works like a charm and validation for user_ids is fast, thanks Dan!

On Nov 23, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Dan Andreescu <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ok, so I deployed the new cohort upload: 
> https://metrics.wmflabs.org/cohorts/upload.  Hopefully the explanation and 
> examples make a bit more sense.  And I think it's much cleaner this way.  
> It's also faster :)
> 
> As always, let me know if you have any trouble.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jessie Wild <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good catch, Dan! 
> 
> adding in the upfront option of indicating names or ids seems like a 
> good/needed addition. I would recommend also including the definition of each 
> as well - I think some of our users might get a little confused about the 
> delineation just from the names (i.e., not realize that user_names are 
> associated with user_ids). 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Dan Andreescu <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> So, for now, until I figure out how to fix this, it will always prefer 
> user_names before user_ids.
> 
> I think this is an argument for making users specifying whether it's names or 
> ids up front, and not allowing mixtures. Assuming it might be a mixture and 
> looking for names first is almost certain to produce inaccurate results at 
> some point. We have ids precisely to avoid collisions with names, allowing 
> for renaming users, and other cases. 
> 
> Yep, I just learned this the hard way and made a fool of myself in front of a 
> bunch of people I admire.  So, I'd be glad if I'm the only one that this 
> happens to.  If nobody objects, I'm going to allow the user to select whether 
> their cohort contains user_ids OR user_names, and strictly prohibit mixtures.
> 
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