardin

Re: [Dhis2-devs] Meta-Data Import complains of missing shortname and name

2015-08-07 Thread Timothy Harding
Hello Bob, I hadn't tried that one before, thanks for the suggestion and how to! So I made an xml file with the following: http://dhis2.org/schema/dxf/2.0"; zeroIsSignificant="false" /> and called it zerosig2.xml Then here is my curl command and the resulting output (gives an error) any ideas?

Re: [Dhis2-devs] Meta-Data Import complains of missing shortname and name

2015-08-07 Thread Bob Jolliffe
Hi Tim. Are you using PATCH for this update operation? This works well if you just need to update a particular set of fields, not the entire dataelment (for which you would use POST and include mandatory fields like name and shortname). For example: curl -X PATCH -d "{\"code\": \"VCCT_6\"}" -H