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[Archana Chillala <archanac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

​Hi,

Thank you for the responses, Abyot, Jan and Jason. Could you please let us
know​ an approximate timeline around which visualisation will be supported
for this data element type.

*Cheers,*

Archana Chillala
Application Developer
Email archanac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 4:18 PM, Jan Henrik Øverland <jan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Agree with Abyot that the half baked solution is not a good one.
>
> Will consider a backport for the analysis apps as soon as this is
> supported.
>
> Jan
>
> On 25 October 2016 at 12:16, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Value types ORGANISATION_UNIT and COORDINATE are new additions. Handling
>> the data entry part is the first step, the next step is the analysis part
>> which is coming.
>>
>> Probably a mistake to have a half baked solutions. However, there are
>> users who export data and do visualizations using separate systems.
>>
>> --
>> Abyot A. Gizaw.
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 25, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Archana Chillala <
>> archanac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We are now using the latest 2.25 DHIS version. The new feature "*Data
>>> Element of value type organisation unit*" proves to be extremely useful
>>> to us. We have a use-case where we want to record the geo-locations
>>> (villages) of each individual patient at the Heath Centre they attend. And
>>> this feature seems a right approach for us, to be used for this purpose
>>> where these locations will be part of the master organisation unit
>>> hierarchy and can be selected from the list shown for the data element.
>>>
>>> We have configured a tracker type data element of value type 'org unit',
>>> assigned to a Program and stored some data. However, when we tried to
>>> visualise this data collected for that data element, through Event Reports
>>> and Event Visualiser app, it gives an error saying "No series items
>>> selected". Also, since the value of the data element is a string (which is
>>> the UID of the org. unit), we are not clear as to how we could visualise
>>> this data element. Ideally, what we need is a COUNT of the number of times
>>> a geo-location (some org. unit) selected.
>>>
>>> We also tried to use program indicators to form an expression that can
>>> give the desired result. But, that data element doesn't even come up in the
>>> box, where we choose data elements and form expressions. Only number type
>>> data elements show up here.
>>>
>>> Is there any other way we could use aggregation and visualisation for
>>> this new data element type?
>>> Could you also please let us know the road map for the visualisation
>>> capabilities of this new data element.
>>>
>>> Any help here would be appreciated.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Cheers,*
>>>
>>> Archana Chillala
>>> Application Developer
>>> Email archanac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Telephone +91 9100960533 <+91+9100960533>
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> --
> Jan Henrik Øverland
> Software developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>