Adding updateAlias as an optional attribute of pars that modifies aliases after the default routine, default is to not modify them

importXLSX.py

@@ -338,6 +338,8 @@ def importData(pars,filename,getId=getId,modify=modify,\
 # - schema - labkey schema (list/study, d: study)
 # - query - labkey query
 # - additionalVars - values that are constant for the whole dataset, labeled by a valid alias for a labkey field
+#- idField - designated unique field of the labkey query
+#- updateAlias - a function to modify aliases based on parameters, e.g. for datasets that take values based on a qualifying field
 
    skiprows=pars.get('skiprows',0)
    usecols=pars.get('usecols',None)
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ def importData(pars,filename,getId=getId,modify=modify,\
    seqNumOffset=pars.get('seqNumOffset',0)
    additionalVars=pars.get('additionalVars',{})
    idField=pars.get('idField','ParticipantId')
+   updateAlias=pars.get('updateAlias',lambda x,y: x)
 
    fields=getFields(pars)
    lookupVars=getVariables(fields,fieldType='LOOKUP')
@@ -359,6 +362,7 @@ def importData(pars,filename,getId=getId,modify=modify,\
    if debug:
       print(lookupMap)
    alias=getAlias(fields)
+   alias=updateAlias(alias,pars)
    print(f'aliases: {alias}')
 
    df=pandas.read_excel(filename,sheet_name=sheet_name,skiprows=skiprows,\