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Re: Dashboard Development

 

Hi Edouard,

Thanks, helpful tips. Will consider them and revert soonest.


On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 9:01 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> PEPFAR is using DHIS2 as their database platform. BUT they are also using
> a lot of other tools on top of that for analysis, reporting, and display.
>
> DHIS 2.29, released last week, has some significant improvements to what
> had become a somewhat stale/static dashboard design - I would check that
> out before considering apps and the like (lots of work to develop those)
>
> Regards
> Calle
>
> On 12 March 2018 at 08:47, Edouard Lavaud <edouard.lavaud@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Leke-Seweje,
>>
>>
>> To my knowledge, pepfar is not using DHIS2 (are they??).
>> If you want to change the look of the dashboards, I see three
>> possibilities, ranked from easiest to hardest:
>>
>>    - You create a DHIS2 app
>>    <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/apps.html>. In that
>>    case you only do some front-end development and use the API
>>    <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi.html> to
>>    manipulate the data.
>>    - You create the entire website (front and back end) and use the API
>>    <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi.html> to
>>    manipulate the data.
>>    - You "fork <https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core>" DHIS2 and create
>>    your own layout. Note that then you would have to merge back all the new
>>    bugs fix and features.
>>
>> If not already done, I would advise to first get a dashboard with the
>> already existing DHIS2 layout before thinking to switch to a new one.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Edouard
>>
>> PS: Myself still a newbie with DHIS2. Maybe some other people in this
>> list have better advices.
>>
>> 2018-03-11 23:42 GMT+02:00 Olaleke Seweje <sewejeolaleke@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>>
>>> I have just started using DHIS and I want to develop a dashboard based
>>> on DHIS2 data, something like https://data.pepfar.net/. Notice that the
>>> dashboard does not have the usual DHIS look and feel.
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been told that DHIS has a built in facility for doing this but I
>>> have not come across it in the DHIS documentation or any training materials.
>>>
>>>
>>> I need advise on how I can go about this please. Any helpful
>>> documentation or training materials that can help with this will be
>>> appreciated as well.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks all.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Leke Seweje
>>>
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>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>
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Regards,
Leke Seweje

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