Hi everyone!
I’m trying to create an indicator that uses dataElements from different periods. For example, comparing the number of malaria cases in April 2024 to the number of malaria cases in April 2023. However, I can’t find a way to specify the specific period of each variable used in the formula. Ideally, there would be a way to do this in a programmatic way so it would always be 12 months prior (at least in the example above).
Does anyone know of a way to achieve this using the native indicator format? If not, what would be the recommend workaround that still follows DHIS2 data norms? My current plan is to just create a separate dataElement corresponding to this value and calculate it via an outline analytics module, but this obviously adds extra complication (and dependencies) to the process.
Thanks in advance!
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