Possibility to edit the label, description and options for the default fields attached to a GeoObject type (unique ID, status, coordinates,...)

[SteeveEbener]

The label and description of the fields containing the unique identifiers and names (English and default) should be editable and these labels being used as the header of the fields in both the master lists and the exported spreadsheet (column headers and data catalog) remembering that software like ArcGIS do not handle well headers that are longer than 10 characters

[SteeveEbener]

The fields containing the latitude and longitude for point type objects are also not appearing in the list of attributes while they are being generated by default (they are appearing when you create a master list)

[SteeveEbener]

The status field is to be added to the list of the fields mentioned in the previous posts here. In this case, there would even be a need to be able to modify the "code" attached to each label and potentially to add more labels as well

[rfromthecastle]

Enhancement raised by Yongjoon Park (WHO Laos) on 24/06/2022. Specifically "Geo-Object Name" would be better changed to the attribute name listed in the data dictionary.

[rfromthecastle]

Raised again by Xongyang and @viengthong2015 from the Laos Health Information Division IT team on 11/01/2023. In Laos, DHIS2 organization units have a variety of codes (i.e., DHIS2 UID, DHIS2 Code, HFID, etc.) and to reduce confusion, it would be helpful to be able to edit the names of default attributes such as the Code or Display Label.

[rfromthecastle]

Hi @justinlewis, saw your proposed solution to edit these through the localization spreadsheet. Can these default attributes be renamed in the spreadsheet per Geo-Object Type or does e.g. a rename of 'Code' apply to all Geo-Object Types?

[rfromthecastle]

@justinlewis and Nate to test that default attributes can be updated for each Geo-Object Type via the localization spreadsheet.

[rfromthecastle]

Confirmed that this is editable through the localization spreadsheet

[SteeveEbener]

@rfromthecastle : is it now confirmed that the localization of these attribute can be done object type by object type through the localisation spreadsheet?

[rfromthecastle]

@SteeveEbener Yes, confirmed. We were able to change the Geo-Object 'Code' attribute to 'HFID' for health facilities only in the Laos instance using this method.

[SteeveEbener]

Thanks @rfromthecastle. Did you have to create a completely new localization file or could you modify the default English one?

[rfromthecastle]

Hi @SteeveEbener, we modified the localization file you can directly export from the Settings module, and were able to do this for both English and Lao.

[SteeveEbener]

@rfromthecastle : Can you please provide the key for the label in question (unique identifier, name, geographic coordinates)? Thanks

[rfromthecastle]

Hi @SteeveEbener, what do you mean by 'key for the label'?

[SteeveEbener]

This

[rfromthecastle]

Hi @SteeveEbener, looks like changing attribute display names for lists is done at the list version level rather than set per Geo-Object Type. The screenshot below (Registry Metadata tab in the localization file) shows the keys where the defaultLocale values are defined for each attribute, but only for one list version. Any newly generated versions would still display, e.g., 'GeoObjectType Code' as the code instead of 'HFID', and would need to have the defaultLocale values be manually updated and reimported, which would be a tedious task.

As such, this ticket would need revisiting @justinlewis

[SteeveEbener]

@rfromthecastle : Thanks for identifying this. Much appreciated