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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds good, but I need to fix this now. Will have a look myself and
see what can be done in the interim. Creating a dataset section is
nigh impossible with several hundred elements unsorted.

On 4/20/10, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Note that there is a planned revamp of the whole forms/dataset model quite
> soon and this blueprint for 2.0.5 covers at least improved functionality in
> terms of defining the layout of default forms, incl. sort order:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/improved-forms
>
> The goal is to be able to use the default tabular forms as much as possible,
> since that will save us all a lot of time.
> These default tabular forms should be (as it they are today) generated off a
> data set with data elements and one or more category combos,  but we need to
> provide the form designers with more options in terms of disabling certain
> fields, sort order of data elements, pivoting of the table (option to have
> data elements on columns and categories on rows).
>
> The idea is to use custom forms (which take a lot more time to design) only
> when its not possible to generate the form off the data set and some
> additional (and not too complicated) layout choices.
> Most tabular forms should be possible to auto generate.
>
> Feel free to add to the blueprint.
>
> Ola Hodne Titlestad |Technical Officer|
> Health Metrics Network (HMN) | World Health Organization
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>
> Better Information. Better Decisions. Better Health.
>
>
> On 20 April 2010 10:31, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> This may actually be a problem due to the way that the data elements
>> were sorted in DHIS 1.4. 1.4 allows you to specify both a sorting
>> order in the dataelement table, as well as the equivalent of the
>> datasetmembers table. A global (system) setting allows one to chose
>> how they should be displayed in lists. Our data elements were sorted
>> correctly according to the dataset,  but as far as I can tell,  DHIS2
>> does not support sorting of data elements by data set (at least there
>> is no field in datasetmembers that would support this)
>>
>> On  the datasetsection page, the ordering that is presented to me, is
>> not in alphabetical order the SECOND time I enter the page. The first
>> time, everything is ordered alphabetically (user setting), the second
>> time around, the ordering is completely mixed up. I would expect it to
>> follow the user setting (alphabetical) but this does not seem to be
>> the case.
>>
>> I agree that it should probably be a system setting, similar to DHIS1.4.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Ola Hodne Titlestad
>> <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > My understanding of this is that you can apply the system wide custom
>> sort
>> > order to data elements in a data set section.
>> >
>> > In user settings you can set the sort order to be custom and then go to
>> > Maintenance>Data Elements and sort the elements in the full list there.
>> >
>> > Then the data elements in the data set section (or data set) will be
>> sorted
>> > according to their global sort order when listed in a default data entry
>> > form.
>> >
>> > My only concern with this is that the sort order is a user setting and
>> not a
>> > system setting so different users doing data entry might experience
>> > different sort order, which may not be desired in data entry forms.
>> >
>> >
>> > 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.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 20 April 2010 10:08, Hieu Dang Duy <hieu.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Dear Jason,
>> >>
>> >> Actually, this ordering is completely belongs to your action during on
>> >> sorting data elements in the selected list.
>> >> For example;
>> >>
>> >> Assuming that, there are five data elements such as: A, B, C, D and E
>> >> in
>> >> the available list. Then, if select each element following the ordering
>> >> likes B, D, A, C in the selected list. So after coming back to edit
>> >> that
>> >> data section you will see the selected list of this one, which is not
>> >> ordered alphabetically in expecting on.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 2:12 PM, jason.p.pickering
>> >> <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Public bug reported:
>> >>>
>> >>> When creating a data set section, there is no logical ordering applied
>> >>> to the data elements. The first time I created the dataset section,
>> they
>> >>> appeared to be ordered alphabetically. When I saved and edited the
>> >>> dataset again, the ordering is completely jumbled up.
>> >>>
>> >>> ** Affects: dhis2
>> >>>     Importance: Undecided
>> >>>         Status: New
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> dataset-section-no-sorting
>> >>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/567080
>> >>> You received this bug notification because you are a member of DHIS 2
>> >>> developers, which is subscribed to DHIS.
>> >>>
>> >>> Status in DHIS 2 - District Health Information Software: New
>> >>>
>> >>> Bug description:
>> >>> When creating a data set section, there is no logical ordering applied
>> to
>> >>> the data elements. The first time I created the dataset section, they
>> >>> appeared to be ordered alphabetically. When I saved and edited the
>> dataset
>> >>> again, the ordering is completely jumbled up.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >> Hieu.HISPVietnam
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