Is it a good idea, if a non-retired concept means the same thing as the same-named retired concept, to migrate those obs to refer to the non-retired concept?
Since the API frowns on this situation (having retired concepts with the same names as non-retired concepts), should core do something consistent to "fix" the bad data? Jeremy Keiper OpenMRS Core Developer AMPATH / IU-Kenya Support On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Darius Jazayeri <[email protected]>wrote: > The short answer is that in OpenMRS, retired does not mean deleted. So > you're not allowed to have two concepts with the same fully-specified name > in a locale, even if one is retired. The correct fix is to rename one > (presumably the retired one). > > -Darius > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Jeremy Keiper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have two concepts, both with the same FULLY_SPECIFIED name, but one is >> retired and the other is not. If I want to use Metadata Sharing Module to >> export these concepts, the retired one will come back as failing the >> ConceptValidator, as follows: >> >> Concept [a8963c04-1350-11df-a1f1-0026b9348838] 'BACK' is a duplicate name >> in locale 'en' >> >> I have no problem exporting the non-retired concept. There are no other >> objects in the export outside of these concepts, and I tried exporting just >> the retired concept as well (getting the same error). >> >> Should the ConceptValidator recognize retired concepts and allow for >> duplicate names if the concept is remaining retired? I believe the same >> error arises when trying to unretire or edit the retired concept through the >> UI. >> >> Jeremy Keiper >> OpenMRS Core Developer >> AMPATH / IU-Kenya Support >> ------------------------------ >> Click here to >> unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from >> OpenMRS Developers' mailing list > > > ------------------------------ > Click here to > unsubscribe<[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l>from > OpenMRS Developers' mailing list _________________________________________ To unsubscribe from OpenMRS Developers' mailing list, send an e-mail to [email protected] with "SIGNOFF openmrs-devel-l" in the body (not the subject) of your e-mail. [mailto:[email protected]?body=SIGNOFF%20openmrs-devel-l]
