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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 5:42 PM, Elmarie Claasen <elmarie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Lars,
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>
> Thanks that is what I did.
>
> A general question – Isn’t this a way to easily add targets for certain
> data elements with known denominators eg population by setting up a dataset
> with e.g. Yearly or Quarterly period and then capture the target values as
> dataset attributes rather than create a new data element for the target
> which makes analysis more tricky since you need to link the 2 data elements
> to each other somehow?
>
>
>

Hi Elmarie,

yes that would be a feasible approach.

The downside is that if you now load this data element in pivot
tables/charts, by default you will get the real value + the target. So for
people who are not aware of this target dimension/category, they might see
values twice as high as that they would expect.

So it works given that this is handled through user training or other ways.

Lars




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> *Elmarie Claasen*
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> *From:* Lars Helge Øverland [mailto:larshelge@xxxxxxxxx]
> *Sent:* 13 October 2015 02:00 PM
> *To:* Elmarie Claasen
> *Cc:* DHIS 2 Developers list; DHIS 2 Users list
> *Subject:* Re: [Dhis2-devs] Difference between attribute and disaggregate
> option for category combos
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>
> Hi Elmarie,
>
>
>
> the data dimension type on category and category combo indicates whether
> you want to use these as disaggregation categories (linked to data
> elements) or attribute categories (linked to data sets). So attributes
> refers to data set categories.
>
>
>
> If you would like to create a data set category (e.g. one category option
> for "preliminary" and one for "validated"), then you need to set these to
> "attribute". So:
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> Category combo: "Output type" - data dimension set to "attribute".
>
> Category: "Output type" -  data dimension set to "attribute".
>
> Category options: "Preliminary output" and "Validated output".
>
>
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> You can now assign the "Output type" category combo to your data set, and
> the data entry screen will allow you to choose between preliminary and
> validated before entering data.
>
>
>
> regards,
>
>
> Lars
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> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 1:34 PM, Elmarie Claasen <elmarie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
>
> I need to set up a dhis2 instance in which we want to capture the data for
> specific month twice e.g. preliminary output and validated output. We don’t
> need those to be added together as usual in a data element category
> combination.
>
>
>
> I have been looking into dataset category combinations but that looks a
> lot similar in the manual to attributes. Would like clarity on the
> difference between using disaggregate or attribute when selecting data
> dimension on a catcombo.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions on alternatives would be welcome J
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> *Elmarie Claasen*
>
> [image: Hisp logo]
>
> Project Manager
>
> Health Information Systems Program
>
> Tel:      041-367 1027
>
> Cell:     082 374 2209
>
> E-mail: elmarie@xxxxxxxx
>
> Skype:  elmarie.claasen52
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