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[Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Calle,


Just now checked this bug, below is what we have:

2.21 (Rev. 21602). I remembered that we have changed it to drop-down.
Strange that you still have the inline style - can you check the revision
number?

[image: Inline image 1]
For 2.22 and trunk

[image: Inline image 2]


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Abyot A. Gizaw.
Senior Engineer, DHIS2
University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org

On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 3:31 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Abyot,
>
> That is a generic question:
>
> In general, I would say that a null value should not be accepted for a
> yes/no field - if you want to store "unknown", then create a data element
> with those three options (Yes, No, Unknown).
>
> In practice, you can deal with it in two ways:
> - use a default choice (preferably user-specified, otherwise typically No)
> or
> - not enabling the submit button if none of the radio buttons are ticked
> (i.e. user cannot save the form without completing the choice between yes
> and no).
>
> That said, it might be TECHNICALLY feasible to simply leave the value
> blank - it depends on what the underlying data type in e.g. PostgreSQL will
> allow. For instance, if you ACTUALLY store a yes/no data type using an
> integer data type that has been restricted to 0 or 1, then you can
> obviously store a NULL value. So it depends on the data typing.
>
> BUT, as I said above: fundamentally you use Yes/No for a phenomena that is
> either Yes or No - and while the knowledge to determine which of them is
> correct might be unknown (or it is not clear), you would/should usually
> just determine a default value. In the case of "Driver's License", I would
> use a default value of 0 (No).  For a data element like "All limbs present
> and accounted for" I would us a default value of 1 - unless it is a
> database only comprising amputees! :-)
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
> On 8 April 2016 at 14:20, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Calle,
>>
>> Thank you for reporting.
>>
>> I will fix for the display. We have three buttons because it allows to
>> reset a value. What will happen if the question of "Driver's License" is
>> not answered (neither yes nor no) ?
>>
>> --
>> Abyot A. Gizaw.
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:56 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Public bug reported:
>>>
>>> Using the latest version of 2.21 (8 April 2016), we have defined one
>>> attribute called "Driver's License" as have data type Yes/No.
>>>
>>> In the Tracker Capture form, this attribute is showing up with scrambled
>>> radio buttons:
>>>
>>> 1. There are three buttons instead of 2
>>> 2. The words "value" and "yes" is displaying just underneath the radio
>>> buttons.
>>>
>>> Screenshot has been sent to Abyot.
>>>
>>> ** Affects: dhis2
>>>      Importance: Undecided
>>>          Status: New
>>>
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>>> You received this bug notification because you are a member of DHIS 2
>>> developers, which is subscribed to DHIS.
>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1567905
>>>
>>> Title:
>>>   Tracker Capture - Attribute Yes/No display error
>>>
>>> Status in DHIS:
>>>   New
>>>
>>> Bug description:
>>>   Using the latest version of 2.21 (8 April 2016), we have defined one
>>>   attribute called "Driver's License" as have data type Yes/No.
>>>
>>>   In the Tracker Capture form, this attribute is showing up with
>>>   scrambled radio buttons:
>>>
>>>   1. There are three buttons instead of 2
>>>   2. The words "value" and "yes" is displaying just underneath the radio
>>> buttons.
>>>
>>>   Screenshot has been sent to Abyot.
>>>
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>>
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