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

Yeah... why not?

*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 Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Knut Staring
>>>>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
>>>>> +4791880522
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>
>
> --
> Knut Staring
> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo
> +4791880522
> http://dhis2.org
>