OK I think we can remove the uniqueness constraint on orgunit names. This is related to the discussion on meta-data object identifiers. If we create a "dedicated" identifier property on meta-data objects and separate it from the name we can remove uniqueness constraints on all attributes from a system perspective. In the case of orgunits it makes sense because the context can be retrieved from the hierarchy (parent). I am not sure if removing uniqueness constraints on data elements, indicators, datasets etc is sensible, wouldn't it eg. be confusing to select from a list where multiple options has the same name?
Lars On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Jason Pickering < [email protected]> wrote: > Not sure why they should be unique. There are lots of places with the > same name (McDonalds, BP, etc) within a given administrative district. > They have other unique properties of course such as ownership, > address, telephone number, lat/long, etc, but this seems to be another > one of those strange restrictions in the data model/business logic > that keep hitting us in the face. > > I would argue these restrictions should be a data integrity rule, but > should not be hard-coded into the system itself. If people want to > have duplicate orgunits names, as you do Knut, there may be valid > reasons for this. It seems like potentially bad practice within a > given orgunit level, but this could only be a myopic view of things > (see my McDonalds example above) Certainly mangling the names with > arbitrary (supposedly) random numbers is no better. > > Regards, > Jason > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We really have to resolve the issue of unique orgunit names and > > shortnames. I have 7000 orgunits, and it does not make sense to > > pollute the name strings with random digits at the end or something > > similar (another strategy is to use the parent name), just to make > > them unique. I also don't know how to attach extra characters to just > > the duplicates (i.e. not to the first one). > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > Knut Staring > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > > Post to : [email protected] > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > Jason P. Pickering > email: [email protected] > tel:+17069260025 > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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