Custom Program Rules

The PCA currently does not support In-app creation of custom Program Rules, meaning that the standard Program Rules management in the DHIS2 Maintenance App is required for this. However, the custom Program Rules are displayed in the PCA as described in the Checking Existing Program Rules page.

H2 Program Rules Generated by the PCA

If the HNQIS2 Metadata Package has been installed in the server, the PCA will enable the H2 features. These features allow the creation and modification of H2 Programs, enabling access to other features like the Import/Export of Excel Templates, and the Set Up of H2 Logic and Analytics (see Image 1).

The Excel Template is the main way to define Program Logic in H2 Assessments, allowing for easy configuration of Parent Questions (Hide/Show logic), label creation, scoring calculations, and
much more (see Image 2). You can check how to use the Excel Template here.

After importing the Excel Template with the desired changes, the Program Rules can be generated by using the Set Up Program button.

Parent Logic - Hide/Show Rules

A Parent Question displays more questions if a specific answer is given, this means that some questions can be hidden from the Assessment until the Parent Question has one specific value. This is useful for displaying questions related to another question, for example:

• Is the test result positive? (Parent Question - Yes/No)

  • If yes, Was the necessary medication administered? (Show if answer is Yes)

  • If no, Are the test results recent? (Show if answer is No)

Hide/Show Rules are generated by the PCA when the Parent Question and Answer Value columns are configured (see Image 2). This translates into Program rules named using the following structure:

The resulting Program Rules in DHIS2 will follow the previous naming convention (see Image 3). The rules generated by the PCA are tagged as Scripted in the configurations so the App is able to differentiate custom and automated Program Rules (see Image 4).

The logic of these Program Rules is “Inverted” due to the fact that DHIS2 can only Hide Questions. This means that if the Rule is “Show Questions when Answer is 1”, the logic would be “Hide Questions when Answer is not 1” (see Images 5 and 6).

Special Case: Mandatory Child Questions

Mandatory questions in DHIS2 represent a problem when these are hidden by a Parent Question. DHIS2 always displays mandatory questions, this means that a Child Question cannot be mandatory directly, or else the question will be shown even if the Parent hasn’t been answered.

To circumvent this issue, Mandatory Child Questions aren’t mandatory by default, that is why the PCA also generates Program Rules for making questions mandatory (see Image 7). These rules are named following the structure:

The configuration is mostly the same as the Hide/Show Program Rules, basically only changing the Program Rule Name and the Program Rule Actions (see Images 8 and 9). Also, the condition would be the same as the Hide/Show rules (see Image 10) without inverting the logic.

With that new set of Program Rules, Mandatory Child Questions are no longer an issue.

H2 Scoring Program Rules

In H2, any numeric type question can contribute to the scoring process of an Assessment. By numeric question we refer to any question with a DHIS2 Value Type of Number, Integer, Positive Integer, etc. This includes questions limited to the options contained in an Option Set (requiring the Option Set to be of numeric type).

A numeric question can contribute to a score if the question Numerator, Denominator and Feedback Order are defined (see Images 11 and 12). Lacking any of the previous configurations means that the question doesn’t contribute to any score.

Critical Score

Non-critical Score

Overall Score

Compositive Score

Program Variables

In H2 programs where PCA automatically generate the necessary program rules described above, it also generates associated Program Variable. Those variables are named as xxxxx

screenshot showing a couple of program variables generated by PCA h2 case