Data elements and indicators

- Data element maintenance - Each of the options for maintenance of data elements will be described in the following section. - - - Data element - Create, modify, view and delete data elements. - - - Data element group - Create, modify, view and delete data element groups. - - - Data element group editor - Easily add or remove data elements to and from data element groups. - - - Data element group set editor - Create, modify, view and delete data elements group sets. - - - Data element categories - Create, modify, view and delete data element categories. - - -

- Data elements - Data elements form the basis of DHIS2. Data elements define what is actually recorded in system, e.g. number of immunisations or number of cases of malaria. The actual creation and definition of the data elements themselves are far beyond the scope of this manual to describe, but it is assumed that an administrator will be provided with a list of standardised data elements for inclusion into the DHIS2 system. - To access the data element maintenance module, choose Maintenance->Data elements->Data element. - The ‘Filter by name’ will allow you to filter a range of data elements if you know either the full name of the data element, or just a part of it. Type the name - into the search field and any matching data elements are displayed below. - You can also choose ‘Filter by group/view all’ to narrow down a data - element search within a particular data element group. In default mode, this - field will display all the data elements in the application. - The ‘Get PDF’ button can be clicked to generate a .pdf file of all the data - elements. The 'Sort' button can be used to sort the data elements into alphabetical order. - - - - - - - - To add a new data element, click the 'Add new' button. There are various options available from this page that allow the user to modify data elements already present in the database. Each of the options are described below in the "Editing data elements". -

- Editing data elements - Click the "Edit" button to modify the properties of a data element that has been previously defined. - - - - - - - - - - Name: Define the precise name of the data element in this field. Each data element must have a unique name. - - - Short name: Typically, an abbreviation of the full data element name. This attribute is often used in reports to display the name of the data element, where there is limited space available. - - - Alternative name: Allows the definition of an alternative name of the data element. - - - Code: In many countries, data elements are assigned a code. This code can be entered in this field. - - - Description: Allows a full textual description of the data element to be entered. The user should be as precise as possible, and include full information on how the data element is measured and what its meaning is. - - - Active: Defines whether a given data element is active or not. Data elements marked as inactive, will not be displayed in the data entry screens. - - - Domain type: Defines whether a data element is an aggregate or patient type of data element. - - - Value type: Defines the type of data this data element will be used to record. Currently there are four options: number, text, yes/no (boolean), and date. - - - Aggregation operator: Defines the default aggregation operation that will be used on this data element. - - - URL: A URL having an in-depth description of the data element can be entered in the ‘URL’ field. This could be for instance, a link to a metadata repository or registry that contains detailed technical information about the definition and measurement of the data element. - - - Combination of categories: Defines which category combination the data element should have. - - - Data element group sets: Click the check box to activate this option hen choose which data element group sets this data element should belong to. Available data element group sets are displayed din the upper window. Click the desired data element group set, then the "Add selected" button to add the data element to the group set. To remove a data element from a group set, click the data element group set in the lower list, and then click "Remove selected". - - - - - - - - - - Calculated: This option is available only when a data element is created. - Select the data elements that will be used to define the calculated data element, and then click "Add selected" to add them calculated data element composition list. Fill in the correct factor for the data element calculation component (defaults to 1). Component elements of the calculated data element can be removed from the definition by pressing the "Remove" button. - - - - - - - - - Aggregation levels: The Aggregation Levels option allows the data element to be aggregated at one or more levels. When the user clicks on the Aggregation levels option, a drop down menu appears which displays available aggregation levels. The desired aggregation level is then selected by clicking the ‘Add Selected’ button. By default, the aggregation will start at the lowest assigned organisation unit. - - - - - - - - - After making the required changes, click ‘Save’ to institute them. The ‘Cancel’ button aborts all changes made. -

