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Re: [Dhis2-devs] Limit on data attribute - category options
Yes, you can use "Sharing" controlled with user groups. However, it can
get complex quickly, and usually requires very careful user management
routines, coupled with automatic scripting to get it right.
On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 9:31 AM, Marc Garnica <marcgarnica13@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> This is also a requirement for us but we are wondering if it is possible
> to implement a "user" visibility of the data sets category options. For
> example a user from Spain only being acessible to the Spain Implementer
> Partners or a user only accessing to the category options where he's in
> charge to enter data.
>
> Thanks a lot!
> Marc Garnica
>
> 2017-04-03 9:15 GMT+02:00 Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Yes, we do have fixed relationships within those categories, so this
>> works for us!
>>
>> This implementation is much safer as well since it will not require a
>> data entrant to filter through the different categories.
>>
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Sam Kasozi
>> +256 788-993-565
>> Skype: sam.kasoziug
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 11:15 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sam,
>>>
>>> yes it should be possible to set this up in DHIS 2.
>>>
>>> In your case, if you create all 4 as categories you might end up with a
>>> very high number of option combo permutations.
>>>
>>> However, it might be that you have fixed relationships within those
>>> categories. For example, it could be that one grant is supported by exactly
>>> one implementing partner and donor. In that case, you should not ask end
>>> users to actively select partner and donor in data entry; rather have them
>>> select the grant only (as a data set category). From there, you can set up
>>> category option groups and group sets:
>>>
>>> Group set: Donor
>>> Groups: USAID, DFID, etc
>>>
>>> Group set: Implementing partner
>>> Groups: PartnerA, PartnerB, etc
>>>
>>> Then you assign each grant to exactly one group per group set. You can
>>> now do analytics based on the above dimensions without having end users
>>> explicitly selecting them in data entry. This will keep number of category
>>> option combos low and reduce time and errors during data entry. Make sure
>>> you set the category option group sets as "data dimension".
>>>
>>> Docs here
>>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_category.html>.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:28 AM, Sam Kasozi <kasozis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> We would like to add the data attributes: Donor, Program, Implementing
>>>> Partner and Grant in a category combination to some datasets.
>>>>
>>>> Looking at the data that needs to be imported, the Donors and Programs
>>>> are few, however, the IPs and grants are in the range of 200 and 500
>>>> respectively; of course with potential to increase over time.
>>>>
>>>> I am wondering if the DHIS2 is designed to manage that kind of data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> regards,
>>>>
>>>> Sam Kasozi
>>>> +256 788-993-565
>>>> Skype: sam.kasoziug
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lars Helge Øverland
>>> Lead developer, DHIS 2
>>> University of Oslo
>>> Skype: larshelgeoverland
>>> lars@xxxxxxxxx
>>> http://www.dhis2.org <https://www.dhis2.org/>
>>>
>>>
>>
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