Variable meaning for key

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Hi Everyone, I am creating a key for the variables in a application on
Commcare. However, I have come across a variable '_rev', which is a
character variable. This is an e.g.
" 9-f141043bc63e7242b34aba72131ff632 ". Can someone please tell me what
this means - like a description of this variable.
Thanks in advance!

Akhil

2

Thanks for the reply Will.

Sorry, by 'variable' I meant one of the columns in my data i.e. when I
export my application data into excel, '_rev' is one of the column names,
and it has nothing to do with our study. So, I think it is a Commcare
related variable/attribute.

I am attaching a screenshot of the exported excel sheet, with the above
mentioned column highlighted.

Thank for the help again,
Akhil

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··· On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 10:15:41 PM UTC-5, akhilks...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Everyone, I am creating a key for the variables in a application on > Commcare. However, I have come across a variable '_rev', which is a > character variable. This is an e.g. > " 9-f141043bc63e7242b34aba72131ff632 ". Can someone please tell me what > this means - like a description of this variable. > Thanks in advance! > > Akhil >
3

Akhil,

Can you clarify what you mean by "variable" and where you're seeing that
key, possibly by providing screenshots?

Cheers,
Will

··· On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:15 PM, wrote:

Hi Everyone, I am creating a key for the variables in a application on
Commcare. However, I have come across a variable '_rev', which is a
character variable. This is an e.g.
" 9-f141043bc63e7242b34aba72131ff632 ". Can someone please tell me what
this means - like a description of this variable.
Thanks in advance!

Akhil

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Alright, thanks so much for clearing that!

Best,
Akhil

··· On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 10:15:41 PM UTC-5, akhilks...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hi Everyone, I am creating a key for the variables in a application on > Commcare. However, I have come across a variable '_rev', which is a > character variable. This is an e.g. > " 9-f141043bc63e7242b34aba72131ff632 ". Can someone please tell me what > this means - like a description of this variable. > Thanks in advance! > > Akhil >
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Hi Akhil,

That is a change that one of our processes uses internally to track changes
to the export document. I don't think it has any semantic meaning in the
context of your data export so can be ignored.

Cheers,
Will

··· On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:22 AM, wrote:

Thanks for the reply Will.

Sorry, by 'variable' I meant one of the columns in my data i.e. when I
export my application data into excel, '_rev' is one of the column names,
and it has nothing to do with our study. So, I think it is a Commcare
related variable/attribute.

I am attaching a screenshot of the exported excel sheet, with the above
mentioned column highlighted.

Thank for the help again,
Akhil

On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 10:15:41 PM UTC-5, akhilks...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Everyone, I am creating a key for the variables in a application on
Commcare. However, I have come across a variable '_rev', which is a
character variable. This is an e.g.
" 9-f141043bc63e7242b34aba72131ff632 ". Can someone please tell me what
this means - like a description of this variable.
Thanks in advance!

Akhil

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