- Data element translation - DHIS2 provides functionality to translate existing data elements into other languages. Simply press the translate button to get stared. The following dialogue will appear. - - - - - - - - The reference language is displayed in the upper right portion of the dialogue. Choose a locale to translate the data element into by selecting an option from the locale drop-down menu. Specify the name, short-name and description in the target language. Press "Save" to save your changes. - The "Details" section of this dialogue will allow you add a new locale if it is not already present in the database. There are two options: - - - Language code - Refers to the ISO 639-1 (two-letter code) language code. Refer to this web page for a detailed listing of language codes. - - - Country code - Refers to the ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code. A complete listing is available here. - - - The combination of these two codes together, forms a "locale" code, which is composed of the combination of the location and language. A very comprehensive discussion of the technical standard (RFC 3066) is available here. This page provides a very comprehensive list of recognised locale codes. -

- Deleting a data element - Simply press the delete button to delete a data element. Note that this operation is only possible if there is no data attached to the data element itself. The user will be prompted to ensure that the data element should be deleted. - - - - - - - -

- Displaying data element details - This operation displays an in-line panel in the browser which displays all metadata about a given data element. Press the information button to access this view. -

- Data element groups - Data element groups provide a mechanism for classifying related data elements into a common theme. For instance, two data elements "Measles immunisation" and "BCG Immunisation" might be grouped together into a data element group "Childhood immunisation". To access the data element group maintenance page, click Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data Element Group . The following screen will be displayed. - - - - - - - - Similar to the "Data element" maintenance page, data elements groups can be searched with by entering a search string in the "Filter by name" field. - To add a new data element group, click the "Add new" button. - - - - - - - Fill in the "Name" field and then select all data elements that should belong to the group from the left panel. Click the "Move selected" button to add the selected data elements to the data element group. Click the "Remove selected" button to remove all data elements from the group that have been selected in the right panel. Finally, click the "Add" button to save changes, or the "Cancel" button to discard any changes. -

- Data element group editor - The data element group editor provides advanced functionality to the administrator to allow multiple data elements to be added or removed from a group. It is also possible to create new data element groups, rename existing groups, and delete groups entirely. To access the data element group editor, press "Maintainers->Data elements and indicators->Data element group editor" from the main DHIS2 menu. The following screen will appear. - - - - - - - Data element groups area listed alphabetically in the leftmost panel. By clicking on a data element group, the current members of that group (data elements) are listed in the centre panel. Available data elements that can be added to the data element group appear are listed alphabetically in the rightmost panel. To remove an existing data element from the group, click the name of the data element in the centre panel, and then press the "Move right" button. To add data elements to the group, select them from the leftmost panel, and click the "Move left" button. Press the "Update data element group member" button to save your changes. - - - - - - - -

- Data element group sets - Data element group sets allow multiple data element groups to be categorised into a set. Data element group sets are used during analysis and reporting to combine similar data element groups into a common theme. To access the data element group set maintenance module, choose "Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data element group set". Similar to the other data element maintenance modules, new data element group sets can be added by pressing the "Add new button". Other operations include Edit, Translate, Delete and Information, similar to the other modules in this section. - - - - - - - - Existing data element group set members can be edited by clicking the "Edit" button of the desired data element group set as seen below. - - - - - - Available data element groups are displayed in the left panel. They can be moved into the selected data element group set by pressing the "Move right" button. Data element groups that are currently members of the data element group set are displayed in the right hand panel. They can be removed from the data element group set by clicking the desired data element group and pressing the "Move left" button. The ordering of the data element groups can be set with the "Move Up" and "Move Down" arrows. This ordering will be used in the datamart and reports to order the data element groups. Press the "Update" button to save any changes and the "Cancel" button to discard all changes. -

