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

Hi Eddie,

You need to create a new indicator type, and be sure that "Number" is set
to "True" and "Factor" is set to 1. This will have the affect of not
requiring a denominator when you create indicators of this type.

If you have Constants as you mention which never change, you can create
them in "Data administration"->Constants and then use them in your
indicator formula.

Best regards,
Jason
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 8:56 AM, Edwin Mulwa <eddiemu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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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