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[Shurajit Dutta <shurajitdutta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Markus, just wanted to confirm.

https://jira.dhis2.org/browse/DHIS2-3312

On Tue, Apr 3, 2018 at 2:30 AM, Markus Bekken <markus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nayeem, thanks for the workaround.
>
> Nick, the proposed usage should have worked. Age should be treated as a
> normal date data type in the program indicators. Can you create a bug in
> jira?
>
> Markus
>
> 3. apr. 2018 kl. 03:41 skrev Nayeem Al Mifthah <n.mifthah@xxxxxxxxx>:
>
> Hi Nick
> I have also notice the same problem. Later created a data element in
> program stage and assign age in year as a calculative value from program
> attribute 'age'.
>
> It works!
>
> Regards,
> Nayeem Al Mifthah
> Consultant for HSS, HMIS, M&E, GIS and Surveillance
>
> Kindly ignore typos.
>
> On Mon, 2 Apr 2018, 23:07 Shurajit Dutta, <shurajitdutta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am trying to figure out the best method to use age-type attributes in
>> program indicator calculations. As a simple example, let us say I want a
>> program indicator which displays the age in years of a person. From what I
>> can see, the age-type attribute stores its value as a date, according to
>> the date of birth either selected or estimated based on what is entered in
>> the years, weeks and months fields respectively during registration. If I
>> want to use this date in a program indicator however it seems to not work
>> correctly.
>>
>> ie d2:yearsBetween(age, event_date) when used as an expressions as an
>> example would not give me the correct age in years. Is there another way in
>> which to make these types of program indicators work with the age-type
>> attribute?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
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