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Re: [Dhis2-users] CLARITY ON DEFINITIONS FOR COUNTS IN PROGRAM INDICATORS

 

Thank you so much Markus,this clears it all.Every day is a learning
experience.

My regards

Stanley.

On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 2:55 PM, Markus Bekken <markus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Stanley!
>
> You possibly already read this chapter in the docs:
> 26.4.1.7. About variables
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_program_indicator.html#d0e30820>
>
> We can probably expand a bit more in the docs on how the different counts
> work. Here is a bit more of an explanation for the different counts.
>
> *Count of events(event mode):* When looking at this in an pivot, it
> counts the number of events that
> - has an event date within the given period
> - happened at the orgunit(s) included in the report
> - matches any other filters you might have defined in the "Filter" part of
> the program indicator.
>
> *Count of enrollments(event mode):* Is counting a subset of the "Count of
> events" above. When several events is linked to one enrollment, each of
> these groups will only be counted as one. An alternative narrative way of
> explaining it is that you count how many different enrollments that is
> represented with at least one event within the given period and orgunit(s).
>
> *Count of tracked entity instances(event mode):* Is counting a subset of
> the "Count of enrollments" above. When several events is linked to one
> enrollment, and several enrollments is linked to one tracked entity
> instance, all these are grouped and counted on the tracked entity instance
> level. An alternative narrative way of explaining it is that you count how
> many different tracked entity instances that is represented with at least
> one event within the given period and orgunit(s).
> As you can see, all these counts is by default founded in the individual
> events that happened within the reporting boundaries. In 2.26 we added
> another mode for program indicators in tracker programs called "Enrollment"
> mode. This is opposed to the "Event" mode that is explained above, and that
> is the default mode for all program indicators. Enrollment mode might be
> useful in some cases when working with tracker data. If you select
> "Enrollment" as the mode for the program indicator, the enrollment itself
> is the foundation for all counting, expressions and filtering. Here is how
> the counts behave in enrollment mode:
>
> *Count of events(enrollment mode):* Not yet supported enrollment mode,
> but improvement issue is registered: https://jira.dhis2.org/browse/
> DHIS2-1068?jql=text%20~%20%22count%22
>
> *Count of enrollments(enrollment mode):* When looking at this in an
> pivot, it counts the number of *enrollments* that
> - has an *enrollment* date within the given period
> - *was* *enrolled* at the orgunit(s) included in the report
> - matches any other filters you might have defined in the "Filter" part of
> the program indicator.
>
> *Count of tracked entity instances(enrollment mode):* Is counting a
> subset of the "Count of enrollments" above. When several enrollments is
> linked to one tracked entity instance, all these are groups are counted as
> one. An alternative narrative way of explaining it is that you count how
> many different tracked entity instances that was enrolled within the
>
> Hope this explanation can help you when looking into your mentioned
> difference in numbers between event reports and program indicators. If you
> want further assistance on this part, please provide more detail on the
> indicator definition and the event reports query.
>
> Best regards,
> Markus
>
> 3. apr. 2017 kl. 09.19 skrev Stanley Kalyati <skalyati@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Can someone please define for me what i expect to get when i create an
> indicator based on the following in the expression description:
>
> 1-Count of events,what will the indicator count
> 2-Count of enrollment,will this count all enrollments within the program
> 3-Count of tracked entity instances,what will this count.
>
> I am saying this because when i extract enrollment data using Events
> Reports,i get a figure that is different from that which is generated by
> the program indicator whose expression description is "Count of enrollment"
>
> A simple definition will help out,.
>
> Thanks
>
> Stanley
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