Seems like a good idea. Do you have section forms or custom forms?
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 9:18 PM, Muhire Andrew <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi to all, > i would like to run integrity check to see the data element that are in > dataset that are not linked to the form. Is this possible? Not data element > without dataset ( data element in dataset that is not linked to the form). > Because this affects data completeness report(based on data values) where by > the target column counts all linked and nonlinked data elements which can > confuse users. Per now i just use a manual checking. > > > > > > >>>>------------------------------On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 2:06 AM PST Ola Hodne >>>>Titlestad wrote:>I would suggest to capture service availability and >>>>stock-outs as separate>data elements or even orgunit groups for services, >>>>and not as some>interpretation of a 0. Then there is no need to capture >>>>zeros.>Once the data is aggregated up one level all this zero/blank >>>>interpretation>is impossible anyway. The complete button also gives an >>>>indication of>wheter data is missing of not.>Ola>On Jan 11, 2012 9:45 AM, >>>>"Knut Staring" <[email protected]> wrote:>> Here in India, the activities of >>>> Subcenters differ quite a bit in the> particular services they offer. >>>>Therefore, since all use a standard format,> there will almost always be a >>>>number of fields that are not applicable.> Because of this, they maintain >>>>that 0 is signficant, because it means "Have> the service, but no cases >>>>this month", whereas a blank field means "Don't> have the service" in other >>>>words N/A.>>> > Sometimes it can even mean something in-between, like "We normally> > distribute Iron tablets, but sometimes we don't have them (blank), and> > sometimes we have them but there is no demand (0)". In my view the latter> > semantics is quite complicated, and hard to get consistent, but I'm being> > told the health workers handle it well. Thus, a typical report can consist> > of 50 positive integers, 7 blanks and 20 zeros.>> Since data entry on the > mobile is quite cumbersome and zeros also tend to> fill up the database, I > would have preferred zeros to be non-significant> and just go with blanks. > But then we would lose the above distinction.>> Knut>>> --> Knut Staring> > Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo> +4791880522> http://dhis2.org>>> > _______________________________________________> Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs> Post to : > [email protected]> Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs> More help > : > https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp>> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
