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Converting a matrix to a relational table in Excel

 

I found Swivel's free plugin for Excel very nice for converting spreadsheets
to a format which can be easily imported to DHIS 2:
Let's say you have a structure like this:

Orgunit | Period | Country | DataElement1 | DataElement2 | DataElement3|
DataElement4| etc.

The Swivel toolbar lets you easily implicitly define the first three columns
and the top row as metadata, and transposes the rest into rows with one
datavalue per row.

http://www.swivel.com/pantry/excel_swivelbar

Knut