TIMSS 6: Inactive Codes in Drop-Downs

I have heard many complaints about inactive codes being displayed in drop down boxes in TIMSS. These are displayed for 2 reasons. First, it allows you to search for codes that are inactive. Second, when an inactive code is actually used, the description will be displayed, otherwise the field would be blank.



What you can do to clean up this list is change the display order on the inactive codes. In types and codes, when you change a code to inactive, also set the display order to something like 99 so it will be displayed at the end of the listing.

Applies to: TIMSS6