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[Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>]

We have thought about that. The argument back then was, the atomicity in
tracker is not data value rather the event / visit.

Not sure how it makes sense to comment and latter interpret the age,
gender, address,... (and of course other services provided) of an
individual. The assumption is to have a general observation about the event
(at the visit level) and also long term observation (at the enrollment
level).

Also, it is not possible to edit comment. If a need to amend arises, one
has to write another comment - this is more like a log book.



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Abyot A. Gizaw.
Senior Engineer, DHIS2
University of Oslo
http://www.dhis2.org

On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:03 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Abyot,
>
> Sure, I know that - I'm just interested in why the comment field wasn't
> included per data value as it is for aggregated data. Was it a deliberate
> choice? Or simply that nobody thought about it at the time? I'm thinking of
> writing a JIRA issue for it, but would like to know if there are/were
> specific considerations against a data value comment field (and if yes,
> what they were).
>
> Regards
> calle
>
> On 10 February 2017 at 10:25, Abyot Asalefew Gizaw <abyot@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Calle,
>>
>> Though not per data value, we do have support for comment per event and
>> also per enrollment.
>>
>> --
>> Abyot A. Gizaw.
>> Senior Engineer, DHIS2
>> University of Oslo
>> http://www.dhis2.org
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> One design feature for DHIS aggregated data that has been there since
>>> 1997 is the COMMENT field - which is used to support a "rich picture" by
>>> enabling users to add explanatory comments or additional info linked
>>> directly to a specific data value.
>>>
>>> Why are there no comment fields within Events and Tracker? It's of
>>> course possible to add additional attributes or data elements to store the
>>> "richer picture" but it would be preferable to have the COMMENT option as
>>> an alternative.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Calle
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