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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Quick thought on your blueprint:
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/spreadsheet-dataentry

There are so many nice grid controls out there and they are getting
better and faster all the time.  Couldn't we relatively easily
implement grid-like data entry along the lines you suggest by using
something like jqGrid (http://www.trirand.com/blog/) - seeing that
jquery is our blessed javascript framework?  Looking at the demos
http://www.trirand.com/jqgrid35/jqgrid.html I'd say that doing exactly
what you describe would be pretty straightforward inside DHIS2 - which
means we could also implement min-max etc and regulate access to the
database through our api.  And with a bit of artful dodging you could
make it look sufficiently excel-like to keep the punters with the
"special editions" happy.

I'm not volunteering - just adding my 2c.

Cheers
Bob