Adding idField to change default ParticipantId to an alternative labkey field, particularly usefule when updating lists rather than datasets

importXLSX.py

@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ def importData(pars,filename,getId=getId,modify=modify,\
 #set this is as sequenceNum for entries, or initial seqNum if more than a single entry is in the dataset
    seqNumOffset=pars.get('seqNumOffset',0)
    additionalVars=pars.get('additionalVars',{})
+   idField=pars.get('idField','ParticipantId')
 
    fields=getFields(pars)
    lookupVars=getVariables(fields,fieldType='LOOKUP')
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ def importData(pars,filename,getId=getId,modify=modify,\
          continue
       id=getId(df,r)    
       entry={}
-      entry['ParticipantId']=id
+      entry[idField]=id
 
       for v in vars:
          qv=validate(df.at[r,v])
@@ -428,6 +429,7 @@ def loadSafely(pars,entries,dryRun=True):
    project=pars.get('project','DCIS/Study')
    schema=pars.get('schema','demographics')
    query=pars.get('query','demographics')
+   idField=pars.get('idField','ParticipantId')
 #add columns from labkey that will be checked to find a match
    matchColumns=pars.get('matchColumns',[])
 #whether to insert new entries
@@ -439,7 +441,7 @@ def loadSafely(pars,entries,dryRun=True):
    insertRows=[]
 
 
-   selVal=['ParticipantId','SequenceNum']
+   selVal=[idField,'SequenceNum']
    selVal.extend(matchColumns)
    print(f'Matching by {selVal}')