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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I have been missing this for a long time. Should I make a blueprint
for it?

Thanks,
Knut


On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM, Nayeem Al Mifthah <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 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
>
> Email: *n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx>*
> *   | nayeem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <nayeem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
> Cell:*+8801914030574*
>
>
> 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
>>>>
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>>>> Knut Staring
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>


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Knut Staring
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