get patient uuid with fieldgen

teleivo · June 12, 2016, 9:19am

Hi there!

does anybody have an idea how I could get the UUID instead of the patient ID using the openmrs:fieldGen of type Patient?

When looking at:

github.com

openmrs/openmrs-module-legacyui/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/tags/patientField.tag

<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/view/module/legacyui/template/include.jsp" %>

<%@ attribute name="formFieldName" required="true" %>
<%@ attribute name="formFieldId" required="false" %>
<%@ attribute name="searchLabel" required="false" %> <%-- deprecated --%>
<%@ attribute name="searchLabelCode" required="false" %> <%-- deprecated --%>
<%@ attribute name="searchLabelArguments" required="false" %> <%-- deprecated --%>
<%@ attribute name="initialValue" required="false" %> <%-- This should be a patientId --%>
<%@ attribute name="linkUrl" required="false" %> <%-- deprecated --%>
<%@ attribute name="callback" required="false" %> <%-- gets the relType, PatientListItem sent back --%>
<%@ attribute name="allowSearch" required="false" %> <%-- deprecated --%>

<openmrs:htmlInclude file="/dwr/interface/DWRPatientService.js" />
<openmrs:htmlInclude file="/scripts/jquery/autocomplete/OpenmrsAutoComplete.js" />
<openmrs:htmlInclude file="/scripts/jquery/autocomplete/jquery.ui.autocomplete.autoSelect.js" />

<c:if test="${empty formFieldId}">
	<c:set var="formFieldId" value="${formFieldName}_id" />
</c:if>
<c:set var="displayNameInputId" value="${formFieldId}_selection" />

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I dont see how, my only thought is to create my own custom patientField.tag where I replace ui.item.object.patientId with ui.item.object.uuid

The reason why I need this is that I am now using REST to populate my datatables in the legacyui and need the patients UUID as a param.

teleivo · June 12, 2016, 12:24pm

I am trying to create a custom patientUuidField.tag which uses value ui.item.object.uuid

How do I use this field tag then?

I tried setting the url in

 <openmrs:fieldGen type="org.openmrs.Patient"
            formFieldName="patientQuery" url="patientUuid.field" />

but that didnt work out. Not sure if this is because I am in a module, so I need a prefix to the url for it to find my custom field (it currently lives under omod/src/main/webapp/tags/patientUuidField.tag) or do I also need to write a FieldGenHandler?

Thanks a lot for any hints

dkayiwa · June 12, 2016, 6:43pm

Here is an example of the things you need to do:

You create the tag file as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/tags/cronDisplay.tag
Include it in your jsp with as prefix as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/include.jsp#L9
Then access it as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/portlets/reportRequests.jsp#L81

NOTE: field gens are different from your tag.

teleivo · June 12, 2016, 8:13pm

spot on! just what I needed thank you soo much!

can you tell me what the difference is between a “normal” tag and a field gen?

dkayiwa · June 12, 2016, 8:41pm

For the field gen,

Instead of the jsp, you would create a Java file as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/java/org/openmrs/module/reporting/web/taglib/DisplayLabelTag.java
Configure it in the tag library descriptor file as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/resources/reporting.tld#L161
Include it in your jsp with a prefix as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/include.jsp#L8
Then access it as here: https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-module-reporting/blob/master/omod/src/main/webapp/cohorts/cohortDefinitionEditor.jsp#L17

As for the difference between the two, you can start with this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/228607/jsp-custom-tag-library-vs-jsp2-tag-files

teleivo · June 13, 2016, 7:49am

thanks for the extensive explanation and your help!!