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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Taylor Downs <downs.tay...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:53:57 -0800 (PST) Subject: [ODK Community] Discussion Series: Using ODK as a data source for DHIS2 and Salesforce To: "opendata...@googlegroups.com" <opendata...@googlegroups.com> Hi Everyone, My name is Taylor Downs, and I've been a big ODK "fanboy" since I first came across it working for an HIV-prevention organization in South Africa about five years ago. In 2010 I co-founded a consulting company (Vera Solutions) that has since designed and implemented data systems for more than 160 social impact organizations around the world. As more and more of these implementations required full-featured cloud-based backends AND inexpensive, easy-to-use, offline-capable mobile tools we found ourselves needing to mix and match technologies. ODK became our mobile data-capture workhorse, and Salesforce.com our backend of choice. The flexibility of ODK (and xForms) makes it powerful, but also difficult to integrate—at times it feels like we're trying to hit a moving target. Our clients demand complex forms, and the ability to change those forms often as their programs evolve. Hard-coding integrations for each project was too costly and time-consuming, so we set out to develop an open-source integration platform that could be used to quickly and easily connect "source" ODK submission data (actually, any JSON data—provided you have prior knowledge of the schema) to Salesforce.com, DHIS2, and other "destination" systems. Read more https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/opendatakit/f0Z9PMcV198 _______________________________________________ change mailing list change@change.washington.edu http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change
