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[Mark Spohr <mhspohr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jason,
Thanks for this information.  It's much clearer now.

It looks like the data is saved as soon as it is entered so there is no
need to "Save Form" when you get to the bottom of the page.  It would be
good to understand the meaning of the "Auto save data entry form" general
setting.

The cells turn green as soon as they enter data so I assume that this is
saved data.

Thanks very much,
Mark

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Jason Pickering <jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
>
> > Zeros:
> > - All of the data items are set to "Don't store zeros".... what does that
> > mean?
> In many HIS databases, it has been seen observed a large proportion of
> the data values which are entered are zeros. In an aggregate data
> system, the zeros are not particularly significant when aggregated, so
> an option exists not to store them, even if they are entered.
>
> > When totaling, aggregating, averaging, etc.  will these data fields be
> > counted as zeros?
>
> Yes. Blanks/NULLS in DHIS2 (for the most part) act effectively as zeros.
>
> > Related.. on data entry I have them skipping over zero fields leaving
> them
> > blank... I assume this will be assumed to be a zero?
> Yes.
>
>
> >
> > Also,  there doesn't seem to be an explicit "SAVE FORM" but the data does
> > appear to be saved (even though the User General Settings does NOT have
> the
> > "Auto-save data entry form" box checked).  How does this work?
>
> Someone else may have to answer this question, I have never seen that
> setting before. Looks like we need to document that section a bit
> better.
>
> You should see the cells of the data entry form turn yellow (which
> means the data has been cached, but yet to be transmitted to the
> server. When the field turns green, it has been successfully
> transmitted to the server.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
>



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Mark Spohr, MD