Thanks for all the inputs, My instincts said two DE's as well ... but could see you could *possibly* 'get-away' with a ring-fenced data-entry strategy for one data-element in two datasets. We'll do a little bit more experimentation with a sample of historical and current data - we're just trying to avoid complicating our custom reports and analytics for users of the data.
David On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 7:03 AM Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hm, my instinct was to say the same as the manual says, but when I tested > it with the same restrictions that Juan Manuel pointed out, it seemed to > work fine. > > Knut > > On 14 Jul 2016 10:38 p.m., "Jason Pickering" <jason.p.picker...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Knut, >> >> AFAIK, this is not recommended. See here >> >> http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/2.22/en/user/html/ch22s02.html >> >> 22.2.5. Data elements assigned to data sets with different period types >> >> Data elements should not be assigned to two separate data sets whose >> period types differ. The recommended approach would be to create two >> separate data elements (for instance a monthly and yearly data element) and >> assign these to respective datasets. >> >> >> I am sure Lars can provide the exact reason for this, but I am pretty >> sure one should not have the same data element with two separate >> frequencies. It would seem to be a good feature however, but I believe this >> is a restriction imposed by analytics at the moment. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jason >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks JM, I forgot to mention that. >>> >>> Though you may still have to watch the totals if you combine months and >>> years in the same Pivot Table. >>> >>> Knut >>> >>> On 14 Jul 2016 9:50 p.m., "Juan Manuel Alcantara Acosta" < >>> jmalcanta...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Knut >>> One way to avoid double counting is to make sure both data sets are >>> never active in the same org units. >>> JM >>> >>> >>> El 14/07/2016, a las 2:10 p.m., Knut Staring <knu...@gmail.com> >>> escribió: >>> >>> Hi David, >>> >>> I think it will work quite well to just use the same data element in >>> different datasets with different periodicity. The only thing to look out >>> for is to avoid double counting, e.g. watch out for misleading Totals in >>> Analytics. >>> >>> Knut >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:23 AM, David Hagan <david.ha...@sagehagan.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning DHIS2 community, >>>> >>>> It's been a while ... changing mail clients meant that forum messages >>>> skipped my in-box ... and what do they say ... 'out of sight - out of >>>> mind'. >>>> >>>> Anyway, I've rearranged settings and can see the email list is as busy >>>> as ever! >>>> >>>> And onto my burning question: >>>> >>>> If we have a mix of organisational units (countries in our case, >>>> collecting national data) that: >>>> >>>> - some of which have historical monthly data, and some of which >>>> only have annual data; and >>>> - going forward, are transitioning to monthly data (but some will >>>> be slower and for the next couple of years will only have annual data) >>>> >>>> AND we want to bring this into a single DHIS2 instance, then >>>> >>>> 1. Is the best approach to create a set of duplicate data elements >>>> (in different datasets, one set for an annual collection period and one >>>> set >>>> for a monthly collection period)? or >>>> 2. Is it possible to use a single data element in two different >>>> datasets with different periods set (one monthly and one annual)? ... (I >>>> don't see how this would work in practice, but maybe I'm just missing >>>> something - I know it is possible to put a DE in more than one dataset, >>>> but >>>> mixed collection periods for the same data element seems like it will >>>> mess >>>> up reporting and analytics) >>>> >>>> Any thoughts or guidance or other options from the group appreciated. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> David Hagan >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Knut Staring >>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>> Norway: +4791880522 >>> Skype: knutstar >>> http://dhis2.org >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Jason P. Pickering >> email: jason.p.picker...@gmail.com >> tel:+46764147049 >> > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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