Category Options, Categories, Category Combinations... What's the difference?

[Mayamiko (Mayamiko Z Mendamenda)]

A while ago, I shared a post in my DHIS2 Metadata Series about setting up Categories and Category Options.

Since then, I’ve been exploring these concepts further, especially how they come together when working with aggregate data and disaggregations.

In this video, I explain and demonstrate what category combinations are and how to create them.

What Are DHIS2 Category Combinations? #dhis2 #categorycombo

If you found my earlier post useful, this is a good follow-up to it.

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The Smart Way to Set Up DHIS2 Categories | DHIS2 Metadata Series

Following the pervious series on Stop Creating Option Sets One by One | DHIS2 Metadata Series, when working with categories in DHIS2, we often need to break data down into groups like age or sex. For example, you might define: Sex: Male , Female Age groups : 17–20, 21–24, 25–28 … all the way up to 80+ While this structure is useful for analysis, creating all these category options manually can quickl…

What part of Categories and Category Combinations was confusing when you first started working with DHIS2?