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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Julhas. Let us know how it goes.

Lars

On Feb 27, 2017 4:26 PM, "Julhas Sujan" <julhaspustcse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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,
>>
>> Lars
>>
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>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 12:43 PM, Julhas Sujan <julhaspustcse@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 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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>>
>>
>> --
>> Lars Helge Øverland
>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>> University of Oslo
>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
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>>
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