HMIS Dictionary

(08/09/2017)

The HMIS Dictionary is made to simplify user access to terminology and details associated with the data model. The application counts 4 panels:

• DataSets
• Search (limited to the aggregated domain as of 1.0.0)
• Programs
• Custom 'Dossiers' (with additional configuration)

NB: HMIS refers to Health Information Management System

Panels

• DataSets: displays the list of sections, data elements and associated category combos
• Search: a search tool to access directly data elements (aggregate domain) and indicators
• Programs: displays the list of sections, data elements with optionSets, progam indicators, event reports and event charts
• Dossiers: displays list of data sets and indicator groups by 'service'
• Admin: configuration of the Dossiers panel and 'service' concept

Configuration

The configuration relies on the following elements that have to be defined through the Maintenance app:

• an organisationUnitGroupSet that gather all the elements of the typology of services,
• the typology of services itself, each one is an organisationUnitGroup with a unique code: "OUG_HSV_#CODE#", their description are stored in tranlsations (description is only available in translations as of dhis v2.25),
• then dataSets and indicatorGroups have one attribute, repectively "DS_#CODE1##CODE2#..." and "ING#CODE2#" that permits the direct association with the typology of services (association with multiple services is allowed),
• finally the dataElements are associated via the sections to the dataSets and the indicators are associated directly to the indicatorGroups (dataElements outside of sections would not appear).
• in indicators the descriptions of numerators and denominators cannot be translated (as of dhis v2.25) so the key words "NUM:" and "DENOM:" (both compulsory) are used in indicators descriptions (which have a translation).

Some elements are defined at the Admin panel:

• The uid of the organisationUnitGroupSet
• The name of the group of user with editing right in the Dossier panel and the Admin panel too
• dataSets and indicatorGroups can be blacklisted

Some elements are still hardcoded:

• The search panel will not show dataElements or indicators that are not associated to a dataSet or an indicatorGroup
• Only dataElements in the aggregated domain are currently taken into account: app/search/search.services.js#L7, app/search/search.services.js#L11 and app/search/search.services.js#L14
• The app is currently available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and uses the content of DHIS2 in these 4 languages (as available per MSF OCBA configuration): app/app.config.js#L60, app/dossiersEditor/dossiersEditor.controllers.js#L44 and languages/.

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