Dear Calle, Thank you so much for your quick response.
Best Regards, ----------------------------------------------------------------- *ISABANE Janvier* *Junior Programmer* *HISP Rwanda.* Mobile: +250 788 286 107, address: KG 113 St, Kigali - Rwanda website: hisprwanda.org e-mail: isabane.janv...@hisprwanda.org / isaba...@gmail.com On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 11:04, Calle Hedberg <calle.hedb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > The short answer is NO - the event date is what I normally call an > "anchor" field, similar to e.g. having to specify an orgunit for any > enrollment. > > There is no simplistic solution to this (very common) challenge of users > capturing data without actually consciously assessing the consistency and > "meaning" of what they capture. > > If the event contains any other dates you can use program rules to compare > it with the event date (at least in 2.30 / 2.31, which supports the use of > stage-specific event dates in program rules/indicators) - but you are in > many ways faced with the same challenge for ANY date field since the > calender popup always default to the current date. > > So my preferred solution is to hit the problem straight on: > - intensive training of data capturers on how to avoid this mistake > - intensive monitoring / checking of what they capture until they have > largely got it right. > > Or in other words, don't let human beings getting away with being > slackers.... > > Regards > Calle > > On Thu, 1 Nov 2018 at 09:46, Isabane Janvier <isaba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> My name is ISABANE Janvier from HISP – Rwanda. We are currently working >> on tracker program and we would like to know if there is a way of not >> prompting current date (Leave It empty) on reporting date while creating >> a new event. >> >> The reason is that “People tend to leave it as it is (Current Date) shows >> up by default even when historical date entered ” >> >> for instance I want to capture event happened last week and by adding the >> new event on stage, reporting date comes by current date by default. Users >> by mistake leave it as it is. >> >> >> [image: image.jpeg] >> >> we are using DHIS2 Version 2.28 >> >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> *ISABANE Janvier* >> *Junior Programmer* >> *HISP Rwanda.* >> Mobile: +250 788 286 107, >> address: KG 113 St, Kigali - Rwanda >> >> website: hisprwanda.org >> >> e-mail: isabane.janv...@hisprwanda.org / isaba...@gmail.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > Cell: +27-82-853-5352 > > Iridium SatPhone: +8816-315-19119 > > Email: calle.hedb...@gmail.com > > Skype: calle_hedberg > > ******************************************* > >
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