Thanks Calle. On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > I am not using the new age type at all in any application where you want > to do analytics or reporting on the age (in years, months, days etc) AS IT > WAS AT THE TIME OF THE ENROLLMENT AND/OR STAGE VISIT. > > The "Age" data type as it is now defined/designed is probably only > relevant for use in applications where you have stored the date of birth > and you simply want to know the patient's age at any point in time - i.e. > the primary usage is patient-centric and not analytics centric. > > In the case of Disease Surveillance, for instance, we are capturing CASES > and not PATIENTS per se (the same patient presenting with malaria in > January and Measles in May will be two separate cases). So for any > post-analysis of such data, you want to know e.g. the break-down of cases > per age group AS THOSE AGES WERE ON THE DAY OF DIAGNOSIS/PRESENTATION. > > So my recommendation is to instead define three additional attributes/data > elements: Age (years), Age (months), and Age (days) - then you use three > ASSIGN program rules to calculate and assign the relevant values. Those > values are now permanent and locked as long as the DoB or enrollment/report > date don't change. > > Best regards > Calle > > On 21 May 2017 at 11:23, Dipali Sahu <dipali.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I am facing the same issue. I could enter age of a patient in Tracker >> form ( in a attribute type of Age) , but not able to create any indicators >> based on it , for example 'No. of events where Age is less than 1 year'. >> >> Does it work yet? >> >> Thank you in advance >> Deepali >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Archana Chillala <archa...@thoughtworks.com> >> Date: Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 2:03 PM >> Subject: Re: [Dhis2-users] Storing value type 'Age' in numeric form >> To: dhis2-devs <dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net> >> Cc: dhis2-users <dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net>, Jane GREIG < >> jane.gr...@london.msf.org>, Theo Krommydakis < >> theo.krommyda...@london.msf.org>, twoca <tw...@thoughtworks.com>, >> carolyn.ta...@london.msf.org >> >> >> adding dhis-users list >> >> Archana Chillala >> Application Developer >> Email archa...@thoughtworks.com >> Telephone +91 9100960533 <+91+9100960533> >> >> [image: www.thoughtworks.com] <http://www.thoughtworks.com> >> >> On Thu, Mar 23, 2017 at 1:57 PM, Archana Chillala < >> archa...@thoughtworks.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi >>> >>> We are using DHIS version 2.26. We are exploring the new value type " >>> *Age*" that has been introduced with this release. On the UI, when we >>> enter a date, it calculates the age in years, months and days perfectly. >>> But we observe that the calculated age in years is not stored in the DB. >>> The value of an Age type data element is stored only as a date (YYYY-MM-DD) >>> in the database. We would like to use the age in years in analytics on the >>> visualisation apps. We have tried using program indicators for the same, >>> but that did not work as expected. >>> >>> Could you please suggest how we could leverage the use of age in years, >>> given the existing functionality. >>> >>> >>> >>> *Cheers*, >>> >>> Archana Chillala >>> Application Developer >>> Email archa...@thoughtworks.com >>> Telephone +91 9100960533 <+91+9100960533> >>> >>> [image: www.thoughtworks.com] <http://www.thoughtworks.com> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > -- > > ******************************************* > > Calle Hedberg > > 46D Alma Road, 7700 Rosebank, SOUTH AFRICA > > Tel/fax (home): +27-21-685-6472 <+27%2021%20685%206472> > > Cell: +27-82-853-5352 <+27%2082%20853%205352> > > Iridium SatPhone: +8816-315-19119 <+881%206%20315%2019119> > > Email: calle.hedb...@gmail.com > > Skype: calle_hedberg > > ******************************************* > >
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