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[Antonia - Pro <antonia@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At the start of voting I felt in total minority.
But according to the SI/ISO 31-0 standard
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Digit_grouping> he space is the
only neutral separator. The space is appropriate also because in some
countries the comma is the decimal separator (not always the democratic
vote is the best choice.)

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2016-05-03 21:34 GMT+02:00 Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>:

> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_mark#Digit_grouping
>
> seems to support Jim's suggestion of space as default.
>
> On 3 May 2016 at 21:32, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Supporting Jim's suggestion on a system/implementation setting to
>> configure a default system-wide separator in addition to the possibility of
>> overriding this for each pivot table or other type of report with display
>> options. I guess the result of the vote could still be what the default
>> value for this system setting should be....
>>
>> Ola
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>> ----------------------------------
>> Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
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>>
>> On 3 May 2016 at 21:12, Jim Grace <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> To me the most important way to address this is to allow an
>>> implementation-wide default. The space character is in many ways the
>>> "correct" separator according to international norms, and is even making
>>> inroads into countries such as the US that traditionally use the comma. I
>>> think the space is probably the best "factory" default for DHIS 2, so that
>>> large numbers are readable on demonstration systems, and so we follow
>>> international and emerging standards.
>>>
>>> However, an implementation should be able to override this with an
>>> implementation-wide default of comma, where a preponderance of users for
>>> that implementation are more used to this, and/or where exporting to Excel
>>> is a concern.
>>>
>>> Expecting users to override the default every time they create a pivot
>>> table is not very user-friendly.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I vote for having none as default (1432) then one can choose what they
>>>> want in options
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 7:36 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>> we are getting many (conflicting) requests for what the default value
>>>>> should be for the "digit group separator" in the pivot table app.
>>>>>
>>>>> So lets decide with a poll.. Cast your vote here before Friday 6th!
>>>>>
>>>>> http://doodle.com/poll/vtyzgts226aqihev
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The digit group separator controls how large numbers are being split
>>>>> up, e.g.
>>>>>
>>>>> 1 432
>>>>> 1,432
>>>>> 1432
>>>>>
>>>>> The digit group separator can be controlled from Options.
>>>>>
>>>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lars
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>>>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>>>>> University of Oslo
>>>>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>>>>> lars@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
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