- Data element categories - Data element categories can be used to disaggregate data elements into individual atomic components. Data element categories are typically a concept, such as Gender, Age or Disease Status. Data elements such as "Number of cases of confirmed malaria" are often broken into smaller component parts to determine, for instance, the number of confirmed malaria cases of particular age groups. As an example, three data element categories: Under 1, 1-5 and Over 5 could be created. They could be assigned as categories to the data element, which would then create in the data entry screens, three separate fields for this data element namely: - - - Number of confirmed malaria cases (Under 1) - - - Number of confirmed malaria cases (1-5) - - - Number of confirmed malaria cases (Over 5) - - - Effective use of data element categories greatly simplifies the process of setting up the DHIS2 system, as the data element categories can be reused to disaggregate many different data elements. Otherwise, each of the data elements listed above, would need to be created separately. Judicious use of data element categories will greatly simplify the DHIS2 implementation, and allow for subsequent advanced analysis. - Data element categories are composed of category options. Category options must be defined when a data element category is created for the first time. Subsequent changes to the data element category, i.e. adding or deleting new category options, are not allowed once the data element category has been created. - - It is critical that the proper categories and category options are defined in the initial definition step, as further changes to the category and its options will are not possible. - - To access the data element category maintenance module, press "Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data element category". The following screen will be displayed. - - - - - - - - Similar to the other data element maintains modules, data element categories can be filtered by typing the name of the data element category (or a portion of it) into the "Filter by name" field. To add a new data element category, press the "Add new" button which will then display the following screen. - - - - - - - - Type the name of the new data element category in the "Name" field in the "Details" region. Category options can be added by typing the name of the category option in the "Category option" region and pressing the "Add category option" button. Category options can be reordered using the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons. Categories options can be deleted by selecting the data element category option and pressing the "Delete" button. Once all data element categories options have been added to the data element category, press the "Add" button to save all changes or the "Cancel" button to discard any changes. - All data element category options must be added and defined properly in this step. Subsequent alterations to the data element category (other than reordering of the category options themselves) is not possible. - -

- Data element category combinations - Data element category combinations allow multiple data element categories to be combined into a related set. As an example, a data element "Number of new HIV infections" might be disaggregated according to the following categories. - - - Age: "Under 5", "5-15", "15-24", "24 and above" - - - Gender: Male, Female - - - In this example, there would be two levels of disaggregation, consisting of two separate data element categories, each consisting of several data element category options. In most HMIS systems, different data elements are disaggregated according to a common set of categories. By combining these different categories into a data element category combination and assigning these combinations to data elements, the appropriate disaggregation levels can be applied efficiently and quickly to a large number of data elements. - To access the data element category combination maintenance module, select "Maintenance->Data element and indicators->Data element category combinations" from the main DHIS2 menu. As with the other maintains modules, you can filter the listed category combinations by entering the name (or portion thereof) of the category combination. Other operations such as "Edit", "Delete" and "Information" should be familiar to the reader. - To add a new category combination, click the "Add new" button. The following dialogue will be displayed. - - - - - - - - Type the name of the category combination in the "Name" field, and then select the desired categories from the left panel. Press the "Move right" button to add the selected categories to the category combination. Press "Move left" to remove any categories that should not be part of the category combination. - - Categories can only be added to a category combination at this step. Categories can be removed from category combinations later by editing the category combination, however, it is not allowed to add additional categories once the combination has been created. Ensure that the category combination and its respective categories is final before you create the category combination and assign it to a data element. - -

+ Data element maintenance + Each of the options for maintenance of data elements will be described in the following section. + + + Data element + Create, modify, view and delete data elements. + + + Data element group + Create, modify, view and delete data element groups. + + + Data element group editor + Easily add or remove data elements to and from data element groups. + + + Data element group set editor + Create, modify, view and delete data elements group sets. + + + Data element categories + Create, modify, view and delete data element categories. + + +

