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[Ngoc Thanh Nguyen <thanh.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

I believe the calculated data value (now as indicator) can only be seen
after an aggregation is run.
In addition, in some forms in some countries like VN, auto-calculated data
elements some time can be input by users.

In VN, we use Javascript to achieve this. However, it is quite complicated.
Imagine that you have to rebuild a spreadsheet engine.

Important lesson learnt was if a dataelement is auto-calculated, make sure
no one can change it manually. Otherwise, you end up with very low data
quality.

Thanh


On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 11:15 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Robin,
>
> You can simply use an indicator to do this.
>
> In case you have not seen it, we have extensive documentation on the use
> of indicators here
>
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch13.html#indicator_maintenance
>
> It should also be possible to calculate the value from other data, not
> contained in the data entry form, IF it exists for the same orgunit and
> period.
>
> Best regards,
> Jason
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Robin Martens <martens@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>   Dear all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know if there's a way to have auto-calculated fields in data
>> entry forms? This auto-calculated field would then be available for further
>> reporting and indicator calculation (i.e. it is a data element calculated
>> based on other data elements in the same entry form).
>>
>>
>>
>> Actually, if it would be possible to calculate data elements based on
>> other data elements outside of a data form, that would be great too (but if
>> I remember well this is currently not possible).
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>
>>
>>
>> Robin
>>
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