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Jumps in Epidata Entry
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

Dear list, I have two questions regarding Jumps in EpiData Entry. 1) I want to jump to variable v10 if de score for v8 is 1 to 7. Of course this works: v8 RANGE 1 9 COMMENT LEGAL USE oplcat JUMPS 1 v10 2 v10 3 v10 4 v10 5 v10 6 v10 7 v10 END MUSTENTER END Is a shorter syntax possible and if so, how? 2) Is it possible to make a jump defination that depends on the value entered in a previous question? For example: After entering the value for variable v5 I want to jump to v8 if the answer on question v3=1. Kind Regards, Pieter van Groenestijn The Netherlands

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fill fields from COMMENT LEGAL file
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 15 Jul '26

15 Jul '26

I'm studying the copydata example to learn how to extract several variables from a file identified in a COMMENT LEGAL statement. In A3.chk, the statement "TYPE COMMENT atransfer" appears. What is atransfer? I don't see where it has been defined as a variable and I don't find it as a system variable. Further, the program seems to be parsing the string in atransfer according to the position of punctuation. Where is the format of this string defined? Perhaps to be a bit more explicit: I have file with a list of CHWs: District, Village, CHW name and a survey conducted by the CHWs. As the data is entered for the survey, I'd like to present pick lists to facilitate entry. The data is quite strictly hierarchical: Villages occur within Districts, an CHWs live in villages. Thank you,

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Question re defining a new variable in EpiData Analysis
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 01 Jun '12

01 Jun '12

Hello, I am a relatively new EpiData user and am now using EpiData Analysis. In EpiData Analysis I would like to create a new variable which will be the number of days between two dates which I have collected in my EpiData dataset. I have started with "define" and the name of the new variable and the new variable will be a numeric variable of length 4. i.e: define smeartoreg1 #### However, I am having difficulty with the code for defining the number of days between two existing dates and would appreciate some advice on this. I think I am making a simple mistake that can easily be fixed. Many thanks. Kind regards, Kerri

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 10
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 May '12

30 May '12

Hello everyone Just to share my experience with you. As you know I had a problem reading my rec file in epidata analysis.We finally solved the problem after my colleague went through all the records (1065) in excel sheet. We found that one numeric field was initially entered in a wrong way, something that epidata entry accepted it when we imported the data from excel into epidata. Thanks all for your suggestions, help and time Mohammed On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 7:00 PM, <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca>wrote: > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 7 > (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 2. Re: data export problem still exists in EpiData Manager > 1.1.1? (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 3. Skip and fill (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 13:02:55 -0400 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 7 > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP76ED7500E68885741E88D6FD070(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Do you have text fields in the data - especially fields that may contain > special characters? > > You can import a lot of data from excel - for example, I just loaded a > test data set with 4401 records: > > Loading data from clipboard, please wait... > First line: (clipboard) id n m q r w t u c d e f g h i j k l m > Separator: Tab (tab: 79236)(semicolon: 0)(comma: 0)(space: 0) Lines: 4402 > (incl. field names) > File name :from clipboard > Fields: 19 Total records: 4401 Included: 4401 > > I you can import 50 lines, then I suspect there is a problem with one of > the records that follows. > > if you want me to try to diagnose the problem, you can send your .rec and > .chk files to me > > charlesknightsbridge (at) gmail.com > > I'll have a look and then delete everything, including the e-mail. > > Jamie > > On 2012-05-27, Mohammed wrote: > > > I also exported the file, 1065 records, into excel and when I tried to > copy > > and import it into epidata analysis immediately, the software shut down > > immediately. It only works with 50 records. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 27 May 2012 13:16:27 -0400 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] data export problem still exists in > EpiData Manager 1.1.1? > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP851C14F03D177087DF4691FD070(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Does Stata support UTF-8 with chinese characters? I see on their support > site a lot of questions about this, but no answers. Stata V12 infile > statement has no support for extended character sets: > > 3. ASCII or EBCDIC data can be read. > (from http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?infiling) > > Jamie > > On 2012-05-26, at 8:23 PM, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > > > in EpiData Manager 1.1.1 I still can't normally export .epx to Stata > .dta file > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 07:35:54 +0430 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: [EpiData-list] Skip and fill > To: <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> > Message-ID: <001801cd3c7e$cfa69880$6ef3c980$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Will there be some advanced skip and fill routines in future versions of > epidatamanager. > > > > For instance I work currently on a household survey where I ask about > livestock. > > > > V16a Number of cattle > > V16b Number of goats > > V16c Number of sheep > > Etc. > > V17a Number of productive female cattle > > V17b Number of productive female goats > > V17c Number of productive female sheep > > Etc. > > V18a Value of cattle > > V18b Value of goats > > V18c Value of sheep > > > > Suppose V16a equals "0" or is "SYSMIS" V17a and V18a should be system > missing. > > > > I could not find it in the current version. > > > > Regards, > > > > Aiso > > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 10 > ********************************************* > -- * --------------------------------------------------------- I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all, But whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. *

