There is a lot of value in being able to select “short names” for analytical outputs like charts and tables, but currently this is a system setting, i.e. you have to make the decision for EVERYTHING. Would it not make more sense to specify this PER FAVORITE? And should CODE be a third option?
To make it a slightly wider discussion, to what extent are people actually using short names for?
Thanks,
Knut
Dear Knut
Fully agree with your opinion about per favorite specification of name/short name/code.
On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 10:33 PM, Knut Staring knutst@gmail.com wrote:
There is a lot of value in being able to select “short names” for analytical outputs like charts and tables, but currently this is a system setting, i.e. you have to make the decision for EVERYTHING. Would it not make more sense to specify this PER FAVORITE? And should CODE be a third option?
To make it a slightly wider discussion, to what extent are people actually using short names for?
Thanks,
Knut
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Hi there,
I guess this is not really a question of whether it makes sense, rather that nobody has asked for it 
The analytics API already supports this behavior so adding it to the clients should not be difficult.
What would be the main usecase here?
regards,
Lars
Lars Helge Øverland
Technical lead, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
Hi Lars,
I don’t know if this feature has already been added. But my use case (as I just realized I could display the short instead of full name) is to use with external facing graphics that really need to be easy on the eyes. Currently, it’s only really an issue with chart objects I want to push out to user groups.
Thanks,
Grace
