Attribute Update Policy - dcm4che/dcm4chee-arc-light GitHub Wiki

Below values and their descriptions indicate the behavior of update policy for attributes already extracted into the DB. These are applicable in following cases :

Enumerated values :

  • SUPPLEMENT : The attributes will be overwritten. Attributes not present in original dataset will be supplemented. Any extra attributes with not null values will be added.

  • MERGE : The attributes will be overwritten. Attribute values will be written from new dataset. Any attributes with not null values, shall not be overwritten by attributes with null values.

  • OVERWRITE : The attributes will be overwritten. Attribute values if null in new dataset, will be nullified in original dataset. Any attributes with not null values, shall be overwritten by attributes with null values.

  • REPLACE : The attributes will be completely overwritten.

  • PRESERVE : The attributes will be preserved. Nullify attributes in the new dataset which are not present in the original dataset. Any extra attributes will be nullified.

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