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Re: What is the Aggregation operator of Data Element with Value Type Date

 

>
> I sense that you want to create some kind of report at the lowest org unit
> level where you want the date just to display as it was captured and not
> aggregated - correct?


Yes, this is exactly what I want to do. How can I add this column to a
report so that my report displays the date captured. If the pivot table can
not display the data element, can a report display it?

I am really stuck!



On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Morina,
>
> data of type "date" are not being aggregated at all in DHIS 2, so it will
> currently not be view-able in analysis at all.
>
> I sense that you want to create some kind of report at the lowest org unit
> level where you want the date just to display as it was captured and not
> aggregated - correct? In that case we could look into just rendering dates
> as they are, like we do with text-type data (no aggregation).
>
> regards,
>
> Lars
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Morina Matasi <morena.motsieng@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> My system is DHIS2.14 and PostgresQL 9.3
>>
>> I have configured a data element of Value Type Date to hold a date.
>> However, I am not sure which Aggregation operator should be used. Sum and
>> average do not seem to make sense on Value Type date.
>>
>> My data element with value type date can store the data entered on a data
>> entry form, BUT that value can not be displayed in a pivot table. My data
>> element has Aggregation operator Sum (which does not make sense for a
>> date), I also tried Average.
>>
>>
>>
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