# Program Stage Custom Form Change Input Value

**URL:** <https://community.dhis2.org/t/program-stage-custom-form-change-input-value/46511>\
**Category:** Support - Assistance technique\
**Tags:** tracker\
**Created:** [14 March 2022 12:23 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/program-stage-custom-form-change-input-value/46511 "2022-03-14T12:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![SalehAbbas](https://dhis2.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.dhis2.org/salehabbas/32/33343_2.png) [@SalehAbbas](https://community.dhis2.org/u/SalehAbbas)\
**Post date:** [15 March 2022 21:25 UTC](https://community.dhis2.org/t/program-stage-custom-form-change-input-value/46511/5 "2022-03-15T21:25:01Z")

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Thanks Again @Gassim ,

I try to get **patient personal information**  **from government system** like ( **Ministry of Interior** ) just when user fill patient id and press a button then get all patient data and fill it on form input.

another example:  
I need get all patient lab result from lab and store it on a patient stage same before using button to get all data and fill it on form input filed.

this allow to us to help users to use DHIS2 in quick way without build 3-party system, just inside custom form in DHIS2 and make DHIS2 powerful in connecting with other system.

I suggest this ticket below for DHIS2 team but still no answer

> [@New attribute type (Advanced Function) for integration with external systems](https://community.dhis2.org/t/new-attribute-type-advanced-function-for-integration-with-external-systems/45210):
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> Proposed new Value Type: Function Hello everyone we were thinking of a missing but important “advance user” feature in DHIS2 which could use basic coding to integrate with other external system in order get data into field as values. Since we can get values from “attribute id” and change/add using this proposed function area (see attached examples). The idea is that we don’t need to use custom-form to achieve this. For example, we used this methodology while doing pilot testing on one of our…

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