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[Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sumudu,

Thanks Emma for the response. Just to add a bit more detail on the
identifier issue.

There is no way at the moment to automatically generate IDs on the format
you suggest.
What is possible, as Emma writes, is to define what we call "uniqueness
scope" for attributes.

So in your case I would create an attribute "Clinic Number" (the last part
of your ID) with value type "Number", then tick "unique" and select in
"program within organisation unit".

This means that the users only deal with the Clinic Number, but "in the
back-end" the system makes sure that there are no duplicate Clinic Numbers
for any combination of program+organisation unit.

So when you search for Clinic Number you might get multiple hits/persons,
but not for the same organisation unit + program combination. You can then
narrow the search by searching in only one organisation unit and one
program, which will give you maximum 1 person for a full clinic number
search. A typical clinician at a local clinic will only have access to one
or a few programs and typically only one organisation unit, so the "search
scope" is by default same or similar to the uniqueness scope, which makes
it easier to quickly identify persons using the local Clinic Number (found
at the "patient/mother/child card or similar").

We are planning to support period as part of this uniqueness scope as well,
but that is not supported yet in 2.15. That will allow you to support the
typical local practice of restarting the Clinic Number count in the paper
registers at the beginning of every year (or financial year), so that
duplicates will also be allowed for the same program+organisation unit as
long as they are in separate periods (e.g. years) of your selected period
type for uniqueness scope.

On "tracked entity", if your programs are about persons then add a tracked
entity called "Person" and make sure to select that one when creating a new
program. That's all.

Ola
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On 19 May 2014 09:11, Emma Kassy <ekassy29@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Sumudu,
>
> For version 2.15,
> There is a person Identifier, Go to  Program & Attributes select
> Attributes;
> You can make an ID unique by checking UNIQUE which will give you options
> like unique with in 1.whole system, 2. org unit, 3. program, or 4. program
> and orgunit. This means that you get to enter the clinic number on
> registration. (At some point IDs were automatically generated am not sure
> if that is still the case may be some one can provide more Information on
> this). Also it will be possible to see the orgunit and period as an output
> such as on Search Results.
>
> Tracked Entity: Helps to define the different objects that you would like
> to track with in your system (no longer limited to persons). This can be
> Persons for TB, HIV and ANC programs or ITEMS if one is interested in
> tracking drugs or any other Logistic Items.
>
> I hope this helps....
>
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 4:01 PM, sumudu weerasinghe <sumuduw00@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>> I want to create a psychiatric patient identification number as
>>
>>    - it should contain initial code indicating org unit , program, and
>>    year
>>    - number need to be generate by system without manual entering
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>    1. Is it possible in DHIS2 2.15  tracker ?
>>    2. Is there Person Identifier in New version 2.15?
>>    3. What is mean by "Tracked entity " in new version 2.15?
>>
>> Regards
>> Sumudu
>>
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