Stream: implementers
Topic: Chained parameters with multiple reference types?
Ray Cai (Jan 04 2019 at 16:52):
Hi all,
In the FHIR spec(https://www.hl7.org/fhir/search.html#chaining), there is an example for chained parameters search:
GET [base]/DiagnosticReport?subject.name=peter
is a request to return all the lab reports that have a subject whose name includes "peter". Because the Diagnostic Report subject can be one of a set of different resources, it's necessary to limit the search to a particular type:
GET [base]/DiagnosticReport?subject:Patient.name=peter
This request returns all the lab reports that have a subject which is a patient, whose name includes "peter"
Does this mean that for GET [base]/DiagnosticReport?subject.name=peter
1. the server should fail the search since it does not limit the search to a particular reference type.
or
2. the server should process the search: there are four valid reference types for DiagnosticReport.subject - Patient, Group, Device or Location, only Patient and Location have "name" as a valid search parameter, so the server returns all reports that have a subject which is a patient or location, whose name includes "peter".
Thanks!
Lloyd McKenzie (Jan 05 2019 at 23:55):
#2 is what would be expected
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