August 2015 - EpiData-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Information to user while working with Manager and EntryClient
by EpiData development and support 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

Dear all One of the design options we are discussing internally is whether to re-design the "status-bar" at the bottom of Manager and EntryClient. For input to this design, which is now "hard-coded" we are considering implementation of a user defined mode of content. Please discuss or add viewpoints of what you would like to see on a statusbar or information toolbar. Focus on which information you would like to see, not the actual visual design. Although ideas are obviously always welcomed. e.g : key for a project, do we need field names, field types, number of sections etc. Separate the input btw. Manager and EntryClient and whether you wish to have some obligatory and other user defined. Just respond to this mail and the discussion should form a "thread" . If you recieve the digest summary form of mails from the list, then delete other non-relevant parts to make your suggestion more readable. regards before you submit your suggestions. Rember not to include pictures or similar since these are blocked in the system. Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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AUTO: CN=Louise Cullen/O=NWHB is out of the office. (returning 31/08/2015)
by EpiData development and support 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

I am out of the office until 31/08/2015. Please contact Carol ODonnell on 074 910 4744 or Tracey McCole on 071 9852900 if you require further assistance, otherwise I will attend to your email when I return Note: This is an automated response to your message "EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 10" sent on 24/08/2015 18:00:19. This is the only notification you will receive while this person is away. *************************************************************************** "Tá an fhaisnéis sa ríomhphost seo (ceangaltáin san áireamh) faoi rún. Baineann sé leis an té ar seoladh chuige amháin agus tá sé ar intinn go bhfaighfidh siadsan amháin é agus gurb iadsan amháin a dhéanfaidh breithniú air. Más rud é nach tusa an duine ar leis é, tá cosc iomlán ar aon fhaisnéis atá ann, a úsáid, a chraobhscaoileadh, a scaipeadh, a nochtadh, a fhoilsiú, ná a chóipeáil . Seains gurb iad tuairimí pearsanta an údar atá san ríomhphost agus nach tuairimí FSS iad. Má fuair tú an ríomhphost seo trí dhearmad, bheadh muid buíoch dá gcuirfeá in iúil don.Deasc Seirbhísí ECT ar an nguthán ag +353 71 9820555 nó ar an ríomhphost chuig ICT.Helpdesk(a)hse.ie agus ansin glan an ríomhphost seo ded' chóras." *************************************************************************** "Information in this email (including attachments) is confidential. It is intended for receipt and consideration only by the intended recipient.If you are not an addressee or intended recipient, any use, dissemination,distribution, disclosure, publication or copying of information contained in this email is strictly prohibited..Opinions expressed in this email may be personal to the author and are not necessarily the opinions of the HSE. If this email has been received by you in error we would be grateful if you could immediately notify the ICT Service Desk by telephone at +353 71 9820555 or by email to ICT.Helpdesk(a)hse.ie and thereafter delete this e-mail from your system" ***************************************************************************

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Updated versions of EpiData Manager v2.0.7.53 and EntryClient v2.0.5.17:
by EpiData development and support 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Today new versions have been released today with bug-fixes and minor additions. . Our strategy just now is to release bug-fixes, such that we can focus on development of logging and dataprotection. The EntryClient release today adds the F5 "copy field" with a user format. e.g.: %gd %gn %gf %gp %q,%d,%v%n will now add "global" information such as date and dataform name, see: http://www.epidata.info/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=documentation:clipboardformat Such one can now copy as well current field and whole record to clipboard. For Manager: 2.0.7.53: Texts to describe exports have been added and also a new mechanism to work with dataforms with very many fields and labels. It seems that in practice one should keep number of fields on a given form below 200. More than that will work but with longer load times for the files. A complete list of changes is always shown on the download page in one of these links: http://epidata.dk/epidatamanager.changelog.txt http://epidata.dk/epidataentryclient.changelog.txt . Please inform the list of any non-solved problems or report to the database here: http://www.epidata.info/flyspray As always if you find problems and report to the list include version information, which you easily copy to a mail from the help menu "copy version info" regards Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association

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Access violation message- still unable to open database
by EpiData development and support 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

Dear Jamie, Many thanks for your email. Yes there was a lock file in the folder, even though the database was not open in either manager or EntryClient. I have deleted this. Now when I try to open the database in Manager it skips the message 'this file is locked by another program' etc, instead going straight to the Access Violation message. I've used the 'Prepare for double data entry' function, but the _double database file also will not open. Any idea how I can adjust the permissions on the file? (On either Mac or PC as it won't open on either). Seeing as I can open it in EntryClient is there any way I can save this database through Entry Client and get it back to a new Manager file? Best wishes Laura

