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Re: [Dhis2-users] Limit on data attribute - category options
Nice solution! We will give a try. Thank you very much!
Marc
2017-04-03 10:08 GMT+02:00 Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Marc,
>
> as Jason says you can use the sharing (docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/sharing.html>) solution for
> this by sharing each category option (representing e.g. partners)
> appropriately. This can be done in many ways depending on the level of
> complexity of your organization. At its very basic level, you can create
> one user group per implementing partner, then share each partner category
> option with read access to the appropriate user group. This way, when
> partners log into data entry, they will only see the category options in
> the category drop-down which are relevant to them.
>
> Sharing can easily grow complex so it is advisable to keep things simple
> and think through the design up front (as always).
>
> regards,
>
> Lars
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:44 AM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Yes, you can use "Sharing" controlled with user groups. However, it can
>> get complex quickly, and usually requires very careful user management
>> routines, coupled with automatic scripting to get it right.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Marc Garnica <marcgarnica13@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> This is also a requirement for us but we are wondering if it is possible
>>> to implement a "user" visibility of the data sets category options. For
>>> example a user from Spain only being acessible to the Spain Implementer
>>> Partners or a user only accessing to the category options where he's in
>>> charge to enter data.
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot!
>>> Marc Garnica
>>>
>>> 2017-04-03 9:15 GMT+02:00 Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>>
>>>> Yes, we do have fixed relationships within those categories, so this
>>>> works for us!
>>>>
>>>> This implementation is much safer as well since it will not require a
>>>> data entrant to filter through the different categories.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thank you.
>>>>
>>>> Sam Kasozi
>>>> +256 788-993-565
>>>> Skype: sam.kasoziug
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Sam,
>>>>>
>>>>> yes it should be possible to set this up in DHIS 2.
>>>>>
>>>>> In your case, if you create all 4 as categories you might end up with
>>>>> a very high number of option combo permutations.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, it might be that you have fixed relationships within those
>>>>> categories. For example, it could be that one grant is supported by exactly
>>>>> one implementing partner and donor. In that case, you should not ask end
>>>>> users to actively select partner and donor in data entry; rather have them
>>>>> select the grant only (as a data set category). From there, you can set up
>>>>> category option groups and group sets:
>>>>>
>>>>> Group set: Donor
>>>>> Groups: USAID, DFID, etc
>>>>>
>>>>> Group set: Implementing partner
>>>>> Groups: PartnerA, PartnerB, etc
>>>>>
>>>>> Then you assign each grant to exactly one group per group set. You can
>>>>> now do analytics based on the above dimensions without having end users
>>>>> explicitly selecting them in data entry. This will keep number of category
>>>>> option combos low and reduce time and errors during data entry. Make sure
>>>>> you set the category option group sets as "data dimension".
>>>>>
>>>>> Docs here
>>>>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_category.html>.
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Lars
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We would like to add the data attributes: Donor, Program,
>>>>>> Implementing Partner and Grant in a category combination to some datasets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Looking at the data that needs to be imported, the Donors and
>>>>>> Programs are few, however, the IPs and grants are in the range of 200 and
>>>>>> 500 respectively; of course with potential to increase over time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am wondering if the DHIS2 is designed to manage that kind of data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sam Kasozi
>>>>>> +256 788-993-565
>>>>>> Skype: sam.kasoziug
>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>>>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>>>>> University of Oslo
>>>>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>>>>> lars@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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> Lars Helge Øverland
> Lead developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
> Skype: larshelgeoverland
> lars@xxxxxxxxx
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