Item Name change

Hi ,

Does changing the Item name affect the value of a item in the DCR when its open in edit mode?,actually wrongly some item name got changed (in datacapture.cfg)and when user opened it in EDIT mode ,the value was blank,when we changed the item name to the "original" ,the value got restored again,

I was thinking that only changing the order of the nodes should effect the value but as per the above example even item name change affect the value,i just wanted to validate with experts here if this is normal behaviour?

Regards,
Mav

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Rick Poulin

This is normal behavior. When you use <item name="myitem">, FormsPub will save content in your DCR under element <myitem>. If you change myitem to otheritem in the DCT and then load a pre-existing DCR, FormsPub will not find any content under node <otheritem> which is why your field comes up blank. If you were to actually save the DCR, you'd then erase the <myitem> element from the record entirely and the data that was originally stored there would no longer come back when you restored your DCT to its original state.

vpatel

This is normal behavior. When you use , FormsPub will save content in your DCR under element . If you change myitem to otheritem in the DCT and then load a pre-existing DCR, FormsPub will not find any content under node which is why your field comes up blank. If you were to actually save the DCR, you'd then erase the element from the record entirely and the data that was originally stored there would no longer come back when you restored your DCT to its original state.

Exception to this is if you were using *pathid* attribute. If you were using the *pathid* attribute then the name change should not impact your DCR's XML structure.

maverick83

Hi,

Thanks for prompt reply ,actually there was some confusion from user side ,even if we changed the Item name to the original one ,the value didnt get restored(by your reply its very clear that it shouldnt get restored) and unfortunately that inline DCT (containing Item)was common across many parent DCTs,is there any other way to regain the lost values apart from doing manual entries by matching with the Live WebSite?

Regards,
Mav

vpatel

...is there any other way to regain the lost values apart from doing manual entries by matching with the Live WebSite?

If you had versioned is correctly then you could retrieve it from TeamSite STAGING/Edition.

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maverick83

Hi,

Thanks for all your guidance ,yeh versions are there but even then we have to go to many individual DCRs,i was thinking of an option which can do it at one go?

I ll suggest both options ,lets see which one is accepted,thanks again,

Regards,
Mav

nipper

Then you need to write a perl script to find old versions of the file, get the correct data and insert it into the current DCR. It sounds difficult because it is. If you have hundreds or thousands of these DCRs to fix, it is worthwhile to script it.

vpatel

Then you need to write a perl script to find old versions of the file, get the correct data and insert it into the current DCR. It sounds difficult because it is. If you have hundreds or thousands of these DCRs to fix, it is worthwhile to script it.

While at it, make sure you are versioning files correctly based on your requirements.

Adam Stoller

Also note - if you properly use labels in your DCTs, most of the time you can just change the label and not the actual item name and then you don't have to worry about losing data - though you may have to make sure you provide sufficient documentation to explain why an item named "this" has a label of "that" if there's a big disconnect between the two.