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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 May 2010 10:37, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olatitle@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kim Anh,
>
> I am not sure I understand what you mean here.
>
> I went to the online demo (running 2.0.4) and created a new dataset with
> sections, and in data entry I ticked 'Use section form'.
> This form seems to work as expected, it has green color when saving, and the
> values are saved.
> (I am not sure why the default start view for sections forms is to hide the
> data elements and just show the section headers as links, is that always
> desired?)

Interesting point.  From an HCI perspective its probably good practice
to be able to see the section navigation links regardless of which
section is open.  And probably makes sense to always have a section
open.  This dutch tax form mockup
(http://xmldemo.emc.com:8080/xformsdemo/#demo2) shows one way of doing
it.  The links on the left side of the form don't work but you can
imagine they refer to sections of the form.  And there is always a
section in view on the right.  The other alternative is to do it with
tabs along the top, but might get unwieldy with many sections or
sections with long names.

The other thing you commonly see with this kind of interface is some
visual indication that the sections are complete.  For a complex form
where you don't have everything in view at the same time it can be
useful to see which sections are complete and which are not.  I think
the SA online tax form worked like that.

As a general observation I think online tax forms are increasingly
becoming really good examples of good HCI forms design (of course
there are bad ones too).  It seems that the revenue folk do invest a
bit in making it as easy as possible for people to complete their
returns and fill the state coffers.

Regards
Bob

>
> You can have a look here:
> http://dhis.uio.no/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/select.action
>
> Use the first facility of the first district and first chiefdom, which is
> Ngelehun CHC and the data set called 'Dataset with sections test'.
>
>
> Ola
> ----------
>
> On 28 May 2010 06:23, Kim Anh Vo <catakim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Public bug reported:
>>
>> DHIS2.0.4: data entered with Section-Form (dataset section) not
>> saved/checked and without colors/messages for validation
>>
>> ** Affects: dhis2
>>     Importance: Undecided
>>         Status: New
>>
>> --
>> Can't save data entered with section form entry
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586673
>> You received this bug notification because you are a member of DHIS 2
>> coordinators, which is the registrant for DHIS.
>>
>> Status in DHIS 2 - District Health Information Software: New
>>
>> Bug description:
>> DHIS2.0.4: data entered with Section-Form (dataset section) not
>> saved/checked and without colors/messages for validation
>>
>>
>>
>
> --
> Can't save data entered with section form entry
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586673
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of DHIS 2
> coordinators, which is the registrant for DHIS.
>
> Status in DHIS 2 - District Health Information Software: New
>
> Bug description:
> DHIS2.0.4: data entered with Section-Form (dataset section) not saved/checked and without colors/messages for validation
>
>
>

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Can't save data entered with section form entry
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/586673
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Status in DHIS 2 - District Health Information Software: New

Bug description:
DHIS2.0.4: data entered with Section-Form (dataset section) not saved/checked and without colors/messages for validation