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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Alex, are you just saying you need a different GUI widget (e.g. a dropdown
which allows for multi-select) or do you also want to store this
differently in the data model?

I suppose you are in some ways asking for an option set which you can
select multiple options, but when it comes to the storage, I think Jason's
point about the analytics is fundamental here. In order to make use of
these data, it needs to come down to individual data elements  behind the
scenes (in the model (I don't attributes would work so well, for the same
reason).

Knut

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Jason and Prosper,
>
> Thanks for sharing the idea of how it can be implemented. However, this
> works for a few options. In IDSR implementation I have encountered more
> than 30 symptoms. I think, we need to figure out how this can be achieved.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Alex
>
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> The reason is has to be separate data elements is because of analytics.
>> If you have a single data element with multiple choices, there is currently
>> not a way to aggregate all of these. So lets say you have a question like
>>
>> What symptoms does the patient have?
>> a) Headache
>> b) Fever
>> c) Fatigue
>>
>> If there was some sort of UI component like you are talking about with a
>> single data element, we would need to record something like
>> Headache; Fever; Fatigue
>> in a single row in the database. When we aggregate it, well, it would not
>> be really clear how we would do this. We would need to parse out all of the
>> options and then somehow transform them into
>>
>> Headache = 2
>> Fever = 4
>> Fatigue = 5
>>
>> The of course you have more complicated situations like patients who have
>> both Fever and Fatigue.
>>
>> So, the way it has to be implemented now in DHIS2, is through a boolean
>> data element.
>>
>> Does the patient have a headache?
>> Does the patient have a fever?
>> Does the patient have fatigue?
>>
>> Aggregation becomes just a matter of counting how many of these are true.
>>
>> So, you could implement some sort of custom control do to this, but in
>> the end, you would need completely separate data elements, but maybe this
>> was not really your question, since you were asking about a UI component?
>>
>> Currently, its not there, but has been asked for several times.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:00 PM, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Paul,
>>>
>>> Thanks for sharing this, its some blue print being discussed not yet
>>> implemented, we hope it can come soon especially for IDSR - symptoms. The
>>> work around right now is to design all the different options are either
>>> attributes or data elements depending on where they are going to be used
>>> with data type Yes Only
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>>
>>> ​Or if you are using a custom form, you can implement it your way
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> ​
>>>
>>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Arun Paul <paul.arun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> I am configuring a program using Tracker Capture. It requires data
>>>> input using a multi-select dropdown or multi-select checkbox. Example for
>>>> such a field is "Symptoms" or "Drugs given for treatment". For these
>>>> fields, I need to select more than one option as answers.
>>>>
>>>> Is this UI component already supported?
>>>>
>>>> Else, how can I support this through some work around or
>>>> code-customization ?
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know.
>>>>
>>>> ​Thanks in advance
>>>> ,
>>>> - Arun Paul
>>>>
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