# How to set my local FHIR Terminoloy server in order to get coded elements populated?

**Category:** [Platform](https://discourse.openehr.org/c/platform-implem/7)
**Created:** 2024-09-19 03:00 UTC
**Views:** 82
**Replies:** 3
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-set-my-local-fhir-terminoloy-server-in-order-to-get-coded-elements-populated/5733

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## Post #1 by @linforest

How to set my local FHIR Terminoloy server in order to get coded elements populated in a example Composition?

Using the [openEHR tool](https://github.com/sasurfer/openEHR-tool) to **Get an example Composition from a template**,  it would complain that there is **No example for termínology**:
```
      <items xsi:type="ELEMENT" archetype_node_id="at0089">
        <name>
          <value>Example Coded Element Name</value>
        </name>
        <value xsi:type="DV_CODED_TEXT">
          <value>No example for termínology '//fhir.hl7.org/ValueSet/$expand?url=https://example.com/fhir/ValueSet/valueset-exmaple' available</value>
          <defining_code>
            <terminology_id>
              <value>//fhir.hl7.org/ValueSet/$expand?url=https://example.com/fhir/ValueSet/valueset-exmaple</value>
            </terminology_id>
            <code_string>42</code_string>
          </defining_code>
        </value>
      </items>
```

As you know, in the online Archetype Designer, a local FHIR Terminoloy server can be set to do so.

Where should such settings be specified in the [openEHR tool](https://github.com/sasurfer/openEHR-tool) or EHRBase Server?

Thanks in advance.

**Related Topic**:
* [openEHR-tool](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/openehr-tool)

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## Post #2 by @surfer

I haven't set up the FHIR terminology server yet. Maybe this conversation helps: https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-set-external-terminology-validation/3755/11

and the official documentation:
https://docs.ehrbase.org/docs/EHRbase/Explore/Terminology

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## Post #3 by @linforest

Thanks a lot, @surfer.  Exactly what I'm looking for.

BTW, for me at least, the official EHRBase Docs could only accessed by utilizing the webpage cached by Microsoft Bing.

[quote="surfer, post:2, topic:5733"]
and the official documentation:

https://docs.ehrbase.org/docs/EHRbase/Explore/Terminology
[/quote]

Weeks ago, [EHRBase Docs at readthedocs.io](https://ehrbase.readthedocs.io/en/latest) was available for me, but saddly now such a link would redirect me to the official one.

This might be one of the reasons why I have so many questions that would frequently bother my dear friends here.

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## Post #4 by @linforest

Hi, @surfer .  Thanks to your help,  the env variables for my local terminology server has now been successfully set for EHRBase.  See *[How to set external terminology validation](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/how-to-set-external-terminology-validation/3755)* for details. 
 During the start process of the EHRBase docker image, its message says that it has successfully recognized the baseURL of the specified terminology server.

However,  the operation **GET Example Composition** still fails to obtain the valueset  needed to populate the coded data element.

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