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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sounds like an integration job here. Is this really a requirement?
>

Perhaps not. And it can certainly wait until later - would be a great
addition to DHIS2 if we could just export a StatPlanet "datamart" and
explain what to do with it. As a first test, I will try to transform the
table that Ola sent manually, to get more of a feel for what's required.


> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Fine, I guess we are thinking that everyone will have the report engine.
> > However, the next question is what happens to the generated file. The way
> I
> > see it, the most user friendly use case would be for the user to not see
> the
> > CSV file at all, but be presented directly with the data in the
> StatPlanet
> > GUI.
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> The BIRT/Jasper job would be a one off thing where you define the full
> >> format, fill in static values, and define where to put values from the
> >> dynamic report table.
> >>
> >> Then what you would need to do as a user would be to use the report
> table
> >> edit window to select indicators, periods and orgunits and then generate
> it,
> >> followed by an export of the report to csv.
> >>
> >> 1 report and 1 report table would be needed, as they can be reused. The
> >> user can edit the selection of indicators, periods, and orgunits.
> >>
> >> Sounds doable and not to complicated.
> >>
> >> Ola
> >> ---------
> >>
> >> 2010/1/14 Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>
> >>> Moving discussion to the list.
> >>> It would be preferably to not have to go via BIRT. What is needed is an
> >>> easy GUI for defining what data you want to export to StatPlanet, and
> then
> >>> the CSV would be downloaded - though even better, StatPlanet could be
> >>> included in the DHIS2 distribution and pop up as an extra window in the
> >>> browser, populated from the generated CSV file.
> >>> Knut
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:21 PM, Jason Pickering
> >>> <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Looks pretty close indeed and a good start for sure.  I was thinking
> >>>> that BIRT might be better to take get all of those other fields and
> >>>> text in there. not sure if this is needed or not however.
> >>>>
> >>>> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Ola Hodne Titlestad
> >>>> <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> > Hi,
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Attached a report table (filtered using display properties and then
> >>>> > exported
> >>>> > to csv) that could be a starting point. You probably need to add a
> few
> >>>> > columns manually to match the StatPlanet format, but the core data
> is
> >>>> > there.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > You can see the report table definition here:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> http://dhis.uio.no/demo/dhis-web-reporting/displayAddTableForm.action?id=586542&mode=indicators&dimension=false
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Ola
> >>>> >
> >>>> > 2010/1/14 Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Report table with crosstab on orgunit should do most of this.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Ola Hodne Titlestad |Technical Officer|
> >>>> >> Health Metrics Network (HMN) | World Health Organization
> >>>> >> Avenue Appia 20 |1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland | Email:
> >>>> >> titlestado@xxxxxxx|Tel: +41 788216897
> >>>> >> Website: www.healthmetricsnetwork.org
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Better Information. Better Decisions. Better Health.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> 2010/1/14 Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Hi guys,
> >>>> >>> Would love some ideas on whether and how we could generate this
> kind
> >>>> >>> of
> >>>> >>> file from DHIS2: Report tables? DXF export + XSLT?
> >>>> >>> What should be the approach?
> >>>> >>> Knut
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Knut Staring
> >>>
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> > Knut Staring
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-- 
Cheers,
Knut Staring