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Re: API Access to indicators

 

Lars thank you understood.  Thanks everyone this is extremely helpful.

Matt

On Wednesday, November 4, 2015, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi Matt,
>
> note that we do not store indicator values at all in the system.
> Calculated / aggregated indicator values are computed on the fly and can be
> retrieved through the analytics web api resource
> <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s27.html>.
>
> Like Jan says, playing with the web pivot table app and going to download
> > plain datasource > json is a good way to learn the syntax.
>
> One example query URL looks like this:
>
>
> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/analytics.json?dimension=dx:Uvn6LCg7dVU;OdiHJayrsKo&dimension=pe:LAST_12_MONTHS&filter=ou:ImspTQPwCqd&displayProperty=SHORTNAME
>
>
>
> Lars
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:52 AM, Matt Berg <mlberg@xxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','mlberg@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> Hi DHIS2 Community,
>>
>> The DHIS2 indicator engine is very possible.  We are interested in
>> exploring ways to integrate it with external platforms and UI's.
>>
>> I'm curious on the API support for indicators.  From the documentation,
>> it looks like you might only be able to get indicator descriptions from the
>> API?  Is there an API endpoint that handles the standard CRUD operations
>> for indicators?
>>
>> https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s18.html
>>
>> Also, is there any documentation on how to access generated indicator
>> values via the API once they've been created.  For adding data, I assume we
>> just use the standard data input API's.
>>
>> Thanks for your help with this.
>>
>> Matt
>>
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> Lars Helge Øverland
> Lead developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
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