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[Kristof Bostoen <kristof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Elmarie Claasen,

Thank you very much for your prompt reply and confirming that this could
work. I was wondering if anybody has implemented another approach that does
not require a double entry of the street name as a placeholder?

Kind regards
K.

On 31 May 2016 at 14:12, Elmarie Claasen <elmarie@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Kristof,
>
> What you are really proposing is a placeholder orgunit (to fill the gap in
> your hierarchy). We have also done that in South Africa and I would say it
> is a workable solution in your case.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Elmarie
> HISP-SA
> On 31 May 2016 14:01, "Kristof Bostoen" <kristof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> We are starting the steep DHIS2 learning curve for its use in the water
>> sector and would like to benefit from your collective experience to get
>> our implementation right.
>> We map all the points according to the national
>> geo-administrative hierarchy of the country but the hierarchy is slightly
>> different in Urban and rural areas.
>> Down to ward it is the same but then in urban areas it goes down to
>> street one level only while in rural areas there are two level down,
>> villages and and Hamlets as illustrated below.
>>
>> We think we do best to duplicate the street as highlighted in the table
>> but are not sure that is required. Anybody came across a similar problem
>> and implemented an elegant solution?
>> Always happy to clarify if required.
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your help
>> Kristof
>>
>> Monitoring[4]Change
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>> Urban
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>> Rural
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>> 1
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>> Zones
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>> 2
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>> Regions
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>> 3
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>> Districts
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>> 4
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>> Divisions
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>> 5
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>> Wards
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>> 6
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>> Street
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>> Villages
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>> 7
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>> Street
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>> Hamlets
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>> 8
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>> Water distribution point
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