July 2020 - EpiData-list - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

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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Update of most recent public version of Analysis (due to error in the editor)
by EpiData development and support 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

Dear All Unfortunately there was an undisclosed bug in the public version released last week of new Analysis. One could exit Analysis without being asked to save an unsaved pgm file in the editor. This is now fixed. The most recent public version is therefore: _Manager_ *v4.6.0.2* _EntryClient_ *v4.6.0.2* _Analysis_ *v3.0.0.1* And the combined one for Windows: setup.all-in-one.4.6.0.5.exe The lacking finding of the error has been added to the pre-test for coming analysis. best wishes and apologies. Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association, Denmark

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SPSS Export
by EpiData development and support 03 Jul '20

03 Jul '20

Dear Torsten, dear Jens, Epidata-Manager does the SPSS-Export in a indirect way. A SPSS-Syntax-File and a CSV-Data-File are created. You have to run the Syntax in SPSS to create a SPSS-Datafile. This is the current proceeding. For this proceeding I have some questions: - Is it very hard to create a SPSS-Datafile at once? - Why is the SPSS-CSV-Data-Export-File different to a direct CSV-Data-Export-File? The Structure is different. In my opinion it will be easier and a clear way to have ONE (adjustible) CSV-Data-Export-File. For that I recommend to replace the second Tab in " Tools/Export.../Type: SPSS 'SPSS-Options' " with the 'CSV-Options' (except for "Export Value Labels" because this is a great advantage of EpiData! Perhaps this Item stands better one the first Tab.) - Is it possible to change the default given SPSS-Syntax? The "Data List"-Command still works, but it is a little bit out of date. It does not work with the qualifier for Textvariables. So you have to edit the csv-File or have to write a new Syntax. "GET DATA" is the current Command. With kind regards Michael

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Epidata 3.1 - Not Showing Correct Date
by EpiData development and support 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

Good morning. I received a ticket from one of our Epidata users. The user is using Epidata 3.1. According to her, the data entry sheets usually self-populate with the correct date. However, it seems to be stuck on 20/04/2020. Please see attached. Troubleshooting done: 1. Clear personalization and profile. 2. Re-install the software. Info: 1. There are 2 users of Epidata in this department. The 2 of them are experiencing this. 2. They are using VDI pool to access Epidata. What do you think is the problem and how it can be resolved. Thank you. Noel Bermejo Technical Analyst - Information Technology Yorkton Regional Health Centre - Yorkton Saskatchewan Health Authority | 306-786-0159 This email message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. It is intended only for the addressee(s). Any unauthorized disclosure is strictly prohibited. If you are not a named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system.

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