Stream: hapi
Topic: Partitions in HAPI FHIR
Shreshta Balachandar (Oct 28 2020 at 03:12):
Hey all,
Had some questions on the HAPI partitions:
- Is it possible to programmatically update a specific record's partition (i.e. to move a record from one partition to another)? I assume I could do a hard write into the database, but wanted to check if this would mess with the search indexes or any other feature.
- If I want to allow a specific user to access data from multiple partitions (though not all), does the interceptor hook allow this?
Thanks!
James Agnew (Oct 28 2020 at 12:46):
1- This is not currently possible via the APIs. Any updates to a resource will not modify the partition, so it is effectively "locked" once the record is created. It is possible to move a resource manually by directly manipulating the various partition_id columns in the DB however. Nothing in the JPA design will break if you do this.
2- Not currently, but this is on our very short term roadmap (ie probably weeks away).
Shreshta Balachandar (Oct 28 2020 at 14:22):
Thanks James! This is really helpful!
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