Concept name


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Description

"Names" in OpenMRS refer generically to all the various ways people refer to a given concept. Names have different locales (english, french), and different tags (canonical names, synonyms, shortnames) which categorize them appropriately.

Attributes

Column Name Type Default Description
Primary Key concept_name_id int Unique key for this table.
Required concept_id concept.concept_id int Reference back to concept which is being named.
Required name text Actual text of name.
Required locale varchar(50) Locale of name. List of possible values described here.
Required creator users.user_id int User who created name.
Required date_created datetime 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Date the name was created.
changed_by users.user_id int NULL User who last changed the name.
date_changed datetime NULL Date the name was last changed.
Required voided bit It's true if name has been terminated for use in the system.
voided_by users.user_id int NULL User who terminated the name.
date_voided datetime 0000-00-00 00:00:000 Date the name was voided.
void_reason varchar (255) NULL Reason why the name was voided.
Primary Key primary key, Required required