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[Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks a lot for the information Lars.

Really appreciate it.

Regards
Vanya

On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Vanya,
>
> thanks for raising this issue - it's a good question. Having program
> indicators based on a data element / attributes dates instead of event date
> has come up earlier and something we will have to support.
>
> Short story: Currently this is not possible.
>
> Long story: The current event analytics solution has a compromise between
> query performance and flexibility around dates. If you have a look at the
> event analytics tables (e.g. "analytics_event_2015_ebayegv0exc") you will
> see two things:
>
> - The tables are partitioned by year (one analytics table with events per
> year per program) based on event date. This reduces query time since the
> indexes and tables become smaller instead of growing longer infinitely as
> times goes.
>
> - The tables have columns for all period types based on event date. This
> makes it possible to aggregate all periods in a query through group-bys on
> those columns, instead of having to do one query per period, and hence
> improves performance a lot.
>
> All this is great for performance but limits the analysis to be based on
> event date. To partition data one needs a partition key and event date is
> pretty much the only suitable candidate (in addition to program).
>
> So to support aggregation / analytics based on any date from data
> elements/attributes of the events, one must sacrifice some of this and
> basically have one analytics table per program, and have one query per
> aggregation period. This will soon be a very popular requirement so we will
> have to support it - still pondering how to solve this in a way which
> offers required performance and flexibility.
>
>
> best regards,
>
> Lars
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> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Vanya Seth <vanyas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi dhis-devs
>>
>> We are looking at doing some analysis for the Anonymous events. For which
>> we are trying to set up some program indicators.
>>
>> Currently the issue that we face is that the events that DHIS2 considers
>> for calculations within a specific reporting period (week, month) in event
>> reports/visualizer, are the ones whose event date is within that reporting
>> period.
>>
>> *Example of the problem*
>>
>> *Inpatient mortality rate*
>>
>> Relevant data elements: date of discharge, exit mode [death, discharged
>> ...]
>>
>> *Requirement:*
>>
>> - Get all events where the discharge date was within the reporting period
>> (all exits during period)
>>
>> - Get all events where the discharge date was within the reporting period
>> and the exit mode was "death" (deaths during reporting period)
>>
>> - Divide deaths/all exits to get the mortality rate (indicator)
>>
>> As an example, if a patient gets admitted in April 2016 and hence the
>> event date is in the April 2016 reporting period. Now say the patient gets
>> discharged in May 2016. But this exit will be calculated in the April 2016
>> reporting period due to considering the event date for analysis.
>> There is no direct way in DHIS where in we can match the reporting period
>> to a date based data elements for filtering out data or also include them
>> in indicators.
>>
>> Any thoughts about how other users have solved these kind of issues would
>> be much appreciated.
>>
>>
>> --
>> With Regards
>> Vanya
>> ThoughtWorks Technologies
>> Hyderabad
>>
>> --Stay Hungry Stay Foolish!!
>>
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> Lars Helge Øverland
> Lead developer, DHIS 2
> University of Oslo
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With Regards
ThoughtWorks Technologies
Hyderabad

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