Dear list-readers
A new updated version of EpiData Analysis (v1.7.99.1) has been placed
for your testing on http://epidata.dk/testing.php
Please find below a summary of the changes. In particular notice that
the requirement of [_n] in pgm's has been removed, unless you refer to a
given observation. I expect the release as public in the coming week or
the week after. Please test and report to this list.
As part of my job as a clinical epidemiologist and professor at the
Odense University Hospital here in Denmark I have extensively tested the
software during the last three months. We now use the pre-public version
on a daily basis.
Now we have a running system in new EpiData Analysis. It is run by
secretaries, who have no experience in programming. They just click an
icon to accomplish:
a.import a csv file saved daily from our main IT-patient registration
system (EpiData Analysis)
b. merge with previously controlled observations to evaluate only new
observations (EpiData Analysis)
c. quality securing coding in the patient journal. (EpiData EntryClient)
d. create SPC graphs in classic analysis (EpiData Analysis Classic)
e. create lists for audit of patients where the quality standards were
not met.
To run the system in the revised new analysis we only lack possibility
of creating graphs, which I expect to include in the coming months, if
all goes well ready by the end of this year.
One other aspect we need to tackle is the increasing demand for safety
certificates and documentation in relation to secure systems. If any of
you are experienced in this area please write me an e-mail (jl at
epidata.dk) .
Without the efforts of Torsten Bonde Christiansen (Software design and
programming), Jamie Hockin (testing, programming, Mac adaptation) and
Hans L. Rieder (testing, approving solutions) the software would not
continue to develop.
Please look into the website for inspiration:
https://tbrieder.org/epidata/epidata.html
Best wishes
Jens Lauritsen, coordinator and initiator.
EpiData Association, Denmark
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Changes since v1.6.0.0
Major improvement:
- [_n] is no longer needed, except when desired.
- editor: Completely new. Many aspects improved. Works better in MacOs
- new !output option with save command - allows saving output content as
html
- new "set" option to control format of saved output html|txt
- new "set" option allows user definition of css styles in saved html
output
- new "set" option defines internal css or external reference to css
file in html output
- extended fast createdate function allows conversion of date strings
with named months.
- extended createdate function allows use of national month naming
defined in set
Other new aspects:
- mergevar added as the last in a merged dataset
- default dataset used after merge is the merged one
- keyboard shortcuts unified and simplified.
- main window opens immediately if started with a pgm
- many commands: unified option naming, e.g. !l is labels
Bug fixes: - all solved
- keep : if used in a "for loop" errors could occur
- Assignment: incorrect control of missing in string variables
- validate duplicate : error if a variable was missing
- many minor other bugs or inconsistencies
Bug fixes: - partially solved
- errors in calculations when dividing by zero.
fixed in Linux and MacOS, but not in windows always.
Known issues at this point:
- Analysis does NOT handle header "variables" at all (except keeping
defined ones).
- Sometimes windows 10 gives a "list - index out of bounds" error
in particular when running a selected block from the editor or when
running several pgm files within a pgm.
Dear Jens, Great work is being carried out of developing New Epidata Analysis. I was just exploring new release ver 1.7.99.1 One suggestion as request; We had relatively simple system of changing background to either black or white from pull down menu (Screen Font Option from window pull down menu ) in Classical Epidata Analysis.Tweaking Start.pgm is not everyone’s cup of tea. We work in the main output screen and Editor screen for long time. Dark (black) background are not stressful to the eyes while white background are. If possible please retain that feature (of changing background to either black or white from pull down menu) in New Epidata Analysis also.With regards,Shavinder Singh
Dear EpiData users,
I have designed a relational data system for a nutritional cohort study in
Nigeria and was wondering if anyone on this forum has any tips or
recommendations for how best to establish a server/cloud based back up of
the system so that the PI's can have remote access to do additional data
quality assurance. More specifically, are there freely accessible or at
least affordable secure servers or data storage facilities that you would
recommend if neither ourselves or implementing partner have that facility
in place?
With kind regards,
Edna Ogada
Sir/Madam
I am Ibrahim from Ghana.
I face a challenge while developing a data base with epidata entry. I
have different regions and each region has a number of different
districts under it. I want to link the each region to the specific
districts under it so that at data entry mode, when a particular
region is selected, only the districts under it will appear at the
districts field for selection. I will really appreciate a support from
anyone on this issue. I don't mind calling for more information if a
phone number is provided for me.
Thank you
Dear EpiData list members,
Use EpiData classic v3.1 in 2020? (last release in 2008)
YES - that's what I have just been doing, based on good experience a
decade ago under Windows 7 pro 32bit, and on guidance found regarding
EpiData v4.6 versus v3.1 on <http://www.epidata.dk/download.php> (see
below).
HOWEVER, one important feature no longer seemed to be working under
Windows 7 pro 64bit: DEFINEd variables were only locally available (i.e.
in the same record), but not GLOBALly (i.e. across RELATEd tables).
