Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update two cases within one form. My use case is an application that
monitor our devices distribution.
There are two cases in the application :
- "mobile_user" tracks a field worker, especially its device usage (handset, credit,
available storage space).
- "handset" tracks a device : serial number, manufacturer, model, MEID, IMEI
The link that ties an user and an handset is the phone serial number : having
databases of users and handsets, we'll be able to deduce the characteristics of the
user handset just based on its serial number.
Ideally, the form would look like this :
Value 1 : What is your handset serial number ?
This question update a "mobile_user" case.
Value 2 : What is the state of your handset ?
- Working
- Broken
- Lost
- Stolen
This question updates an "handset" case.
Is there a way to update two cases based within the same form ? Editing the form
XML is okay.
Many thanks,
···
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mHealth Advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
Hi Charles,
That's an interesting use case!
What you described is supported in our app builder, in a limited way,
through Child Cases. If the parent/child relationship could work for your
mobile_user and handset cases (e.g. handset is a parent case of
mobile_user), then what you described is supported.
Usually, forms can only update/load case properties from one case type (the
case type of the module). However, child cases know who their parent is. If
the module's case type is a child case, the forms in that module can update
the parent case through the case management UI in addition to the child
case. However, this does not work the other way around - parent case forms
cannot update its child cases.
If you need more flexibility than this, there are custom XML workarounds
that we can talk about off-thread.
Hope this helps!
Amelia
···
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Charles Flèche wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update two cases within one form. My use case is an
application that monitor our devices distribution.
There are two cases in the application :
-
"mobile_user" tracks a field worker, especially its device usage
(handset, credit, available storage space).
-
"handset" tracks a device : serial number, manufacturer, model, MEID,
IMEI
The link that ties an user and an handset is the phone serial number :
having databases of users and handsets, we'll be able to deduce the
characteristics of the user handset just based on its serial number.
Ideally, the form would look like this :
Value 1 : What is your handset serial number ?
This question update a "mobile_user" case.
Value 2 : What is the state of your handset ?
-
Working
-
Broken
-
Lost
-
Stolen
This question updates an "handset" case.
Is there a way to update two cases based within the same form ? Editing
the form XML is okay.
Many thanks,
--
Charles Flèche
mHealth Advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
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Hi Amelia,
Thanks for your answer. I'll see what I can do with parent / child cases. Can I contact
you offline if I need further assistance on the XML tricks ?
Many thanks,
···
On Thursday 22 January 2015 10:07:02 Amelia Sagoff wrote:
> Hi Charles,
>
> That's an interesting use case!
>
> What you described is supported in our app builder, in a limited way,
> through Child Cases. If the parent/child relationship could work for your
> mobile_user and handset cases (e.g. handset is a parent case of
> mobile_user), then what you described is supported.
>
> Usually, forms can only update/load case properties from one case type (the
> case type of the module). However, child cases know who their parent is. If
> the module's case type is a child case, the forms in that module can update
> the parent case through the case management UI in addition to the child
> case. However, this does not work the other way around - parent case forms
> cannot update its child cases.
>
> If you need more flexibility than this, there are custom XML workarounds
> that we can talk about off-thread.
>
> Hope this helps!
> Amelia
>
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Charles Flèche wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm trying to update two cases within one form. My use case is an
> > application that monitor our devices distribution.
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two cases in the application :
> >
> > * "mobile_user" tracks a field worker, especially its device usage
> > (handset, credit, available storage space).
> >
> > * "handset" tracks a device : serial number, manufacturer, model, MEID,
> > IMEI
> >
> >
> >
> > The link that ties an user and an handset is the phone serial number :
> > having databases of users and handsets, we'll be able to deduce the
> > characteristics of the user handset just based on its serial number.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ideally, the form would look like this :
> >
> >
> >
> > Value 1 : What is your handset serial number ?
> >
> > This question update a "mobile_user" case.
> >
> >
> >
> > Value 2 : What is the state of your handset ?
> >
> > * Working
> >
> > * Broken
> >
> > * Lost
> >
> > * Stolen
> >
> > This question updates an "handset" case.
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to update two cases based within the same form ? Editing
> > the form XML is okay.
> >
> >
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Charles Flèche
> >
> > mHealth Advisor
> >
> > Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
> >
> > Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
> >
> >
> >
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Feel free to reach out if you have more specific questions, we can figure
out the right way for you to get support.
···
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 12:27 AM, Charles Flèche wrote:
Hi Amelia,
Thanks for your answer. I'll see what I can do with parent / child cases.
Can I contact you offline if I need further assistance on the XML tricks ?
Many thanks,
On Thursday 22 January 2015 10:07:02 Amelia Sagoff wrote:
Hi Charles,
That's an interesting use case!
What you described is supported in our app builder, in a limited way,
through Child Cases. If the parent/child relationship could work for your
mobile_user and handset cases (e.g. handset is a parent case of
mobile_user), then what you described is supported.
Usually, forms can only update/load case properties from one case type
(the
case type of the module). However, child cases know who their parent is.
If
the module's case type is a child case, the forms in that module can
update
the parent case through the case management UI in addition to the child
case. However, this does not work the other way around - parent case
forms
cannot update its child cases.
If you need more flexibility than this, there are custom XML workarounds
that we can talk about off-thread.
Hope this helps!
Amelia
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 6:30 AM, Charles Flèche < mhealth-myanmar@tsfi.org> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update two cases within one form. My use case is an
application that monitor our devices distribution.
There are two cases in the application :
- "mobile_user" tracks a field worker, especially its device usage
(handset, credit, available storage space).
- "handset" tracks a device : serial number, manufacturer, model, MEID,
IMEI
The link that ties an user and an handset is the phone serial number :
having databases of users and handsets, we'll be able to deduce the
characteristics of the user handset just based on its serial number.
Ideally, the form would look like this :
Value 1 : What is your handset serial number ?
This question update a "mobile_user" case.
Value 2 : What is the state of your handset ?
This question updates an "handset" case.
Is there a way to update two cases based within the same form ? Editing
the form XML is okay.
Many thanks,
--
Charles Flèche
mHealth Advisor
Télécoms Sans Frontières http://www.tsfi.org
Première Urgence - Aide Médicale Internationale http://www.pu-ami.org
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