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Skip and fill
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 30 May '12

30 May '12

Will there be some advanced skip and fill routines in future versions of epidatamanager. For instance I work currently on a household survey where I ask about livestock. V16a Number of cattle V16b Number of goats V16c Number of sheep Etc. V17a Number of productive female cattle V17b Number of productive female goats V17c Number of productive female sheep Etc. V18a Value of cattle V18b Value of goats V18c Value of sheep Suppose V16a equals "0" or is "SYSMIS" V17a and V18a should be system missing. I could not find it in the current version. Regards, Aiso

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Sv: [EpiData-list] Help with export using Epidata Project
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 29 May '12

29 May '12

In the next release of manager for test you will have export to csv as well as key unique and validate dublicate- will be available in few weeks. Regards jens lauritsen -oprindelig besk.- Emne: [EpiData-list] Help with export using Epidata Project Fra: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Dato: 26-05-2012 02:29 Good day! I'm totally new to Epidata and would like to ask help on exporting data entered using v1.1. When I explored Epidata Manager, there is an exporting option but only stata. Our requirement is to export to notepad. I've been searching all over for answers but I'm really having a hard time to know how this may be done using v1.1. Thanks in advance. Regards, Paulo _______________________________________________ EpiData-list mailing list EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list

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data export problem still exists in EpiData Manager 1.1.1‏
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 27 May '12

27 May '12

Dear friends,in EpiData Manager 1.1.1 I still can't normally export .epx to Stata .dta file.for example," <Records> <Record status="rsNormal">F0=1,F1=中国</Record> </Records>" is normally displayed in temp.epx. But in temp.dta the value of F1, 中国, can't be normally displayed in Stata.A new problem:When I click Add button in Valuelabel Editor, a message box displays:Out of memory.Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption.Press Cancel to kill the program.Stata version: Stata12Stata file encoding: Chinese simple(CP936)EpiData ManagerProgram Version: 1.1.1 r432Core version: 1.0 r(DEBUG)FPC Version: 2.6.0Platform: i386-Win32Filename: C:\Users\ZhouLvJun\Desktop\temp.epxXML Version: 1Field count: 2Record count: 1 content of temp.epx: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><EpiData xmlns="http://www.epidata.dk/XML/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.epidata.dk/XML/1.0 http://www.epidata.dk/XML/1.0/epx.xsd" version="1" xml:lang="cn"> <Settings dateSeparator="/" timeSeparator="." decimalSeparator=","/> <ProjectSettings autoIncStart="1" timedBackupInterval="10" backupOnShutdown="true" showFieldNames="true" showFieldBorders="true"/> <StudyInfo> <Author></Author> <Agency></Agency> <Created>2012/05/21 20.54.14</Created> <Identifier></Identifier> <Keywords></Keywords> <Modified>2012/05/21 21.54.56</Modified> <Notes></Notes> <Version>1</Version> <Title> <Text xml:lang="cn">Untitled Project</Text> </Title> </StudyInfo> <DataFiles> <DataFile id="datafile_id_0" created="2012/05/21 20.54.14" version=""> <Records> <Record status="rsNormal">F0=1,F1=中国</Record> </Records> <Caption> <Text xml:lang="cn">Dataform 1</Text> </Caption> <Sections> <Section id="MAIN" top="0" left="0" width="0" height="0"> <Fields> <Field id="F0" top="32" left="50" type="ftInteger" length="1" decimals="0" entryMode="emDefault"> <Question> <Text xml:lang="cn">年龄</Text> </Question> </Field> <Field id="F1" top="73" left="49" type="ftString" length="20" decimals="0" entryMode="emDefault"> <Question> <Text xml:lang="cn">地区</Text> </Question> </Field> </Fields> <Headings/> </Section> </Sections> </DataFile> </DataFiles></EpiData> Thank you!Best regards,Richard Zhou2012-5-27