+ Data elements + Data elements form the basis of DHIS2. Data elements define what is actually recorded in system, e.g. number of immunisations or number of cases of malaria. The actual creation and definition of the data elements themselves are far beyond the scope of this manual to describe, but it is assumed that an administrator will be provided with a list of standardised data elements for inclusion into the DHIS2 system. + To access the data element maintenance module, choose Maintenance->Data elements->Data element. + The ‘Filter by name’ will allow you to filter a range of data elements if you know either the full name of the data element, or just a part of it. Type the name + into the search field and any matching data elements are displayed below. + You can also choose ‘Filter by group/view all’ to narrow down a data + element search within a particular data element group. In default mode, this + field will display all the data elements in the application. + The ‘Get PDF’ button can be clicked to generate a .pdf file of all the data + elements. The 'Sort' button can be used to sort the data elements into alphabetical order. + + + + + + + + To add a new data element, click the 'Add new' button. There are various options available from this page that allow the user to modify data elements already present in the database. Each of the options are described below in the "Editing data elements". +

+ Editing data elements + Click the "Edit" button to modify the properties of a data element that has been previously defined. + + + + + + + + + + Name: Define the precise name of the data element in this field. Each data element must have a unique name. + + + Short name: Typically, an abbreviation of the full data element name. This attribute is often used in reports to display the name of the data element, where there is limited space available. + + + Alternative name: Allows the definition of an alternative name of the data element. + + + Code: In many countries, data elements are assigned a code. This code can be entered in this field. + + + Description: Allows a full textual description of the data element to be entered. The user should be as precise as possible, and include full information on how the data element is measured and what its meaning is. + + + Active: Defines whether a given data element is active or not. Data elements marked as inactive, will not be displayed in the data entry screens. + + + Domain type: Defines whether a data element is an aggregate or patient type of data element. + + + Value type: Defines the type of data this data element will be used to record. Currently there are four options: number, text, yes/no (boolean), and date. + + + Aggregation operator: Defines the default aggregation operation that will be used on this data element. + + + URL: A URL having an in-depth description of the data element can be entered in the ‘URL’ field. This could be for instance, a link to a metadata repository or registry that contains detailed technical information about the definition and measurement of the data element. + + + Combination of categories: Defines which category combination the data element should have. + + + Data element group sets: Click the check box to activate this option hen choose which data element group sets this data element should belong to. Available data element group sets are displayed din the upper window. Click the desired data element group set, then the "Add selected" button to add the data element to the group set. To remove a data element from a group set, click the data element group set in the lower list, and then click "Remove selected". + + + + + + + + + + Calculated: This option is available only when a data element is created. + Select the data elements that will be used to define the calculated data element, and then click "Add selected" to add them calculated data element composition list. Fill in the correct factor for the data element calculation component (defaults to 1). Component elements of the calculated data element can be removed from the definition by pressing the "Remove" button. + + + + + + + + + Aggregation levels: The Aggregation Levels option allows the data element to be aggregated at one or more levels. When the user clicks on the Aggregation levels option, a drop down menu appears which displays available aggregation levels. The desired aggregation level is then selected by clicking the ‘Add Selected’ button. By default, the aggregation will start at the lowest assigned organisation unit. If e.g. Chiefdom is selected below it means that Chiefdom, District, and National aggregates will use Chiefdom (the highest aggregation level available) as the data source, and PHU data will not be included. PHU data will still be available for the PHU level, but not included in aggregations to the levels above. If District and Chiefdom are both selected then the District and National level aggregates will use District data as their source, Chiefdom will use Chiefdom, and PHU will use PHU. Read more about aggregation levels in the Reporting chapter i the section on data sources for reporting. + + + + + + + + + After making the required changes, click ‘Save’ to institute them. The ‘Cancel’ button aborts all changes made. +

+ Data element translation + DHIS2 provides functionality to translate existing data elements into other languages. Simply press the translate button to get stared. The following dialogue will appear. + + + + + + + + The reference language is displayed in the upper right portion of the dialogue. Choose a locale to translate the data element into by selecting an option from the locale drop-down menu. Specify the name, short-name and description in the target language. Press "Save" to save your changes. + The "Details" section of this dialogue will allow you add a new locale if it is not already present in the database. There are two options: + + + Language code + Refers to the ISO 639-1 (two-letter code) language code. Refer to this web page for a detailed listing of language codes. + + + Country code + Refers to the ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 code. A complete listing is available here. + + + The combination of these two codes together, forms a "locale" code, which is composed of the combination of the location and language. A very comprehensive discussion of the technical standard (RFC 3066) is available here. This page provides a very comprehensive list of recognised locale codes. +

