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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

The reason is has to be separate data elements is because of analytics. If
you have a single data element with multiple choices, there is currently
not a way to aggregate all of these. So lets say you have a question like

What symptoms does the patient have?
a) Headache
b) Fever
c) Fatigue

If there was some sort of UI component like you are talking about with a
single data element, we would need to record something like
Headache; Fever; Fatigue
in a single row in the database. When we aggregate it, well, it would not
be really clear how we would do this. We would need to parse out all of the
options and then somehow transform them into

Headache = 2
Fever = 4
Fatigue = 5

The of course you have more complicated situations like patients who have
both Fever and Fatigue.

So, the way it has to be implemented now in DHIS2, is through a boolean
data element.

Does the patient have a headache?
Does the patient have a fever?
Does the patient have fatigue?

Aggregation becomes just a matter of counting how many of these are true.

So, you could implement some sort of custom control do to this, but in the
end, you would need completely separate data elements, but maybe this was
not really your question, since you were asking about a UI component?

Currently, its not there, but has been asked for several times.

Regards,
Jason


On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Dear Paul,
>
> Thanks for sharing this, its some blue print being discussed not yet
> implemented, we hope it can come soon especially for IDSR - symptoms. The
> work around right now is to design all the different options are either
> attributes or data elements depending on where they are going to be used
> with data type Yes Only
>
>
> [image: Inline image 1]
>
> ​Or if you are using a custom form, you can implement it your way
>
> Regards
>
> ​
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Arun Paul <paul.arun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am configuring a program using Tracker Capture. It requires data input
>> using a multi-select dropdown or multi-select checkbox. Example for such a
>> field is "Symptoms" or "Drugs given for treatment". For these fields, I
>> need to select more than one option as answers.
>>
>> Is this UI component already supported?
>>
>> Else, how can I support this through some work around or
>> code-customization ?
>>
>> Please let me know.
>>
>> ​Thanks in advance
>> ,
>> - Arun Paul
>>
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