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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 8:34 PM, Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> blueprint for groups:
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/dhis2/+spec/program-indicator-groups
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Okay thanks. Put this up for 2.25.



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> As for the tracker data element groups, I didn’t quite understand how that
> would work?
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> What I was thinking of was for cases where you have for example discharge
> diagnosis or deaths, and would like to have a table with diagnosis (rows)
> and age (columns). Or, I imagine, any circumstance where you have program
> indicator that could be disaggregated by age or sex, you might want to do
> something similar (vaccine doses for each antigen vs age; ANC visits vs age
> of mother etc). Would what you describe work on those cases? The simple
> examples I mention you could get in event reports, but not the ones
> requiring a bit more logic.
>

Right. Disaggregation of program indicators becomes a bit complex. Let's
discuss this later.





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> Olav
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> 19. mai 2016 kl. 20.11 skrev Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>:
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> Hi Olav,
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> yes having program indicator groups as a means of organizing a large list
> of program indicators sounds like a good and natural development. Please
> write a blueprint.
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> Having it as a data dimension will be tricky since program indicators are
> calculated/derived values.
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> What we have been thinking of though is to support data element groups +
> group sets for tracker data elements, which could be used as data
> dimensions. That could perhaps help with this problem as well.
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> regards,
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> Lars
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> On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Hi devs,
>> are there plans for program indicator groups? I didn’t find any
>> blueprints. It doesn’t take to many program indicators before it gets
>> confusing when you just have one huge list. Secondly, in cases where you
>> have data disaggregated by e.g. age and sex, it is currently quite limited
>> what you can do in the pivot table with program indicators - having program
>> indicator groups that could be used as data dimensions (like data element
>> groups) could help resolve that.
>>
>> Regards
>> Olav
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