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Re: [Bug 1229494] Re: Aggregate of Avg type field is summed across Org Units

 

I think the current behavior needs to be changed since summing averages
does not mean anything while taking the average across org units would be
useful.
On Sep 24, 2013 12:50 PM, "jason.p.pickering" <1229494@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> This is supposed to be the intended behaviour I think, but I have also
> been having issues with this. Check the manual on this, and it is
> clearly stated that values are average in the time dimension. What it is
> not really clear on but is implied, is that  values are summed along the
> orgunit dimension.
>
>
> I do not really see this as a bug, but rather intended behavior which
> works as the developers have implemented it.
>
> But, what we do need ( i.e blueprint) is another operator to average
> both the values both in time as well as in the orgunit dimension. We
> have an data element "Number of days vaccine fridge was functional".
> This value should be averaged both in terms of time as well as across
> orgunits, to arrive at a national average. Instead, we get (as you have
> observed) a sum of the values.
>
> ** Changed in: dhis2
>        Status: New => Invalid
>
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>
> Title:
>   Aggregate of Avg type field is summed across Org Units
>
> Status in DHIS 2:
>   Invalid
>
> Bug description:
>   I am using v2.12. On a Dataset I created a numeric field with Average
>   aggregation. When reported across Org Units, the averages are summed
>   instead of taking the average data across the Org Units. Is this how
>   Average aggregation should work?
>
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Title:
  Aggregate of Avg type field is summed across Org Units

Status in DHIS 2:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  I am using v2.12. On a Dataset I created a numeric field with Average
  aggregation. When reported across Org Units, the averages are summed
  instead of taking the average data across the Org Units. Is this how
  Average aggregation should work?

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