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Access violation message- unable to open database
by EpiData development and support 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Hi, I am in the middle of creating a database on Epidata Manager v2.0.5.51 for Mac. There is one dataform and no relational databases. There are 13 sections and 468 fields so far. Today when I tried to open the database I get the message: “The file [xxxx] is locked by another program! The file was locked at [last time I tried to open it] by [my username]. Continue opening this file?” If I say No, the box just closes. If I say Yes, the database opens in the background but I get the message: “Access violation. Press OK to ignore and risk data corruption. Press Cancel to kill the program”. I have tried pressing OK many times but I can’t get beyond the error message and can’t access the database which I can see behind it. I can see that I haven't lost any sections of the database since I last saved it last night. If I press Cancel then Epidata Manager shuts down. I’ve been through this process many times. I can open the database on Epidata EntryClient. I can open other databases on Manager with no problem. I have tried opening the ‘problem’ database in the latest version of Manager on a PC but it also doesn’t work. I have downloaded the software again but that doesn’t work. I’ve restarted my Mac.. Any advice on how to open this database again would be very gratefully received. I can’t see any relevant entries on this particular scenario in the archives. Kind regards Laura Dr Laura Asher MBBS MSc MFPH Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow Centre for Global Mental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine /Department of Psychiatry, Addis Ababa University UK Phone: +44 (0) 207 2994668 UK Mobile: +44 (0) 7800 820978 Ethiopia Mobile: +251 (0) 912 649754 Email: laura.asher(a)lshtm.ac.uk

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Epidata Team
by EpiData development and support 11 Aug '15

11 Aug '15

Sir/Madam, I have just upgraded to windows 10. I wish to know the following - 1. Whether the current version of Epidata is compatible with Windows 10? 2. Whether anyone had faced any issues in exporting data from epidata to SPSS Version 21? I am involved in academic field work related to my MPH course requirement. I would be grateful for the feedback on my queries as it might save time in creating platform for data entry based on my interview schedule. In case epidata is not compatible with MS Windows 10, I may have to use excel or other data entry softwares for this purpose. Thanking you. Regards Aayam Gupta MPH Scholar, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, INDIA Yours sincerely, Aayam Gupta (6606, MPH 2014) Mobile- 0091-8301864169 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no such thing as sacrifice in a person's life aiming for excellence": Bedi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 6
by EpiData development and support 09 Aug '15

09 Aug '15

Dear Hans No problem. I hope you do in future out up some podcats to guide us through manager and client Students and faculty at my medical school are slowly but surely catching on and we do 3-4 workshops a year with the older epidata software Still have cold feet about doing a workshop with manager! warmly appreciate all that you are doing regards Thambu ________________________________________ From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca] Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2015 10:30 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 6 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: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 4 (EpiData development and support) 2. Epidata Team (EpiData development and support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:11:22 +0200 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 4 Message-ID: <55C6626A.4010502(a)tbrieder.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Dear Thambu: There must be a misunderstanding: there is an EpiData course (in the tab "EpiData course"), but this is not a talk; there are several things about epidemiology in the tab "Epidemiology", including talks accompanying a series of flash clips, annotated slide shows, etc, but this is not about "EpiData". I only pointed to the latter because Christine was interested what was behind the password. This is not an EpiData site per se as the home page defines, but it also has one tab dedicated to the course material on EpiData we prepared. Apologies if this created confusions. Regards, Hans On 08-Aug-15 09:23, EpiData development and support wrote: > Dear Hans > Many thanks for all the resources > I downloaded the zip file and also tried the online version-i could only view your presentation on TB epidemioloy;could not get to the epidata talk? > perhaps i missed some step? > regards > Thambu ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 11:06:35 +0530 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] Epidata Team Message-ID: <WC20150809053635.061FDE(a)sctimst.ac.in> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sir/Madam, I have just upgraded to windows 10. I wish to know the following - 1. Whether the current version of Epidata is compatible with Windows 10? 2. Whether anyone had faced any issues in exporting data from epidata to SPSS Version 21? I am involved in academic field work related to my MPH course requirement. I would be grateful for the feedback on my queries as it might save time in creating platform for data entry based on my interview schedule. In case epidata is not compatible with MS Windows 10, I may have to use excel or other data entry softwares for this purpose. Thanking you. Regards Aayam Gupta MPH Scholar, SCTIMST, Trivandrum, INDIA Yours sincerely, Aayam Gupta (6606, MPH 2014) Mobile- 0091-8301864169 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is no such thing as sacrifice in a person's life aiming for excellence": Bedi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 6 ********************************************

