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Attendees:
Angad Dhindsa (MEASURE Evaluation)
Denise Johnson (MEASURE Evaluation)
Jamie Thomas (Regenstrief)
Jennifer Shivers (Regenstrief)
Michael Mwebaze (MEASURE EValuation/JSI)
Manish Kumar (MEASURE Evaluation)
Angela Dormagen (USAID M/CIO)
Jim Grace (HISP US)
Jason Pickering (HISP/UiO)
Amy Wald St. Pierre (CDC)
Mark DeZalia (OGAC)
Jacob Buehler (USAID)
Jasmine Buttolph (Peace Corps)
Zhanar Haimovich (CDC)
Saad Khan (USAID)
Bonnie Lee (OGAC)
Rachel Lucas (USAID)
Danan Juthe (OGAC/PwC)
Vilma Thomas (CDC)
Paul Biondich (Regenstrief)
Josephine Mungurere-Baker (BAO)
James Kariuki (CDC)
Ola Hodne Titlestad (UiO)
Mark Wilson(CDC)
Travis Lim (CDC)
Leigh Tally (CDC)
Orrin Tiberi (CDC)
Jason Roffenbender (OGAC)
Stacey Berlow (MEASURE Evaluation)
Shaun Grannis (Regenstrief)
Lorinne Banister (Regenstrief)
Prosper Behumbiize (HISP Uganda)
Agenda/Materials:
General DHIS2 documentation:
Provides detailed information on both the meta-data as well as data API. This is a versioned document and is continuously updated, so be sure are looking at the most recent version of the document for the version of DHIS2 which you are exchanging data with. Note that different versions may have different API specifications.
DATIM Specific documentation:
- Technical project management resources (calls, minutes, project plans, timelines)
- Links to IHE references for standard profiles (ADX and CSD) used in DATIM exchange
- Descriptions of data sharing "workflows" related to DATIM data exachange
Demoland/Trainingland data exchange scenario.
This document describes a few "typical" data exchange scenario between the Demoland and Trainingland environments.
DATIM Validation scripts:
- Disucssed in previous calls, but also contains useful examples of working with the DHIS2/DATIM API.
Other resources:
- Extensive documentation /examples / tutorials on data wrangling /data munging
Possible future directions? Feedback needed here.
- Other examples in programming languages such as Python, Node.JS, VB (others?)
- Libraries to help with data import /export
Minutes:
- Meeting every Wednesday from 9-10 AM. January 13 - Data Import, January 20 - SIMS, January 27 - MoH
- In the last meeting there was an interest in understanding what resources are availible for planning data exchange.
- This call will be an orientation for those who are not familiar with the resources and how we want to move forward with the documentation.
- Overview of existing resources
- Includes a number of resources organized around various topics.
- Helpdesk (https://datim.zendesk.com) resources are available publically except for the data import documents and helpdesk agent resources.
- To access data import resources - a login for DATIM will be needed.
- Data import reference guide is being updated and will soon be shared publically.
- To access helpdesk agent specific resources, agent user account in DATIM is required.
- Helpdesk includes resources related to:
- Frequently Asked Questions
- What’s New in DATIM shared through webinars and DATIM release notes
- PEPFAR Guidance on COP, MER and SIMS
- User Manuals, Tutorials and Tips
- Administrator and Data Import Resources
- DHIS2 Developers Guide - Very technical. Versioned.
- GitHub Repository includes examples of ADX and how it can be used to import data into DHIS2.
- Not specifically related to DATIM but is on the software that DATIM is built upon.
- Will give an insight into what is being built for DATIM on data exchange.
- Technical project management resources (calls, minutes, project plans, timelines)
- Links to IHE references for standard profiles (ADX and CSD) used in DATIM exchange
- Descriptions of data sharing "workflows" related to DATIM data exachange
- Open Community Discussion
- Possible future directions? Feedback needed here.
- Most examples provided to date have been via code-centric forms of exchange.
- In certain cases the wrangling of data in packages such as excel is occuring. Is this something we should support and highlight how these operations can be done manually?
- Mark - if we document this, it might come across that we are supporting this as an import method.
- It is critical to have everything being importing is reproducible and testable - which is not the case with excel.
- It would be helpful to have a support structure for countries working with XML files
- Other examples in programming languages such as Python, Node.JS, VB (others?)
- Libraries to help with data
- Important non-technical yet still critical path elements are missing in the resources/documentation:
- Would like to see on onboarding document. (what is the process, what are prerequisites, for implementing? this must be documented, validated)
- High level project planning document to get things done.
- We need real case-studies and required level of effort documented - we may be able to document some of those elements through our work in J-berg (Jason)
- Keep dialogue going on the mailing list.