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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Maheed

I am sure you will get much more informed feedback on this question because
I think its something many folk grapple with.  Just a quick observation
regarding implementation.


> I don't know if anybody have similar issues or requirements like this one.
>
> I think 2 thinks are missing here:
>
> 1-      Cannot define the target value for a data element within the data
> element itself. It should be defined using another data element
>
> 2-      The target value are not time-bound. This means we cannot set
> that the target value should be reached starting date X and ending date Y.
>
These two seem to be contradictory.  Associating a target value with a data
element sounds sensible enough except that it would then lose the sense of
target time.  So you need to use another dataelement. ( I am not sure
whether that is in fact what you are saying with 1 or you are pointing out
what is missing).  Note the same time boundedness can also be true of
space.  It is possible that different countries, provinces, districts set
different target values.

Do you think it makes more sense to focus on target values for indicators
than dataelements?  (Oddly enough I imagine the measured value should be an
indicator and the target value should be a dataelement because you'd want
to enter these targets directly).

So maybe what is missing is the ability to assign a target dataelement to
an indicator definition.  So an indicator can have (an optional)
dataelement associated with it for its target values.  Of course you can do
this "manually" but, as you say, the reports become laborious.  Having an
explicit association might make it easier to design smart reports.

Look forward to hear what other people's experience is.