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Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 4
by EpiData development and support 08 Aug '15

08 Aug '15

Dear Hans Many thanks for all the resources I downloaded the zip file and also tried the online version-i could only view your presentation on TB epidemioloy;could not get to the epidata talk? perhaps i missed some step? regards Thambu Dr Thambu David Sudarsanam MD, DipNB Professor and Head Medicine Unit 2 and Clinical Epidemiology Unit Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, India CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email contains information from the sender that may be CONFIDENTIAL, LEGALLY PRIVILEGED, PROPRIETARY or otherwise protected from disclosure. This email is intended for use only by the person or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure, copying, distribution, printing, or any action taken in reliance on the contents of this email, is strictly prohibited. If you received this email in error, please contact the sending party by reply email, delete the email from your computer system and shred any paper copies. ________________________________________ From: epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [epidata-list-bounces(a)lists.umanitoba.ca] On Behalf Of epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca [epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca] Sent: Friday, August 07, 2015 10:30 PM To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 4 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. EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 3 (EpiData development and support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 21:44:08 +0200 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 3 Message-ID: <55C3B908.4040103(a)tbrieder.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Dear Christine: The restricted page is reserved for course participants in an upcoming course in Tartu. However, similar material is available on the same site in the navigation panel under "Epidemiology". On the opening page click on the "TBRiederEpiFlash" to watch (and listen) online or download the zip file and unzip to your PC and watch / listen offline. As you noted, the teaching material on EpiData has been developed by Jens Lauritsen and myself over several years of closely working together and is continuously updated. It has tremendously benefited from colleagues such as Ajay Kumar, Nguyen Binh Hoa, and Zaw Myo Tun to name just a few (the whole background and acknowledgments are in the beginning of the course material) In a next step we will adjust Part B to switch to reading *.epx files (rather than as currently *.REC / *.CHK). Best regards, Hans Hi Hans Thank you for giving the link to the module, I was very interested to read through it as it is the first time I have seen teaching material using the new version of Epidata. I see there is also a link to a presentation on the site but it takes you to a restricted area that needs a password. Are the presentations available through a public site at all? It would be good to watch this material being taught Many thanks Christine -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 321 9122 Skype: hansleonhardrieder Web: http://www.tbrieder.org ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 4 ********************************************

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EpiData-list Digest, Vol 141, Issue 3
by EpiData development and support 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Dear Christine: The restricted page is reserved for course participants in an upcoming course in Tartu. However, similar material is available on the same site in the navigation panel under "Epidemiology". On the opening page click on the "TBRiederEpiFlash" to watch (and listen) online or download the zip file and unzip to your PC and watch / listen offline. As you noted, the teaching material on EpiData has been developed by Jens Lauritsen and myself over several years of closely working together and is continuously updated. It has tremendously benefited from colleagues such as Ajay Kumar, Nguyen Binh Hoa, and Zaw Myo Tun to name just a few (the whole background and acknowledgments are in the beginning of the course material) In a next step we will adjust Part B to switch to reading *.epx files (rather than as currently *.REC / *.CHK). Best regards, Hans Hi Hans Thank you for giving the link to the module, I was very interested to read through it as it is the first time I have seen teaching material using the new version of Epidata. I see there is also a link to a presentation on the site but it takes you to a restricted area that needs a password. Are the presentations available through a public site at all? It would be good to watch this material being taught Many thanks Christine -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 321 9122 Skype: hansleonhardrieder Web: http://www.tbrieder.org

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notes during dataentry in EDEC
by EpiData development and support 06 Aug '15

06 Aug '15

Dear list-members In the "old" EpiData Entry, a note editor can be opened during data entry using F5, the note is stamped with the time, observation (record), and field from which you hit F5. This allow easy documentation of decisions made during data entry, as the person entering information can describe the situation and decision. This seems not to be implemented in the Manager/Entry Client structure, so my question is whether any of my fellow users have developed an alternative using other software, allowing parsing of information on record and variable? My experience is that the information is not always noted if using a paper or notepad solution leading to poorer documentation than in the EDE days. Best wishes Henrik Henrik Bøggild Associate professor, PhD, MD (specialist in public health) Department of Health Science and Technology / Public Health and Epidemiology Group Faculty of Medicine Aalborg University Denmark

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