# Spring cleaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Support - Assistance technique\ **Created:** [25 April 2013 13:45 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456 "2013-04-25T13:45:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lars](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/lars/32/34166_2.png) [@Lars](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Lars)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2013 13:45 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456/1 "2013-04-25T13:45:18Z")
Hi all, I have been evaluating the current features and found two candidates that don’t seem much used and could potentially be removed. In data administration module we have “data archive” and “person data archive” functions. These will move data from the datavalue table to another datavalue archive table. These functions are not really feasible anymore now that no aggregation happens directly against the datavalue table - we recommend just keeping all data in the datavalue table as performance won’t be affected much. Are anyone using these? Can they be removed for version 2.12? regards, Lars ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Spohr](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Mark\_Spohr](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Mark_Spohr)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2013 15:58 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456/2 "2013-04-25T15:58:39Z")
Hi Lars, Just a thought. Is there any other way to pack up all of the information about a single person and move it to another system (DHIS or other)? Ideally, everything will be in the same database but some people may have separate instances of DHIS and need to move patients from one system to another. For instance, immunization records. .mark > **···** > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Lars Helge Øverland [larshelge@gmail.com](mailto:larshelge@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have been evaluating the current features and found two candidates that don’t seem much used and could potentially be removed. > > > > > > In data administration module we have “data archive” and “person data archive” functions. These will move data from the datavalue table to another datavalue archive table. These functions are not really feasible anymore now that no aggregation happens directly against the datavalue table - we recommend just keeping all data in the datavalue table as performance won’t be affected much. > > > > > > Are anyone using these? Can they be removed for version 2.12? > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Lars > > > > > > > > > * * * > > > > Mailing list: [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > Unsubscribe : [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > More help : [https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp) > > – > Mark Spohr, MD > [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) > +1 530 554 2230 > ![](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/d/8d43ec4c509d8b051080aa978d499a43ccfe7f56.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lars](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/lars/32/34166_2.png) [@Lars](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Lars)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2013 16:11 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456/3 "2013-04-25T16:11:32Z")
Hi Mark, yes we are working on import-export of tracker data. Its not there at the moment but will be gradually introduced in 2.12 and 2.13. The archiving is not much help in this regard so not exactly related. cheers Lars > **···** > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Mark Spohr [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi Lars, > > Just a thought. > > > Is there any other way to pack up all of the information about a single person and move it to another system (DHIS or other)? > > > Ideally, everything will be in the same database but some people may have separate instances of DHIS and need to move patients from one system to another. For instance, immunization records. > > > .mark > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Lars Helge Øverland [larshelge@gmail.com](mailto:larshelge@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have been evaluating the current features and found two candidates that don’t seem much used and could potentially be removed. > > > > > > In data administration module we have “data archive” and “person data archive” functions. These will move data from the datavalue table to another datavalue archive table. These functions are not really feasible anymore now that no aggregation happens directly against the datavalue table - we recommend just keeping all data in the datavalue table as performance won’t be affected much. > > > > > > Are anyone using these? Can they be removed for version 2.12? > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Lars > > > > > > > > > > > > * * * > > > > Mailing list: [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > Unsubscribe : [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > More help : [https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp) > > – > Mark Spohr, MD > [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) > +1 530 554 2230 > > ![](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/d/8d43ec4c509d8b051080aa978d499a43ccfe7f56.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Spohr](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Mark\_Spohr](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Mark_Spohr)\ **Post date:** [25 April 2013 16:21 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456/4 "2013-04-25T16:21:03Z")
Good news about the updates. Good to see that you’re cleaning up old cruft. .Mark > **···** > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 9:11 AM, Lars Helge Øverland [larshelge@gmail.com](mailto:larshelge@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > > yes we are working on import-export of tracker data. Its not there at the moment but will be gradually introduced in 2.12 and 2.13. > > > > > > The archiving is not much help in this regard so not exactly related. > > > > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > Lars > > > > > – > Mark Spohr, MD > [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) > +1 530 554 2230 > ![](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/d/8d43ec4c509d8b051080aa978d499a43ccfe7f56.png) > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Mark Spohr [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi Lars, > > Just a thought. > > > Is there any other way to pack up all of the information about a single person and move it to another system (DHIS or other)? > > > Ideally, everything will be in the same database but some people may have separate instances of DHIS and need to move patients from one system to another. For instance, immunization records. > > > .mark > > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Lars Helge Øverland [larshelge@gmail.com](mailto:larshelge@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have been evaluating the current features and found two candidates that don’t seem much used and could potentially be removed. > > > > > > In data administration module we have “data archive” and “person data archive” functions. These will move data from the datavalue table to another datavalue archive table. These functions are not really feasible anymore now that no aggregation happens directly against the datavalue table - we recommend just keeping all data in the datavalue table as performance won’t be affected much. > > > > > > Are anyone using these? Can they be removed for version 2.12? > > > > > > regards, > > > > > > Lars > > > > > > > > > > > > * * * > > > > Mailing list: [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > Post to : [dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net](mailto:dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net) > > > > Unsubscribe : [https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users](https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users) > > > > More help : [https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp](https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp) > > – > Mark Spohr, MD > [mhspohr@gmail.com](mailto:mhspohr@gmail.com) > +1 530 554 2230 > > ![](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/uploads/default/original/3X/8/d/8d43ec4c509d8b051080aa978d499a43ccfe7f56.png) ---
**Author:** ![Lars](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/lars/32/34166_2.png) [@Lars](https://community.dhis2.org/u/Lars)\ **Post date:** [30 April 2013 07:30 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/spring-cleaning/1456/5 "2013-04-30T07:30:14Z")
Okay so data archive functions will be removed for 2.12. Lars