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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

I actually think it should be a setting - in other words, ideally two kinds
of dropdown boxes would be available to the form designer: 1) restricted to
the options in the predefined sets, and 2) also allowing free text


On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 10:13 PM, Adebusoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Public bug reported:
>
> I am not entirely sure if this is by design but if you have an option
> set list the user should not be allowed to enter values not in the list.
> >From my recollection, this used to be the case.
>
> With 2.16, you can enter values outside the option set list. Is this
> intended or is there another criteria which must be selected to limit
> the possible entries the list?
>
> I replicated this on the SNAPSHOT demo site:
>
> 1) Go to Data Entry
>
> 2) Select Org unit and Facility Assessment Data Set
>
> 3) Select Period
>
> 4) In the Equipment Section, enter 20 for the data element: Glucometer
> is present. The option set list is 1 - 5.
>
> 5) It seems counterintuitive to be able to enter any value where you
> have defined a range of values for a data element.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Version:
> 2.16-SNAPSHOT
> Build revision:
> Build date:
> 2014-06-28 20:04
>
> ** Affects: dhis2
>      Importance: Undecided
>          Status: New
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1335677
>
> Title:
>   DHIS2.16 option set list not validating data entry
>
> Status in DHIS 2:
>   New
>
> Bug description:
>   I am not entirely sure if this is by design but if you have an option
>   set list the user should not be allowed to enter values not in the
>   list. From my recollection, this used to be the case.
>
>   With 2.16, you can enter values outside the option set list. Is this
>   intended or is there another criteria which must be selected to limit
>   the possible entries the list?
>
>   I replicated this on the SNAPSHOT demo site:
>
>   1) Go to Data Entry
>
>   2) Select Org unit and Facility Assessment Data Set
>
>   3) Select Period
>
>   4) In the Equipment Section, enter 20 for the data element: Glucometer
>   is present. The option set list is 1 - 5.
>
>   5) It seems counterintuitive to be able to enter any value where you
>   have defined a range of values for a data element.
>
>   Best regards,
>
>   Version:
>   2.16-SNAPSHOT
>   Build revision:
>   Build date:
>   2014-06-28 20:04
>
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Knut Staring
Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
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