Value types supported¶

The following is a comprehensive list of all value types available in DHIS 2, and notes on whether or not these have been implemented in the Android Capture app.

Any issues around using a particular feature with Android are highlighted with an exclamation mark !.

Legend	Description
	Value type implemented
	Value type not implemented, but will be safely ignored (if not compulsory)
	Work in progress. Feature not completely implemented yet or with unexpected behaviour already reported

Value type	Description of value type	Program with registration	Program with registration	Program without registration	Data Set	Notes on implementation
		Attributes	Data Elements	Data Elements	Data Elements
Time	Time only
Date & Time	Date plus time
Date	Date only
Age	Enables entry of either an age in years/months/days or a date-of-birth (both are stored as date-of-birth)
Phone number	A valid phone number
Email	An email address in a valid format
Yes/no	Boolean yes/no (or no response)
Yes only	Yes or no response
Number	Any valid number, including decimals
Integer	Any integer (whole numbers, no decimals)
Positive Integer	Only positive integers (no zero or negative values)
Positive or Zero Integer	Only zero or positive integers (no negative values)
Negative Integer	Only negative integers (no zero or positive values)
Percentage	Any decimal value between 0 and 100
Unit interval	Any decimal value between 0 and 1
Text	Text (length of text up to 50,000 characters)
Multi_Text (From 3.0)	Option set for multiple choice
Long text	Text (no constraints on length)
Letter	A single letter
File	Enables upload of files in various formats (requires appropriate storage to be configured)
Organisation unit	Enables selection of a DHIS2 organisation unit as the chosen value
Tracker Associate	Enables selection of an existing Tracker 'tracked entity instance' (e.g. a person) as the value
Username	Enables selection of a valid DHIS2 username as the value
Coordinate	Enables manual entry of geographical coordinates (doesn't enable automatic capture of coordinates)
URL	Enables manual entry of a URL.
Image	Enables upload of images.