ISPatient.GetEntityIdByIdentifier

Description

This function returns the entities of the patient by the specified identifier.

Syntax

object.GetEntityIdByIdentifier(aIdentifier)

Part	Attribute	Type	Description
`object`	Required	ISPatient	The `object` always implements the ISPatient interface
`aIdentifier`	In, Required	string	The entity identifier

Return Value

ISList

Returns the entities of the patient by the specified identifier.

Example

Add two entities with the identifier "My identifier" to the patient. Get the entities with the specified identifier and display their count.

Dim aPatient
Dim aTr
Dim aEntityCollection
Dim aEntityCollection2

Set aTr = Profile.StartMapTransaction
set aPatient = Profile.SelectPatient

set aEntityCollection = aPatient.GetEntityIdByIdentifier ("My identifier")
Profile.MsgBox("Entities Count before changes = " & aEntityCollection.Count)

aPatient.AddEntityId "My source  1", "My identifier", "My value A"
aPatient.AddEntityId "My source  2", "My identifier", "My value B"
aPatient.Save
aTr.SnapShot

set aEntityCollection2 = aPatient.GetEntityIdByIdentifier ("My identifier")
Profile.MsgBox("Entities Count after changes = " & aEntityCollection2.Count)

Note:

In Profile Client v8 on User Interface Entity Identifier can be found in Patient > Alter Patient > Registry > Identifier.

Version information

Added in v7.8.0