Question:
Is anything known about this problem, or even a work-around?
This would be important, because:
1- EpiData v3.1 uses a parsimonious language easy to retain e.g. for
researchers who only occasionally are in the situation to program
themselves a data entry tool (but then typically like to get it working
quickly w/o learning new software);
2- According to http://www.epidata.dk/download.php (accessed today), "In
special situations or when a given function is not yet developed in
Manager, EntryClient and Analysis you could need ... EpiData (Classic)
Entry v3.1 (get it here) (only for programmed checks, before/after end
blocks)". HOWEVER, MANY will find essential what can be done with
BEFORE/AFTER FILE/RECORD/(field) blocks and apparently can not (yet?) be
done with v4.6;
3- The feature "DEFINE variable GLOBAL" is necessary for multiple-level
hierarchies and longitudinal databases (and it proved feasible and
effective when I did it 10 years ago under Windows 7 pro 32bit,
communicating only by email between North-America and sub-Saharan Africa).
Thanks in advance
Rolf
Hello,
I am testing the EpiData system as a possible solution for data management
for a nutrition cohort study. I have been able to set up a dataform and
create groups and users using the Extended Access capabilities. I am
however unable to define entry rights (CTRL E) on the my test data form,
when I click on it using the point click option or control E absolutely
nothing happens and the window I expect to show up as shown in the page 4
(Step 3) of attached PDF does not appear. Anyone else experienced this
problem? Or am I missing something?
Edna
Dear Jens
Is it possible to export the data in epidata to R data?
Perhaps it can but i am not sure how
Please could you advice
again, much appreciate your teams tremendous works
new year greetings
Thambu
I have exported from EpiData to R successfully. I used both Stata-files to
preserve value labels and CSV files. Work fine.
Kind Regards
Henning Langen Stokmo
Consultant (Nuclear Medicine) // Department of Medical Imaging, Vestre
Viken HF, Drammen Hospital
Radiology Resident // Department of Medical Imaging, Vestre Viken HF,
Drammen Hospital
PhD-student // Department of Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital |
Oslo University
Functional and Molecular Imaging Research Group (
https://www.ous-research.no/revheim/)
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henning_Langen_Stokmo
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Dear all
Yesterday we moved the "pre-release" version announced on December 31st
2019 to the official public download page. You may review the changes in
the announcement on that day.
So from now please install and use the updated versions. Some important
errors have been identified in previous versions of EntryClient, so you
should update.
You may always test which version you have in the help menu "check
version online".
EpiData Analysis: 1.6.0.0 EpiData EntryClient: 4.6.0.2 EpiData
Manager: 4.6.0.2
You might have to contact a central IT office if there are restrictions
on installation and use of software. E.g. in our hospital I have to
install from a local network drive while having a local administrator
right for 30 minutes.
We have not had any major issues reported - but a few minor aspects were
identified in-house and fixed.
E.g. A lacking !label abbreviation in a command and a change when
importing csv files (string variables identified shorter than about 70
characters will now be string and not memo).
Four observations that you should know of:
1
In analysis the command keys have been changed a bit. Check the "window"
menu and notice that in the editor "ctrl+a" will run all commands and
"ctrl+d" will execute the current command or a block if you have
selected a block of commands.
2
If in new analysis you wish to create a memo or upper variable these are
found as options to the
"new variable" command as options (!memo !Upper): e.g. new variable txt
string !memo.
3
If you are creating password protection in Analysis, this is done at the
project level, not at the variable or dataset level. An example of this
is shown below.
4
Currently I am doing many SPC (Statistical Process Control) graphs in my
work at the hospital for hip fracture patient quality assurance. The way
this is done is that we extract from the main hospital registration
system a number of variables for all hip fracture patients. This is
saved once a day on a central server as a csv file. Then I import this
file with the new analysis and save it for table analysis in new
analysis with many variables including time and memo variables
(analysisNew.epx).
But when I need to do the SPC graphs in Classic Analysis the epx file is
not read, since Classic Analysis cannot read this type of variable. The
remedy is to save a separate epx file (analysisClassic.epx) and use that
for the graphs. Then I can just copy the graphs to a common folder and
an html file shows the current results.
The principle is an extension of a system developed with Norwegian
Colleagues recording data for local municipal reporting from health
centers (Thanks Vegard Högli).
best wishes to all
Jens Lauritsen
EpiData Association
Denmark
new p !l:="test project" !size:=100;
New project created: test project ....
(output omitted - project with 1 dataset and 100 observations created)
// to add a password encryption on all data:
edit p !pw:="test";
// to verify this :
list p;
(output omitted - exect for info on "encryption"):
Project Encryption: simple password (data only);
// to remove a password:
edit p !pw:="";
list p;
(output omitted - exect for info on "encryption"):
Project Encryption: none