Thanks for pointing that out, Rodolfo. I forgot about that and have never made use of it but that may be the simplest solution!
*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 On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 3:07 AM, Rodolfo Melia <rme...@knowming.com> wrote: > Category options also have star/ end date > > > On Tuesday, 7 June 2016, Laura E. Lincks <laura.lin...@icap.columbia.edu> > wrote: > >> Great idea, Busoye. I will give it a try! Thank you! >> >> *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 >> >> On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:53 AM, Busoye Anifalaje <bus...@baosystems.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Laura, >>> >>> To limit access to the category option for data entry, one option would >>> be to achieve this through sharing. You can >>> >>> 1) Go to the category option sharing >>> 2) Set public to none >>> >>> For reporting purposes, you can create a category option group and >>> category option group set. These can either be public (view only would be >>> fine) or share with relevant user groups if relevant. >>> >>> I am assuming that you are referring to data set category options. So, >>> Categories with Attribute Data Dimension Type. >>> >>> Hope this helps. >>> >>> Best regards, >>> >>> Busoye >>> >>> On 7 Jun 2016, at 11:44, Laura E. Lincks <laura.lin...@icap.columbia.edu> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Version:2.21 >>> Build revision:21018 >>> >>> (We'll be upgrading to 2.23 soon) >>> >>> We wish to import historical data into a Category at the dataset level. >>> This option need only exist for historical purposes... no new data will be >>> entered into this category going forward. We would like to prevent users >>> from accessing this category option when performing data entry (but still >>> have access to the other options in this same category) going forward. Is >>> there a way to hide this one option from the data entry screen but enable >>> it for reporting historical data along with current data? >>> >>> *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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >>> >> > > -- > *Rodolfo Meliá* > *Principal | *rme...@knowming.com > Skype: rod.melia | +44 777 576 4090 | +1 708 872 7636 > www.knowming.com > >
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