# \#cht-conf

**URL:** https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/tag/cht-conf/219.md

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## [Form variable length & name warning](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/form-variable-length-name-warning/5541)

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**Author:** [@Anro](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Anro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 4:13pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/form-variable-length-name-warning/5541 "2026-04-09T16:13:43Z")

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Is there a built-in way to warn on form variable length or naming? If not, I’ve been staring at the cht-conf tool a little too much lately, and it feels like the perfect hammer for this. Our downstream system that pull…

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## [Supporting form config in JSONC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/supporting-form-config-in-jsonc/5554)

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**Author:** [@Anro](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Anro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 2, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/supporting-form-config-in-jsonc/5554 "2026-04-02T15:08:47Z")

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The idea is to explore alternative ways to manage form config and hopefully make PRs easier to review. This has been a bit of a long-standing pain point for us and perhaps we’re not the only ones running into it. In our…

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## [Exploring modular forms](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/exploring-modular-forms/5540)

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**Author:** [@Anro](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Anro)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 24, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/exploring-modular-forms/5540 "2026-03-24T13:30:58Z")

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Improving forms has been a frequent topic of conversation. More specifically, reducing the need to re-implement the same functionality across multiple forms in a project config. Being able to extract these repeating pie…

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## [When should reports be considered with the cht-conf's contact-move function 10000 doc limit?](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/when-should-reports-be-considered-with-the-cht-confs-contact-move-function-10000-doc-limit/4027)

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**Author:** [@Anro](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Anro)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 20, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/when-should-reports-be-considered-with-the-cht-confs-contact-move-function-10000-doc-limit/4027 "2024-09-20T15:09:11Z")

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We’ve recently completed 1 of 6 contact-move requests from our 1 NPO, resulting in the neighbourhood of 205 dwellings being shifted into new spaces. While everything looks correct via the UI, and in SQL, we found the log…

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## [Moving of places](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/moving-of-places/3440)

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**Author:** [@Anro](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/Anro)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 11, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/moving-of-places/3440 "2024-04-11T16:34:46Z")

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Is it possible to move a PLACE in any other way except using the cht-conf tool’s contact-move functionality? It seems possible to move a PERSON via the UI, which is a much lighter operation for a mobile device. We’re aw…

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## [Unrecognized arguments error when converting app forms](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/unrecognized-arguments-error-when-converting-app-forms/2148)

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**Author:** [@irene](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/u/irene)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.communityhealthtoolkit.org/t/unrecognized-arguments-error-when-converting-app-forms/2148 "2022-12-15T23:24:19Z")

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Hi there, I am getting an unrecognized arguments error when running convert-app-forms as shown below: daudi@LAPTOP-5RIPOR8D /m/c/U/d/D/e/s/config-echis-2.0 (main)\> cht --url=https://user:pass@localhost --accept-self-sig…
