Re: [Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default

2012-10-04 Thread Lars Helge Øverland
Hi Tom, I understand your concern and I think we could put more emphasis on this in the documentation. The decision for not storing zeros as the default option was made with a view to performance and usefulness. Typically in a large country implementation, 70% of the records end up being zeros, wh

Re: [Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default

2012-10-04 Thread Muhire Andrew
his2-users@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:21 AM Subject: RE: [Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default Thanks, Andrew. I understand the option; my only suggestion is to change the default behavior as a more conservative approach. But I guess it depends on the majority of use ca

Re: [Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default

2012-10-03 Thread hiattt
Thanks, Andrew. I understand the option; my only suggestion is to change the default behavior as a more conservative approach. But I guess it depends on the majority of use cases. Tom This message was scanned for viruses with Trend Micro

Re: [Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default

2012-10-03 Thread Muhire Andrew
rew   Muhire Andrew HMIS/Ministry of Health First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.. From: "hia...@wpro.who.int" To: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 4:37 AM Subject: [Dhis2

[Dhis2-users] Store 0 by default

2012-10-03 Thread hiattt
Somehow I missed changing the setting for storing 0 values even though I was aware of it. For me 0 values are important ("0 cases" is very different from an "Unknown amount of cases"). I would suggest changing the default setting on installation to store 0 values rather than ignore as this gives