How to block updating of previous years data

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Hello,

I am in a training session, and a participant asked us if it is possible to block the modification of data for previous years when they are considered valid and of good quality.

Is it possible to do that ?

Regards

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Hi @didate,

Is this in Data Entry app or Tracker Capture app? Thanks!

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Hello @Gassim

Yes, In Data Entry app.

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Yes, there is a way to block using (Expiry days)

as mentioned in the docs:

Expiry days
Sets the deadline (days after period) after which DHIS2 locks all data entry for the period (0 means no locks at all). Periods can still be opened, but cells will be greyed out.

And since you specifically mention “valid and good quality”, I believe you also mean (data approval.) When using data approval, it’s possible to lock data, yes. :slight_smile:

Data approval workflow
If an admin selects a pre-configured Data Approval Workflow, this will be used to enforce an ‘approval’ or ‘acceptance and approval’ cascade, enabling users to sign-off and lock data. The process of the approval has to be done in web. Once a data set is approved, the data will not longer be editable in the app.

source: Datasets features - DHIS2 Documentation

I hope this helps! Please feel free to post back to the community if you have more questions or mark this post as a solution. :slight_smile: Thanks!

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Oh yes thank you @Gassim . I didn’t know this option.

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