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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Laura,

just to say we are looking into this and will get back to you early next
week.

regards,

Lars


On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 5:37 PM, Laura E. Lincks <
laura.lincks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Version:2.21
> Build revision:21018
>
> ​(We'll be upgrading to 2.23 soon)
>
> Our Program is set up with a Stage that uses *Date of Enrollment *as the *Report
> Date to Use. *We have given the *Description of Report date *its own name.
>
> When I search for an existing registration for an Enrollment date I KNOW
> exists I get no results for mysearch (other searchable attributes *do *return
> results.) Furthermore, in the search box, the text before the Date still
> reads "Enrollment date" rather than taking our descriptor... this defeats
> the purpose a bit of adding our own description and could prove confusing
> to our users. Furthermore still, when I generate an Event Report simply
> querying all data values for all data elements for the program area, the
> "Event Date" can be included as one of the column dimensions gets pulled
> into the output has a header reads "Event Date". But it apparently
> represents "Enrollment Date". With so many date possibilities the
> inconsistent naming of each really adds confusion to the whole Tracker
> process. Am I misunderstanding the functionality of these date fields or
> was some of this corrected in later versions of DHIS?
>
> *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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Lars Helge Øverland
Lead developer, DHIS 2
University of Oslo
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