=== modified file 'src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_import_export.xml'
--- src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_import_export.xml 2013-12-23 09:16:02 +0000
+++ src/docbkx/en/dhis2_user_man_import_export.xml 2014-02-15 18:09:40 +0000
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
Column
Required
- Notes
+ Description
Data element
@@ -346,6 +346,119 @@
"DUSpd8Jq3M7","201202","gP6hn503KUX","V6L425pT3A0","10","bombali","2010-04-17",,"false"
"DUSpd8Jq3M7","201202","OjTS752GbZE","V6L425pT3A0","9","bombali","2010-04-06",,"false"
+
+ Importing CSV data elements
+ DHIS 2 supports import of meta-data in the CSV format. Currently data elements are
+ supported. You can import data elements from CSV Meta-data
+ Import in the import-export module. Columns which are not required can be omitted
+ in the CSV file, but the order will be affected. If you would like to specify columns which
+ appear late in the order but not specify columns which appear early in the order you can
+ include empty columns ("") for them.
+
+ CSV data element format
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+ Column
+ Required
+ Default value
+ Description
+
+
+
+
+ Name
+ Yes
+
+ Name of data element. Max 230 characters. Unique.
+
+
+ UID
+ No
+ System generated
+ UID for data element. Will be generated by system if not specified.
+
+
+ Code
+ No
+
+ Code for data element.
+
+
+ Short name
+ No
+ 50 first char of name
+ Will fall back to first 50 characters of name if unspecified. Max 50 characters.
+ Unique.
+
+
+ Description
+ No
+
+ Free text description of data element.
+
+
+ Form name
+ No
+
+ Max 230 characters.
+
+
+ Active
+ No
+ false
+
+
+
+ Domain type
+ No
+ aggregate
+
+
+
+ Type
+ No
+ int
+
+
+
+ Number type
+ No
+ number
+ Only relevant if type is int.
+
+
+ Text type
+ No
+ text
+ Only relevant if type is string.
+
+
+ Aggregation operator
+ No
+ sum
+
+
+
+ Url
+ No
+
+ URL to data element resource.
+
+
+ Zero is significant
+ No
+ false
+ Indicates whether zero values will be stored for this data element.
+
+
+
+
+
Importing XML data
DHIS 2 supports import of data in XML format. The format is called DXF (DHIS Exchange