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[Olav Poppe <olav.poppe@xxxxxx>]

Hi,
been discussing this a bit here: there is not really any good way of doing this, but there are a couple of alternatives. In general, the challenge is to do this in a way where you don’t loose the ability to do analysis of the old data.

Alternative 1:
In the fixed + outreach category you can add «Unkown» as an option (blocked or hidden in data entry), and put all the historical data into «Unkown». The problem is that the «Unkown» category will be visible in different places, and that looks a bit strange, especially since no new data is coming in. It will also require some work in the database to put all the historical data into the «Unkown» option. However, you will only have one data element with both the new and old data.

Alternative 2:
Add a new category combination and a new set of data elements. The problem here is the fact that you will have two sets of data elements, which can be confusing for users and make it difficult to make good reports with both new and old data.


Olav



13. jan. 2014 kl. 13:23 skrev Stephen Gbanyan <mambu9@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi All,
> 
> I am trying to modify some section in the DHIS2 and finding it
> difficult to do and I have decided to share it to get some assistance.
> I am attaching a file table 1 is how the Dataset is currently in the
> DHIS2 and Table 2 is how I want it to be modify. I created five data
> elements with a category of pregnant and non-pregnant but now i want
> to add Pregnant (Fixed + Outreach).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
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