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[Edwin Mulwa <eddiemu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jason,

We have tried using indicators but it has not worked for us. As we see it,
in DHIS an Indicator must always have a denominator.

For us to fit in that rule and make our element D an indicator,  we believe
we have an option of dividing it with an element (let's call it F) that
must always be =1 so that it doesn't change our value of D. So our
indicator D=(A+B-C)/F. How to predefine the indicator F so that it is a
constant 1 is a challenge. So it seems we cannot use the indicator method
since most of our elements are not normally defined by a denominator but
are rather additions and subtractions.

Thoughts?

Edwin



On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In DHIS2 terminology, this is referred to as an indicator. You can find
> them documented in the documentation, such as here
>
> http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch12.html#indicator
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Edwin Mulwa <eddiemu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I would like to create a data element that is a calculation involving
>> multiple data elements. For example, if I have data elements A, B, C and D,
>> I would like data element D to be a calculation as follows: D = A + B - C.
>>
>> How can I do this in DHIS?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Edwin
>>
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