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[Nayeem Al Mifthah <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx>]

An asterisk is a good option for indication. In Bangladesh we give
asterisks on custom forms. Default form should have the indication.

*Nayeem Al Mifthah*
HMIS C
onsultant
Management Information System
Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Bangladesh
Supported by: UNICEF
-Bangladesh

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On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:23 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There should be an option to enforce it like you say, but with the current
> implementation the form doesn't even indicate (eg with an asterisk) which
> data should always be entered, even when 0.
> It only shows up in validation.
> On Jul 17, 2014 4:07 PM, "Nayeem Al Mifthah" <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> As per my understanding. Compulsory data element is used for enforcing to
>> fill up of the element for fulfilling the dataset. Without fill the
>> compulsory data element(s) no one can complete the dataset.
>>
>> For numeric value there is a caution to use Compulsory data element about
>> zero '0' value saving.
>> For other data types it is OK for use.
>>
>> *Nayeem Al Mifthah*
>> HMIS C
>> onsultant
>> Management Information System
>> Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Bangladesh
>> Supported by: UNICEF
>> -Bangladesh
>>
>> Email: *n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx>*
>> *   | nayeem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nayeem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
>> Cell:*+8801914030574*
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Adebusoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It’s not enforced in the sense that you have validation violation if the
>>> data value is not completed. It is used as an alternative calculation for
>>> reporting rates.
>>>
>>> This is my understanding. There might be other views.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Busoye
>>>
>>> On 17 Jul 2014, at 09:54, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all, is the compulsory data elements enforced somehow? I'm not
>>> clear on how to use them....
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Knut
>>>
>>> --
>>> Knut Staring
>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
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