= i2b2 Mapped Importer

Java program to take input from various sources and load it into i2b2.

== Sources

The aim is to allow any type of source to be used that comes in a per patient format.  For example, a CSV file with a row per patient, an XML file with a node per patient, a set of XML files with one per patient, or a database query with a row per patient.

Multiple rows (etc) can be supplied for a single patient.

== Outputs
The data can be outputted as either an i2b2 PDO XML file or loaded directly into an i2b2 database (currently only using Microsoft SQL Server).

== Settings
The source and output to be used is defined is a YAML file.  By default this file is called settings.yaml in the application root directory, but the setings file path can be defined using the {{{-s=xxx}}} or {{{--settingsFilePath=xxx}}} command line arguments.

The settings that can be defined are {{{dataSource}}} and {{{output}}}.  Both settings have a field called {{{type}}} that defines the class to be used as a source or output processor.  The further fields are specific for the {{{type}}} specified.

Here is an example settings file:
{{{#!yaml
output:
 type: uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.output.mssql.MsSqlOutput
 server: Server Name
 instance: Instance Name
 database: Database Name
 username: Username
 password: Password
dataSource:
 type: uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.onyx.OnyxDataSourceSet
 export_directory: data
}}}

=== Available !DataSources

There are four data sources at present, with others to be written as the need arises. The available ones are:

* !MsSqlDataSourceSet
* !MySqlDataSourceSet
* !OnyxDataSourceSet
* !CsvDataSourceSet

The exact settings required for these shown in the page [[i2b2 - Mapped Importer Data Sources]]


==== Proposed Additional Data Sources

Other data sources that might be useful are:

* XML using XPATH
* Other relational databases
* JSON

== Entity Mapping

Mappings are used to specify which field from the source gets used for which field in the output.  These are specified in a YAML file.  By default this file is called mapping.yaml in the application root directory, but the mapping file path can be defined using the {{{-m=xxx}}} or {{{--mappingFilePath=xxx}}} command line arguments.

Mappings can be defined for the following entities:

* Patients, including mappings
* Events / Visits, including mappings
* Observations

Currently mappings are not available for other i2b2 entities such as concepts and observers.

=== Data Fields

The following data fields are available for mapping entities:

* !BooleanTrueField
* !DataSourceConditionalExistenceField
* !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfNotNullField
* !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfTrueField
* !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfValueOneOfField
* !DataSourceEnumerationField
* !DataSourceNumericField
* !DataSourceTextField
* !LiteralTextField
* !DataSourceDateField
* !YearOnlyDateField

===== Observation Fields

These fields can be used to create a observations. An observation will only be create if a non-NULL value is returned.

Some observation fields create an observation with a text value, others a numeric value, and others an enumeration value (actually just a text value).  Other observations create an observation without a value of any kind.  These are called ''Existence'' fields.

===== Date Fields

Most dates in entities are defined as a list of date fields instead of a single date field.  If the first date in the list does not yield a date, the next date field in the list is checked and so on.  Only if all dates are undefined will the date be set to NULL.  In some cases this will cause an error.

===== Datasource Fields

These fields take their data from the patient row (etc) from the data source.  The {{{source}}} attributes of these fields define how the value is located.

===== Literal Fields

These fields take their values from the mapping definition itself.  In these fields the value is either defined by the {{{source}}} attribute or by the field type itself.

==== The Fields

===== !BooleanTrueField

Always set the value to true.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!BooleanTrueField}}}

==== !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfNotNullField

An ''Existence'' observation is created if the field from the data source is not NULL.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfNotNullField}}}

==== !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfTrueField

An ''Existence'' observation is created if the field from the data source is not true.  True values are (case insensitive):

* TRUE
* YES
* 1
* -1

All other values are false.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfTrueField}}}

==== !DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfValueOneOfField
An ''Existence'' observation is created if the field from the data source matches one of the supplied values.  The matching is case insensitive.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceConditionalExistenceIfValueOneOfField}}}
* {{{create_if_values}}}: List of values to match.

==== !DataSourceDateField
Date field used for observation start and end dates as well as patient dates of birth, etc.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceDateField}}}

==== !DataSourceEnumerationField
Creates an enumeration type observation containing the text from the data source.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceEnumerationField}}}

==== !DataSourceNumericField
Creates a numeric observation by parsing the text from the data source.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceNumericField}}}

==== !DataSourceTextField
Creates a text observation by copying the text from the data source.

====== Mapping

* {{{type}}}: {{{uk.org.briccs.onyxmappedexport2pdo.fields.!DataSourceTextField}}}



''' A N D   T H E   R E S T'''

=== Patient Entity

=== Observation Entity

=== Event / Visit Entity


== Extensions