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[Stanley Kalyati <skalyati@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone for such insight and i hope the development team is working
on this,though issues of duplication especially with my program where we
use Unique Identifiers for our Tracked Entities.

I guess improving internet connectivity is a better devil at the moment.

My regards

Stanley

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 6:14 AM, Prosper BT <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks Team for sharing,
>
> We equally challenged here in Uganda with one implementation and given the
> complexity and amount of data to be entered there is no way we can you use
> android tablet or phone app. May be trying chromebook.
>
> BTW anyone who has tried chromebook?
>
> Calle on supporting offline web tracker capture, still comes to the issues
> of duplication of data while offline and access to the old records for
> updates.
>
> Regards
>
> Prosper Behumbiize, MPH
> DHIS2 Implementation| HISP Uganda
> prosper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <ptb3000@xxxxxxxxx> | prosper@xxxxxxxxx | Skype:
> prospertb
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> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 3:36 AM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedberg@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Stanley,
>>
>> I understand your frustration, and others are having similar challenges.
>> Although Em Le Hong is factually correct when stating that Tracker Capture
>> App do work in offline mode, the current APK has significant stability and
>> functionality issues and it's not easy to e.g. get new functionality
>> developed on the browser side supported.
>>
>> A new Android SDK is being worked on that hopefully will address some of
>> these issues, but it is right now not clear when it will be ready
>> (according to the Roadmap for 2.27 it should be ready to piloting now, but
>> it is not).
>>
>> I also recently asked Abyot what the main issues/challenges are for
>> supporting offline Tracker capture, but I've received no response to that
>> yet (he might be on paternity leave - not sure).
>>
>> You are suggesting the use of localised installations with "uploading of
>> meta-data" (I presume you mean uploading of Tracker Enrollment & staging
>> data, not "meta-data"). I'm not aware of anybody who has tried that for a
>> national/wide-area Tracker Program, but I suspect it will be an uphill
>> battle - in particular if your enrollments are supposed to be unique across
>> the whole system (you don't provide any details about which country/area
>> this is, how complicated your tracker programs are, the tentative time-span
>> for each program, etc).
>>
>> My first option would be a major effort to improve connectivity, using a
>> mix of booster antennas, wide-area wireless, and/or VSAT or similar. If you
>> go the distributed installation route, I would NOT use "manual" email but
>> rather develop a customised solution for automated, asynchronous
>> communication between the local installation and the central server. It's
>> would require a lot of development work, though, and every new DHIS2
>> version release might further maintenance of such a custom solution.
>>
>> So in my view, rather use those resources to improve connectivity....
>>
>> My 2c worth
>>
>> Regards from Freetown, Sierra Leone
>> Calle
>>
>> On 25 April 2017 at 18:19, Em Le Hong <em.hispvietnam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Stanley,
>>>
>>> You can use DHIS2 Android apps, from google Play Store, type dhis2, you
>>> will see a list of application (tracker capture, event capture, data
>>> capture...). When you install DHIS2 android app on your Android devices,
>>> you just need internet for first time login to download metadata into your
>>> devices. Then you can use it offline to register tracked entity instance,
>>> do data, create event... When your device can connect to internet, it will
>>> synchronize and send all offline data to the server.
>>>
>>> You can read more on https://docs.dhis2.org/mast
>>> er/en/android/html/dhis2_android_user_man.html
>>>
>>> Hope this can help.
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 1:56 PM, Stanley Kalyati <skalyati@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a program in tracker and we have issues with internet
>>>> connectivity in many areas.We resorted to using android phones but this has
>>>> not improved situation as the phone too need to be online to access the
>>>> Android Tracker Capture.
>>>>
>>>> I am now thinking of going offline and then have the data officers
>>>> download the metadata and send via email and then i can upload in the main
>>>> system.
>>>>
>>>> I have used this system before but with aggregate data and not Tracker
>>>> Capture.
>>>>
>>>> My fear is that if i install a copy of the system on stand alone
>>>> machines,chances of duplicates in the enrollment and events is likely to
>>>> happen as different Data officers across the country will be sending in
>>>> metadata for upload.
>>>>
>>>> My questions are:
>>>>
>>>> 1-Is there anyone here who has implemented such a program on stand
>>>> alone machines? If yes kindly share your experience
>>>>
>>>> 2-Does this type of implementation bringforth duplicates within the
>>>> program? or when uploading you select new events ONLY?
>>>>
>>>> 3-What are the challenges i am likely to face using this type of
>>>> implementation?
>>>>
>>>> 4-Is there another way of collecting this data offline?
>>>>
>>>> Your advise and direction will be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Stanley
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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