+ Deleting a data element + Simply press the delete button to delete a data element. Note that this operation is only possible if there is no data attached to the data element itself. The user will be prompted to ensure that the data element should be deleted. + + + + + + + +

+ Displaying data element details + This operation displays an in-line panel in the browser which displays all metadata about a given data element. Press the information button to access this view. +

+ Data element groups + Data element groups provide a mechanism for classifying related data elements into a common theme. For instance, two data elements "Measles immunisation" and "BCG Immunisation" might be grouped together into a data element group "Childhood immunisation". To access the data element group maintenance page, click Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data Element Group . The following screen will be displayed. + + + + + + + + Similar to the "Data element" maintenance page, data elements groups can be searched with by entering a search string in the "Filter by name" field. + To add a new data element group, click the "Add new" button. + + + + + + + Fill in the "Name" field and then select all data elements that should belong to the group from the left panel. Click the "Move selected" button to add the selected data elements to the data element group. Click the "Remove selected" button to remove all data elements from the group that have been selected in the right panel. Finally, click the "Add" button to save changes, or the "Cancel" button to discard any changes. +

+ Data element group editor + The data element group editor provides advanced functionality to the administrator to allow multiple data elements to be added or removed from a group. It is also possible to create new data element groups, rename existing groups, and delete groups entirely. To access the data element group editor, press "Maintainers->Data elements and indicators->Data element group editor" from the main DHIS2 menu. The following screen will appear. + + + + + + + Data element groups area listed alphabetically in the leftmost panel. By clicking on a data element group, the current members of that group (data elements) are listed in the centre panel. Available data elements that can be added to the data element group appear are listed alphabetically in the rightmost panel. To remove an existing data element from the group, click the name of the data element in the centre panel, and then press the "Move right" button. To add data elements to the group, select them from the leftmost panel, and click the "Move left" button. Press the "Update data element group member" button to save your changes. + + + + + + + +

+ Data element group sets + Data element group sets allow multiple data element groups to be categorised into a set. Data element group sets are used during analysis and reporting to combine similar data element groups into a common theme. To access the data element group set maintenance module, choose "Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data element group set". Similar to the other data element maintenance modules, new data element group sets can be added by pressing the "Add new button". Other operations include Edit, Translate, Delete and Information, similar to the other modules in this section. + + + + + + + + Existing data element group set members can be edited by clicking the "Edit" button of the desired data element group set as seen below. + + + + + + Available data element groups are displayed in the left panel. They can be moved into the selected data element group set by pressing the "Move right" button. Data element groups that are currently members of the data element group set are displayed in the right hand panel. They can be removed from the data element group set by clicking the desired data element group and pressing the "Move left" button. The ordering of the data element groups can be set with the "Move Up" and "Move Down" arrows. This ordering will be used in the datamart and reports to order the data element groups. Press the "Update" button to save any changes and the "Cancel" button to discard all changes. +

