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Re: [Dhis2-devs] Hiding a category in a pulldown list

 

Thanks for pointing that out, Rodolfo. I forgot about that and have never
made use of it but that may be the simplest solution!

*Laura E. Lincks*
Database Manager/Developer
ICAP - Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health
60 Haven Ave, Floor B1
New York, NY 10032
Tel: 212 304 7132

On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:07 AM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Category options also have star/ end date
>
>
> On Tuesday, 7 June 2016, Laura E. Lincks <laura.lincks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Great idea, Busoye. I will give it a try! Thank you!
>>
>> *Laura E. Lincks*
>> Database Manager/Developer
>> ICAP - Columbia University
>> Mailman School of Public Health
>> 60 Haven Ave, Floor B1
>> New York, NY 10032
>> Tel: 212 304 7132
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Busoye Anifalaje <busoye@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Laura,
>>>
>>> To limit access to the category option for data entry, one option would
>>> be to achieve this through sharing. You can
>>>
>>> 1) Go to the category option sharing
>>> 2) Set public to none
>>>
>>> For reporting purposes, you can create a category option group and
>>> category option group set. These can either be public (view only would be
>>> fine) or share with relevant user groups if relevant.
>>>
>>> I am assuming that you are referring to data set category options. So,
>>> Categories with Attribute Data Dimension Type.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Busoye
>>>
>>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 11:44, Laura E. Lincks <laura.lincks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Version:2.21
>>> Build revision:21018
>>>
>>> ​(We'll be upgrading to 2.23 soon)
>>>
>>> We wish to import historical data into a Category at the dataset level.
>>> This option need only exist for historical purposes... no new data will be
>>> entered into this category going forward. We would like to prevent users
>>> from accessing this category option when performing data entry  (but still
>>> have access to the other options in this same category) going forward. Is
>>> there a way to hide this one option from the data entry screen but enable
>>> it for reporting historical data along with current data?
>>>
>>> *Laura E. Lincks*
>>> Database Manager/Developer
>>> ICAP - Columbia University
>>> Mailman School of Public Health
>>> 60 Haven Ave, Floor B1
>>> New York, NY 10032
>>> Tel: 212 304 7132
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