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[Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think what you suggest is right, although Ola is probably the
authoritative source for the answer. A calculated data element would
seem to be the correct way to go.

I would strongly discourage the second alternative, as it is entirely
possible that people would enter something anyway other than N/A in
Form B. ( I have seen this happen here)

Regards,
Jason



On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:42 AM, Friedman, Roger (CDC/CGH/DGHA) (CTR)
<rdf4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Folks –
>
>     In our Ghana implementation, for some childbirth information, teaching
> hospitals use one form (Form A) and other facilities use another (Form B).
>  For some data which the two forms gather in common, Form A is more
> disaggregated (A1[x,y]) than Form B (B1[x]).  The data for A1 appears as a
> grid with totals for A1[x,*], A1[*,y], A1[*,*], which are calculated
> variables that appear on the form and the dataset report.  Similarly, the
> data for B1 appears as a list with a total for B1[*].  A1 and B1 are to be
> aggregated for all statistics and indicators.  Am I correct that I need to
> use either another calculated variable (Q1 = A1+B1) or the expression A1+B1
> in all my statistics and indicators?  If I want to coerce Form A data into a
> Form B dataset report at the aggregate level, I have to create a new dataset
> with all calculated variables of the form A1[x,*]+B1[x]?  Am I better off
> adding an N/A value for y and collecting A1[x,N/A] on Form B?
>
> Thanks, Roger
>
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