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[Julhas Sujan <julhaspustcse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

Thank you very much. Yes this is possible to set zero for each field. I
will follow your recommendation and share with you the update.


*Best Regards*

*Julhas *

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Julhas,
>
> that's an interesting problem. We could certainly implement support for
> deletion per org unit/period.
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> I would however recommend another approach: For each aggregate report you
> send from eTBM, make sure you send a value, including 0, for* each field*
> in the aggregate TB form. This will make your information more explicit,
> ie. you communicate that for all data element + category option combos
> exactly how many cases you have. The benefit then is that if cases are
> deleted in the upstream system (eTBM), it will be correctly reflected in
> the aggregate form in DHIS 2.
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> This will be semantically more correct than simply dropping all data
> values first. I.e. when you look at the audit logs for each data element,
> you will see that a value changed from a positive value, then potentially
> to a 0 value. This will look better compared to audit logs showing that all
> values were deleted every day. This will improve auditability and data
> validation.
>
> Of course this might lead to the aggregate export payload becoming a bit
> bigger, but I think that can be justified. You can also make sure that the
> TB data elements are set to "zero not significant", which will delete or
> not store 0 values on the DHIS 2 side.
>
> Let me know if this sounds reasonable.
>
> best,
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> Lars
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> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Julhas Sujan <julhaspustcse@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>> Dear All,
>>
>> Good evening!
>>
>> We are working on DHIS2 TB-10,11 and 12 forms (for Bangladesh) to
>> integrate with external eTB manager application
>> <http://etbmanagerbd.org/>. The TB forms have developed in DHIS2 for
>> collecting TB -10,11 and 12 data from Upazila level in Bangladesh but we
>> have a local level application(eTBM) that is using to collect individual
>> case record and generate aggregated TB-10,11 and 12 reports. Now  our goal
>> is to integrate eTMB with DHIS2 TB forms.
>>
>> Already we have tested the integration that is working fine. But we are
>> facing a problem with deleting existing records of these forms. I have a
>> question on it:
>>
>> *Is there any way of requesting DHIS2 to clear or delete the whole TB 10
>> form for a specific orgunit and period before sending the external data?*
>>
>>
>> Thank you very much for your co-operations.
>>
>>
>> *If you have any questions or concerns, don’t hesitate to let me know.*
>>
>> *Best Regards*
>> *Julhas Sujan*
>> Senior Java Programmer
>> Management Science for Health(MSH)
>> Dhaka, Bangladesh
>> Cell: +8801989 442856
>> Skype: julhas08
>> ​
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>>
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