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[Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Calle,

What exactly is the problem? In 2.22 (demo version) we have the following:

[image: Inline image 1]

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

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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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>>>>> 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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