I would suggest going with the path approach as this is the preferred way going forward (which is why the other approach is not documented), depending on your use-case the path approach might be quicker also (it is send directly to the database)
-- Morten Olav Hansen Senior Engineer, DHIS 2 University of Oslo http://www.dhis2.org On Thu, Aug 11, 2016 at 11:21 AM, Uwe Wahser <u...@wahser.de> wrote: > This one is even nicer and it returns the same result as the filter on the > path. > I think I'll this that one. > > Unfortunately the parameter is hidden in the section on "Current user > information" in the developers manual. Would be very useful to have it in > the > api section on Organisation Units (currently 1.51) > > Thanks, Uwe > > > David Huser <dhu...@baosystems.com> hat am 10. August 2016 um 23:09 > > geschrieben: > > > > > > > > > > I think that's it. In that sense, actually ?filter=path:like:uid2 > should be > > > sufficient to get all descendents of uid2 plus uid2 itself, right? > > > > > > To get descendants (not ancestors), I think you can use > > https://play.dhis2.org/dev/api/organisationUnits/O6uvpzGd5pu > ?fields=id,name& > > *includeDescendants=true*&paging=false > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Uwe Wahser <u...@wahser.de> wrote: > > > > > I think that's it. In that sense, actually ?filter=path:like:uid2 > should be > > > sufficient to get all descendents of uid2 plus uid2 itself, right? > > > > > > Thanks a lot! > > > > > > > Morten Olav Hansen <mor...@dhis2.org> hat am 10. August 2016 um > 20:35 > > > > geschrieben: > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Uwe > > > > > > > > Did you try and have a look at the path property? probably you can > use > > > > something like ?filter=path:^like:/uid1/uid2/uid3/ to get all > ancestors > > > of > > > > a particular org unit > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Morten Olav Hansen > > > > Senior Engineer, DHIS 2 > > > > University of Oslo > > > > http://www.dhis2.org > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Uwe Wahser <u...@wahser.de> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > > > > > thanks for the quick reply. Seems to be a good starting point. > > > > > > > > > > I didn't know that these can be used recursively. There doesn't > seem > > > to be > > > > > a > > > > > limit to the number of levels, either, so it might be worth trying > to > > > > > build an > > > > > url that points directly at the target level. Not yet sure, though, > > > how to > > > > > get > > > > > the results from the recursive json into a flat structure with > kettle. > > > > > I'll look > > > > > into that tomorrow. Actually I was hoping for something that > returns a > > > > > simple > > > > > flat list of all the subsequent OUs, so any other idea is still > > > welcome :-) > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > Uwe > > > > > > > > > > > Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesi...@gmail.com> hat am 10. August 2016 > um > > > 18:33 > > > > > > geschrieben: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Uwe, > > > > > > > > > > > > api/organisationUnits.json?paging=false&fields=id,name,child > > > > > ren[id,name,children[id,name,children[id,name]]] > > > > > > > > > > > > Note the inside children[id,name] > > > > > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 4:10 PM, Uwe Wahser <u...@wahser.de> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > is there a way to read a certain organisation with all its > > > ancestors on > > > > > > > all/specific lower levels via api? Something like the > "children" > > > > > parameter > > > > > > > in > > > > > > > the dataValueSets api for the organisationUnits api would be > > > helpful > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The alternative would be looping down the hierarchy level by > level > > > from > > > > > > > outside, > > > > > > > which I'd like to avoid. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks a lot, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Uwe (currently on 2.23, could upgrade to 2.24) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > > > > > > > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > > > > > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > > > > > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Alex Tumwesigye > > > > > > > > > > > > Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant), > > > > > > Ministry of Health/AFENET | HISP Uganda > > > > > > Kampala > > > > > > Uganda > > > > > > +256 774149 775, + 256 759 800161 > > > > > > Skype ID: talexie > > > > > > > > > > > > IT Consultant (Servers, Networks and Security, Health Information > > > > > Systems - > > > > > > DHIS2, Disease Outbreak & Surveillance Systems) & Solar > Consultant > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "I don't want to be anything other than what I have been - one > tree > > > hill > > > > > " > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > > > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *David Huser* > > DHIS2 Support Specialist > > dhu...@baosystems.com | https://baosystems.com | Skype: dafhus | 2900 K > > Street, Suite 404, Washington D.C. 20007 >
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