Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-29 Thread Jesus Solano-Roman
Thanks again for your reply.Antonio Solano-Roman   Data Visualization & User Experience Design Sabeti Lab - Broad Institute On Jun 29 2017, at 1:17 pm, David Huser wrote: Hi AntonioI can not give you a definitive answer as

Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-29 Thread David Huser
Hi Antonio I can not give you a definitive answer as it depends on your data analysis needs and your raw data in your hands, but you could create a data element with value type "organisation unit, or "coordinates" (the difference is that coordinates are not bound to an organisation unit they are j

Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-29 Thread Jesus Solano-Roman
Hey David.Thanks for your reply. This has been very helpful! I'm creating all the orgunits and data elements. I have a best practice question though. All the patients in my dataset were treated at one hospital, so I will use a single orgunit code for all rows. However, it's also important to know w

Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-28 Thread David Huser
Hi Antonio You need to set up DHIS2 *meta*data so that it can parse your data values first, so that you can match your data values to data elements in the system - if there are no data elements, you can not match them and import them, so starting point would be setting up data elements. To actuall

Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-28 Thread Jesus Solano-Roman
Hello Timothy. Thank you for your quick reply. I just saw the video and I've read the documentation regarding data import. It's not clear to my how custom IDs are converted to Data Element IDs. Do I need to create the dataelement codes before uploading the data? In the video they use the API but i

Re: [Dhis2-users] Manual data import failure

2017-06-28 Thread Timothy Kiyemba
Dear Antonio, Check out this video on importing data into DHIS2 using CSV. Its very easy. However, you will need to ensure you have your data in the format that DHIS2 accepts. https://youtu.be/CGSDuA-gOWk. Also check out the developers mannual on the recommended formats to import data into DHIS2