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Re: Generating Monthly Indicators

 

Thanks Jason,

Now I understand.

Thanks also to Ola and Lars.

Appreciate it very much ALL your assistance.

Kind regards,

Baakai

On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Jason Pickering <
jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Baakai,
> Once you have annualized all the indicators which you need to, the effect
> of caching should resolve itself after the cache expires, which is usually
> 6AM the next day.  What Lars meant was, that if you need to immediately
> check your results, you should disable caching on the server.  Otherwise,
> the problem will resolve itself.
>
> Regards,
> Jason
> On Mar 29, 2015 8:10 AM, "Baakai Kamoriki" <btkamoriki@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lars and Ola,
>>
>> I am not quite clear on what you mean by "disable cache *while
>> developing your system configuration*", and then this phrase "turn it
>> back on when you *put your system in production*". Note the Bold
>> phrases.
>>
>> But now I've come to understand why we have to annualize (give a factor
>> of 12) indicators when we want to generate monthly indicators while using
>> yearly denominator.  I've just realized that when indicators are not
>> annualized the figures are so small because they were monthly data against
>> yearly population.
>>
>> I have tried to run bloody diarrhoea incidence (Not annualized) by month
>> for 2014 selecting all provinces as org units, then i run the same
>> indicator again (this time Annualized), for the same period but for only 4
>> provinces.  Then i just realized that the results were not the same. The
>> results of the annualized indicator were much higher as they have been
>> factored by 12.
>>
>> Thank you so much for clarifying and pointing out the issue.  So it was a
>> cache browser issue then.
>>
>> So now what do I do.  Do I have to keep clearing the browser every time I
>> make mistake of this kind.
>>
>> For your advice, please.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Baakai
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:25 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> it's a good idea to disable caching while developing your system
>>> configuration. Do it from apps > settings > cache strategy > no cache.
>>>
>>> You can turn it back on when you put your system in production.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mrs Baakai Kamoriki
>> Chief Medical Statistician
>> HIS Unit/ MOH
>> Honiara
>> Solomon Islands
>>
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Mrs Baakai Kamoriki
Chief Medical Statistician
HIS Unit/ MOH
Honiara
Solomon Islands

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