dhis2-users team mailing list archive

[Adebusoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ola,

Thanks for the input. Will have stinker around to see which suits our needs best.

Regards,

Busoye

On 7 Aug 2013, at 13:50, Ola Hodne Titlestad <olati@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Busoye,
> 
> We don't support that kind of patient attributes linked directly to the orgunit hierrachy. 
> You can set up an attribute with Value Type = Predefined Value with a flat list of options, which in theory you can populate with a list of all sub-districts (e.g. copy from orgunit hierrachy using sql)... But you won't get the dynamic linking to the orgunit hierarchy that you seem to be asking for.
> 
> The only way to link the person to an orgunit is via the actual events/visits of a patient, through the orgunit providing the service. 
> That orgunit, e.g. a health facility, will be linked to a sub-district through the hierarchy, or could be member of an orgunit group that specifies the location. 
> You can also specify coordinates for each event if you need to track event locations that are outside the orgunit hierarchy.
> 
> But if you want to capture a static location for a patient that is independent of the location of the events/visits, we don't have a way to link that to the orgunit hierarchy.
> 
> Ola
> ------
> 
> 
>  
> ----------------------------------
> Ola Hodne Titlestad (Mr)
> HISP
> Department of Informatics
> University of Oslo
> 
> Mobile: +47 48069736
> Home address: Eftasåsen 68, 0687 Oslo, Norway. Googlemaps link
> 
> 
> On 7 August 2013 13:27, Adebusoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Is it possible to create an org unit lookup field in the patient tracker module? For instance we want to be able to link a Patient_Attribute, Sub_District (Address), to the orgunit hierarchy rather than a free text. Can anyone help?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Busoye
> _______________________________________________
> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users
> Post to     : dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>