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Materials:
- Issue with SIMS 2.0 Assessments with the Same Period OU and IM: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-oCBOyBoll6VE92Y0NUMzJYakU
Agenda:
· PEPFAR Q4 MER Updates (Mark/Dana)
· SIMS Discussion: Proposed solution for resolving the issue with SIMS 2.0 Assessments with the Same Period, OU and IM
- 1. Brief recap of this issue (Mark)
- 2. Proposed solution: Develop a tool to identify assessments and replace the Period data (Vlad/Jason)
- a. How to identify these assessment; agreement on the criteria and discussion of any other issues
- b. Replacing the Period to make it unique:
- i. How would this work
- ii. Possible challenges
- c. Tool specifications; preferred technology? SQL, R Script or something else.
- d. Providing sample files:
- i. Changes to the file format specifications; adding 3 additional fields i.e. "storedby","timestamp","comment"
- e. Possible impact on data analysis; obscuring the period filed so it’s not used for any analysis.
- f. Clarifications:
- i. Period is a placeholder date
- ii. Assessment date will remain unchanged
Minutes: