Counting text data elements in tracker

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In a certain tracker program stage, we have data elements for people’s names to be added. I would like to create either an indicator or program indicator that will count the number of names filled in. Essentially I want to count the number of these data elements that have value/text filled in.

I’m struggling trying to figure out how to do it, find something about it in the documentation, or a topic here in the community where a similar question has been answered.

Thanks for the help!

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Hi @Jermacias,

I recommend you check out the Tracker Configuration Academy (for playlist click here and for the Program Indicators session click here)

I suggest a program indicator which has the aggregation type as count, Analytics type as Enrollment, Expression could be V{enrollment_count}, and the filter will be IsNotNull(data-element)

Make sure you clear the cache and run analytics. Hope it works, and please feel free to post back if you have more questions.

Thank you!

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How do you count for aggregate data collected through data entry forms?

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For aggregate you could select the data element in the Data Visualizer app and you will see the count. :slight_smile:

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Thanks @Gassim, I ended up finding a work around by basically creating 6 different program indicators (for the 6 different text fields in the program stage) and then creating an indicator to add them all up. Sorted.

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