+ Data element categories + Data element categories can be used to disaggregate data elements into individual atomic components. Data element categories are typically a concept, such as Gender, Age or Disease Status. Data elements such as "Number of cases of confirmed malaria" are often broken into smaller component parts to determine, for instance, the number of confirmed malaria cases of particular age groups. As an example, three data element categories: Under 1, 1-5 and Over 5 could be created. They could be assigned as categories to the data element, which would then create in the data entry screens, three separate fields for this data element namely: + + + Number of confirmed malaria cases (Under 1) + + + Number of confirmed malaria cases (1-5) + + + Number of confirmed malaria cases (Over 5) + + + Effective use of data element categories greatly simplifies the process of setting up the DHIS2 system, as the data element categories can be reused to disaggregate many different data elements. Otherwise, each of the data elements listed above, would need to be created separately. Judicious use of data element categories will greatly simplify the DHIS2 implementation, and allow for subsequent advanced analysis. + Data element categories are composed of category options. Category options must be defined when a data element category is created for the first time. Subsequent changes to the data element category, i.e. adding or deleting new category options, are not allowed once the data element category has been created. + + It is critical that the proper categories and category options are defined in the initial definition step, as further changes to the category and its options will are not possible. + + To access the data element category maintenance module, press "Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Data element category". The following screen will be displayed. + + + + + + + + Similar to the other data element maintains modules, data element categories can be filtered by typing the name of the data element category (or a portion of it) into the "Filter by name" field. To add a new data element category, press the "Add new" button which will then display the following screen. + + + + + + + + Type the name of the new data element category in the "Name" field in the "Details" region. Category options can be added by typing the name of the category option in the "Category option" region and pressing the "Add category option" button. Category options can be reordered using the "Move Up" and "Move Down" buttons. Categories options can be deleted by selecting the data element category option and pressing the "Delete" button. Once all data element categories options have been added to the data element category, press the "Add" button to save all changes or the "Cancel" button to discard any changes. + All data element category options must be added and defined properly in this step. Subsequent alterations to the data element category (other than reordering of the category options themselves) is not possible. + +

+ Data element category combinations + Data element category combinations allow multiple data element categories to be combined into a related set. As an example, a data element "Number of new HIV infections" might be disaggregated according to the following categories. + + + Age: "Under 5", "5-15", "15-24", "24 and above" + + + Gender: Male, Female + + + In this example, there would be two levels of disaggregation, consisting of two separate data element categories, each consisting of several data element category options. In most HMIS systems, different data elements are disaggregated according to a common set of categories. By combining these different categories into a data element category combination and assigning these combinations to data elements, the appropriate disaggregation levels can be applied efficiently and quickly to a large number of data elements. + To access the data element category combination maintenance module, select "Maintenance->Data element and indicators->Data element category combinations" from the main DHIS2 menu. As with the other maintains modules, you can filter the listed category combinations by entering the name (or portion thereof) of the category combination. Other operations such as "Edit", "Delete" and "Information" should be familiar to the reader. + To add a new category combination, click the "Add new" button. The following dialogue will be displayed. + + + + + + + + Type the name of the category combination in the "Name" field, and then select the desired categories from the left panel. Press the "Move right" button to add the selected categories to the category combination. Press "Move left" to remove any categories that should not be part of the category combination. + + Categories can only be added to a category combination at this step. Categories can be removed from category combinations later by editing the category combination, however, it is not allowed to add additional categories once the combination has been created. Ensure that the category combination and its respective categories is final before you create the category combination and assign it to a data element. + +

+ Indicator maintenance + Indicator maintenance functions essentially the same as each of the respective sections in the previous section on data elements. The basic operations will be described in this section, but the reader should refer to the corresponding sections above for detailed instructions. +

