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Re: Creating Org units with same names

 

I tried to create an existing org unit under a different parent, I get a
warning, but still creates the org unit. I want to understand the
ramifications of this action.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:27 PM, Muyepa A. <muyepaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Juma for the clarification,  I agree names should be unique at the
> same level. It is a hard pill to take for me. I cannot understand why given
> that muyepa is a health center in district1, should not be a health center
> in another district x or many others
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 10:10 PM, Juma Lungo <juma.lungo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Muyepa
>>
>> You should use “Full Qualified Names” to avoid same names. This is very
>> important for data analysis.
>> For example, Muyepa district is different from Muyeper region; same for
>> Muyepa dispensary is different from Muyepa hospital. And this is what we
>> call full qualified names.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Lungo
>> ---
>> Dr. Juma Lungo - Expert in Information Systems
>> juma.lungo@xxxxxxxxxxxx | M: +255 787 065 098
>>
>>
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 11:05 PM, Muyepa A. <muyepaa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> When creating org unit, each orgunit must have a unique name, fine.
>> Should this be the case even if the names are at different levels? I want
>> to create org units that have same names for each district.
>>
>> Anthony
>>
>>
>>
>

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