DHIS 2 End-user Manual

DHIS2 Documentation Team

2.8-SNAPSHOT

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Version 2.8-SNAPSHOT 2012-05-17 12:32:05

Table of Contents

1. Getting started with DHIS 2 as end-user
1.1. Getting started with DHIS2
1.2. Opening DHIS 2
1.3. Logging in and out of the application
1.4. Navigating the application
1.4.1. The top menu - access to the modules
1.4.2. Navigation inside modules
2. Data entry
2.1. Learning Objectives
2.2. Data entry with DHIS 2
2.2.1. Selecting the data entry form
2.2.2. Entering data
2.2.3. Validating data in the form
2.2.4. Offline data entry
3. Using Data Quality functionality
3.1. Overview of data quality checks
3.2. Data quality checks
3.3. Running Validation Rule Analysis
3.4. Std Dev Outlier Analysis
3.5. Min-Max Outlier Analysis
3.6. Gap Analysis
3.7. Follow-Up Analysis
4. Introduction to indicators
4.1. Indicators
4.2. Indicator types
5. Using reporting functionality
5.1. Reporting functionality in DHIS 2
5.2. Using standard reports
5.3. Using report tables
5.4. Using dataset reports
5.5. Using resources
5.6. Using data visualizer
5.7. Using the dashboard
5.8. Using reporting rate summary
5.9. Using organisation unit distribution reports
5.10. Using web pivot table
5.11. Using data mart management
6. Using Data Visualizer
6.1. Data Visualizer overview
6.2. Selecting chart type
6.3. Selecting series, category and filter
6.4. Selecting indicators and data elements
6.5. Selecting reporting rates
6.6. Selecting periods
6.7. Selecting organisation units
6.8. Selecting chart options
6.9. Displaying a chart
6.10. Displaying a data table
6.11. Downloading chart as image or PDF
6.12. Saving chart as favorite
6.13. Exiting the data visualizer module
7. Using GIS
7.1. GIS module overview
7.2. Thematic mapping
7.2.1. Thematic layer 1 and 2
7.2.2. Facility layer
7.2.3. Symbol layer
7.3. Tools
7.3.1. Register favorite map views
7.3.2. Register legend sets
7.3.3. Exporting/saving map images
7.3.4. Measure distance
8. Dashboards
8.1. Setting up the dashboard
8.2. Messages and feedback