=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java	2013-12-20 13:23:31 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-api/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DataElementCategoryService.java	2013-12-20 22:02:12 +0000
@@ -288,6 +288,11 @@
      * @return the DataElementCategoryCombo.
      */
     DataElementCategoryCombo getDataElementCategoryComboByName( String name );
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns the default category combo.
+     */
+    DataElementCategoryCombo getDefaultDataElementCategoryCombo();
 
     /**
      * Retrieves all DataElementCategoryCombos.

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java	2013-12-20 13:23:31 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-services/dhis-service-core/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/dataelement/DefaultDataElementCategoryService.java	2013-12-20 22:02:12 +0000
@@ -376,6 +376,11 @@
     {
         return i18n( i18nService, categoryComboStore.getByName( name ) );
     }
+    
+    public DataElementCategoryCombo getDefaultDataElementCategoryCombo()
+    {
+        return getDataElementCategoryComboByName( DataElementCategoryCombo.DEFAULT_CATEGORY_COMBO_NAME );
+    }
 
     public int getDataElementCategoryComboCount()
     {

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/de/action/GetMetaDataAction.java'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/de/action/GetMetaDataAction.java	2013-12-20 21:52:58 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/java/org/hisp/dhis/de/action/GetMetaDataAction.java	2013-12-20 22:02:12 +0000
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElement;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategory;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryCombo;
+import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementService;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataset.DataSet;
 import org.hisp.dhis.dataset.DataSetService;
@@ -97,6 +98,13 @@
         this.organisationUnitService = organisationUnitService;
     }
 
+    private DataElementCategoryService categoryService;
+    
+    public void setCategoryService( DataElementCategoryService categoryService )
+    {
+        this.categoryService = categoryService;
+    }
+
     private CurrentUserService currentUserService;
 
     public void setCurrentUserService( CurrentUserService currentUserService )
@@ -177,6 +185,13 @@
     {
         return categories;
     }
+    
+    private DataElementCategoryCombo defaultCategoryCombo;
+
+    public DataElementCategoryCombo getDefaultCategoryCombo()
+    {
+        return defaultCategoryCombo;
+    }
 
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Action implementation
@@ -235,6 +250,8 @@
         Collections.sort( categoryCombos, IdentifiableObjectNameComparator.INSTANCE );
         Collections.sort( categories, IdentifiableObjectNameComparator.INSTANCE );
         
+        defaultCategoryCombo = categoryService.getDefaultDataElementCategoryCombo();
+        
         return SUCCESS;
     }
 }

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/beans.xml'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/beans.xml	2013-12-20 19:48:58 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/resources/META-INF/dhis/beans.xml	2013-12-20 22:02:12 +0000
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <property name="expressionService" ref="org.hisp.dhis.expression.ExpressionService" />
     <property name="dataSetService" ref="org.hisp.dhis.dataset.DataSetService" />
     <property name="organisationUnitService" ref="org.hisp.dhis.organisationunit.OrganisationUnitService" />
+    <property name="categoryService" ref="org.hisp.dhis.dataelement.DataElementCategoryService" />
     <property name="currentUserService" ref="org.hisp.dhis.user.CurrentUserService" />
   </bean>
 

=== modified file 'dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-dataentry/responseMetaData.vm'
--- dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-dataentry/responseMetaData.vm	2013-12-20 21:52:58 +0000
+++ dhis-2/dhis-web/dhis-web-dataentry/src/main/webapp/dhis-web-dataentry/responseMetaData.vm	2013-12-20 22:02:12 +0000
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@
 #end }
 },
 
+"defaultCategoryCombo":"${defaultCategoryCombo.uid}",
+
 "categoryCombos": {
 #set( $size1 = $categoryCombos.size() )
 #foreach( $categoryCombo in $categoryCombos )