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Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 7
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 27 May '12

27 May '12

Hi Hans This also doesn't work. I also exported the file, 1065 records, into excel and when I tried to copy and import it into epidata analysis immediately, the software shut down immediately. It only works with 50 records. Thanks Mohammed On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:00 PM, <epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca>wrote: > Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to > epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > You can reach the person managing the list at > epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." > > > EpiData-list mailing list > ___________________________________ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 5 > (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 2. Re: Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 5 > (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > 3. Re: Relational databse (epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 20:12:06 +0200 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 5 > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <4FBE79F6.3050508(a)tbrieder.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Mohd: > > Have you tried to start everything again from scratch, ie, doing a > reinstall of EpiData Analysis? I know, last-resort proposal, but it > doesn't seem that anything else anybody proposes is fixing it, thus > let's hope it is just some corrupt file. > > Hans > > > On 23-May-12 19:08, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > > Hi Rod > > There are no deleted records > > > > Thanks > > Mohd > > -- > Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH > Jetzikofenstr 12 > 3038 Kirchlindach > Switzerland > > Tel: +41 31 829 4577 > Mob: +41 79 321 9122 > Web: http://www.tbrieder.org > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 14:31:42 -0400 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Re: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 5 > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP623D25377A2C85B343B300FD000(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > It is worth having a look at the file in an editor. If you are not going > to save it again, even Word will do, but change the font to Courier. > You should see the header information all lined up and then the data all > lined up with maximum 80 characters per line. It is pretty easy to see if > the file is corrupted (e.g. it got only partially copied from somewhere or > was edited with something like Word. > > I do this all the time if I have a problem with a data file and the > problem has always been one of the following: > > 1. The data came from EpiInfo - EpiInfo forgives a lot of errors in data > sets and won't tell you about them > 2. There is garbage part of the way through the file - indicates a disk > error or that the computer was shut off before the file was completely saved > 3. There is an extra blank line at the end or the very last line is not > complete or has extra spaces at the end > > Of course, if any of those are true, Epidata Entry won't read the file > either. > > The other potential problem is a corrupt .chk file, although there is a > pretty clear error message about that in my experience. > > Good luck... > > (by the way, a few of us are quite able to diagnose a .rec file problem, > but that means sending your data to a stranger) > > Jamie > > On 2012-05-24, Hans wrote: > > > Mohd: > > > > Have you tried to start everything again from scratch, ie, doing a > reinstall of EpiData Analysis? I know, last-resort proposal, but it doesn't > seem that anything else anybody proposes is fixing it, thus let's hope it > is just some corrupt file. > > > > Hans > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 12:56:45 +0200 > From: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Relational databse > To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > Message-ID: <4FBF656D.5010201(a)epidata.dk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 05/23/2012 07:22 AM, epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: > > Which command should I use so that when the "child" record opens, it > > automatically opens a new blank record (child). > > > > Walter > > _______________________________________________ > > EpiData-list mailing list > > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > Depends on your definition of relate. But Ctrl+N should make a new record. > > If your relate is a 1-1 there can be only one record in the child file > per id. > > regards > Jens Lauritsen > > > ------------------------------ > > ________________________________________ > EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > > > End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 103, Issue 7 > ******************************************** > -- * --------------------------------------------------------- I have held many things in my hands, and have lost them all, But whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess. *

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iPad, Android
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 25 May '12

25 May '12

Dear all, I just changed from the legacy Epidata to Epidata manager. It took a while to get used to the new philosophy, but I find it more easy to use compared to the legacy version. And I see clearly more development in this aspect. My question is whether you will develop iPad or Android versions of the programme. Initially it should be for the Epidata Client only, since by using tablet computers you could remove the need for purely data-entry staff. Regards from Kabul, Aiso Vos

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Help with export using Epidata Project
by epidata-list＠lists.umanitoba.ca 25 May '12

25 May '12

Good day! I'm totally new to Epidata and would like to ask help on exporting data entered using v1.1. When I explored Epidata Manager, there is an exporting option but only stata. Our requirement is to export to notepad. I've been searching all over for answers but I'm really having a hard time to know how this may be done using v1.1. Thanks in advance. Regards, Paulo

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