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[Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Abyot,

we have the radio button yes/no display problem on 2.22, build 21974

Regards
Calle

On 11 April 2016 at 16:07, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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]
>
>
> --
> 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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>>>> 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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