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Re: Using data dimensions as filters in GIS in DHIS2

 

Hi Elmarie,

yes agree that this needs to be done. We had thought about this earlier, it
is planned for 2.27 or 2.28:

https://jira.dhis2.org/browse/DHIS2-301


regards,

Lars




On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 11:03 AM, Elmarie Claasen <elmarie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>
>
> The GIS UI does not allow for filtering specific indicators by data
> dimensions. E.g. if you added an attribute for funder as a data dimension
> it is available as a filter in Pivot table and Data Visualiser but in GIS
> there is no such filters. I can understand that GIS would be limited to
> selecting one attribute as a filter similar to how you can only select one
> indicator per layer but this would be a nice feature to have because
> without it GIS becomes not usable for scenarios where you use attributes.
>
>
>
> Would it be possible to consider this so that I can add a Jira issue for
> it?
>
>
>
> Use case:
>
> I would like to map an indicator e.g Cost per unit by different Principle
> recipients of a specific grant (Attributes) and would create e.g. 3 layers
> one for each Principle Recipient but to do this I need to be able to filter
> the indicator on each layer for one of those Principle recipients
> (Attributes).
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> *Elmarie Claasen*
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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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