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[Pramil Liyanage <pramilcl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Calle,

I have some aggregate forms which have tables with subtotals and grand
totals. There is a big number. Had to use the primary elements in both
indicators which will take up more memory.

Thanks
Pramil

On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Pramil,
>
> Do you have a SIGNIFICANT requirement for nested indicators - I mean
> beyond one or two random ones? Nested indicators were originally part of
> the DHIS 1.4 design all the way back in 2003, but it was complicated to
> implement and we never had a case where it was absolutely necessary, so it
> remained in the interface but with no code in the indicator engine to
> actually process them.
>
> DHIS 1.4 do have calculated & saved data elements which would be a good
> option if your formulas contain too many data elements, but DHIS2 do not
> support that - it uses indicators for the same purpose, which without
> support for nested indicators won't help you.
>
> One workaround is to create a few "combo" data elements that represent a
> collection of data elements, and then use a script/query to populate it
> every x hours from your original source data elements. Those "combo"
> elements can then be used in indicators the normal way.
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
> On 28 April 2016 at 10:38, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Pramil,
>>
>> no, not currently.
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Pramil Liyanage <pramilcl@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is there any possibility to use an indicator (identifier) in a formula
>>> of another indicator instead of using its formula?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Pramil
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi JM,
>>>>
>>>> there is no hard limit (beyond 2gb expression length;).
>>>>
>>>> However data analytics performance (and entry forms if you have
>>>> indicators there) will of course suffer with extremely large indicators.
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Lars
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 11:44 PM, Juan Manuel Alcantara Acosta <
>>>> jmalcantara1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Devs
>>>>> Is there a limit on the number of data elements that can be added in
>>>>> an indicator formula?
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> JM
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