+ Indicators + Indicators are composed of multiple data elements, and typically consist of a numerator and denominator. Indicators are never entered in DHIS2, but are derived from combinations of data elements and factors. Indicators are used to calculate coverage rates, incidence and other values are are a result of data element values that have been entered into the system. + To access the Indicator maintains page, press Maintenance->Data element and indicators->Indicators from the main DHIS2 menu. Similar to data elements, you can add, delete, modify and view extra information about the indicators in the system. + + + + + + + + Indicators can be filtered by entering the name or a part of the indicator name in the "Filter by name" field. Similar to data elements, indicators can be added by pressing the "Add new" button. Other operations available from this menu are as follows. + + + Existing indicators can be edited. + + + Translate an existing indicator. + + + Delete an existing indicator. + + + Get detailed information about this indicator. + + + To add a new indicator, click the "Add new" button. The following screen is displayed. + + + + + + + + Each of the fields marked with an asterisk are compulsory. A description of each field is provided below. + + + Name: The full name of the indicator, such as "Incidence of confirmed malaria cases per 1000 population" + + + Short name: An abbreviated name of the indicator such as "Inc conf. malaria per 1000 pop" + + + Alternative name: An additional field for a possible alternative name of the indicator. + + + Code: In many countries, indicator are often assigned a particular code. This code can be entered here. + + + Description: A brief, informative description of the indicator and how it is calculated can be entered here. + + + Annualized: Determines whether or not an annualization factor is applied during the calculation of the indicator. Typically, annualized indicator's numerator are multiplied by a factor of 12, and the denominator is for instance a yearly population figure. This allows for monthly coverage values to be calculated with yearly population figures. + + + Type: This field will determine a factor that will automatically be applied during the calculation of the indicator. Possible choices are determined by the Indicator Types (described below). For instance, a "Percent" indicator will automatically be multiplied by a factor of 100 when exported to the data mart, so that it will display as a percentage. + + + URL: Can be used as a link to an indicator registry, where a full metadata description of the indicator can be made available. + + + To define the numerator and denominator, simply press the respective button, and the following dialogue will be displayed. + + + + + + + + Essentially, an indicator is a formula that can be composed of multiple data element, constant factors, and mathematical operators. In order to define a new indicator proceed with the following steps. + + + Provide a description of the numerator can be provided in the "Description field". + + + Choose the aggregation operator, either as a SUM or COUNT. + + + Define the formula of the indicator by selecting the data elements that should compose the numerator from the "Data elements" field. Simply select the data element, and double click it. It will now appear in the formula. You formula must be mathematically valid, including the proper use of parentheses when necessary. You can double click on each of the mathematical operator buttons below the indicator formula definition to add them to your formula. + + + Click the Save button to save all changes to the numerator. Click cancel to discard any changes that you have made. + + + Follow the same procedure in order to define the denominator. + + +

+ Indicator types + Indicator types simply define a factor that will be applied during aggregation. Indicator values that are calculate during a data mart export or report table generation process will appear properly formatted, and will therefore not require an additional multiplier (e.g. 100 in the case of percents) for the values to appear correctly formatted. + The indicator type maintenance panel has all of the same functions (Add new, Edit, Translate, Delete, and Information) as the Indicator maintenance section. + There are only two fields that need to be filled-in to create an indicator type, Name and Factor, as seen below. Name refers to the Indicator type (e.g. Per cent, Per thousand, Per ten thousand, etc). The factor is the numeric factor that will be applied during the calculation of the indicator. + + + + + + + + +

+ Indicator groups + Indicator groups function essentially the same as data element groups. Multiple indicators can be assigned to a group for easy filtering and analysis. To assign indicators to groups, simple press Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Indicator groups. See the section on Data element groups for detailed instructions of how to use this module. +

+ Indicator group editor + The indicator group editor module functions essentially the same as the data element group editor module, except on indicators. You can easily rearrange the groups that indicators belong to with this module. To access it, choose To assign indicators to groups, simple press Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Indicator group editor from the main menu. See the section on Data element group editor for further instructions. +

+ Indicator group sets + Similar to data element group sets, indicator group sets serve to create combined groups of similar indicators. For instance, you might have a group of indicators called "Malaria" and "Leishmaniasis". Both of these groups could be combined into a group set called "Vector-borne diseases". Indicator groups sets are used during analysis of data to combine similar themes of indicators. To access this module choose Maintenance->Data elements and indicators->Indicator group sets from the main menu. The following dialogue will appear. + + + + + + + + Supply a name for the indicator group set, and then move the desired members from the "Available Indicator Groups" to the "Group members". Click "Add" to save your changes and "Cancel" to discard any changes. +