Indeed good news :) Congratulation to the whole team who made this possible. The new features are pretty exciting, looking forward to fully utilize them.
Cheers, Ismail On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshe...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi all, > > DHIS version 2.15 is out. We have a great set of new features for you: > > > - *Event reports app*: We have a completely new "event reports" app for > analysis of events. This app lets you do aggregated analysis of events > directly without building aggregation queries and create pivot-style > tables, where you can use data elements as individual dimensions together > with periods and org units. All dimensions can be placed on columns, rows > and filters. The app also lets you query on events using filters on all > data elements, org units or periods. It lets you save tables as favorites > and share them with others. You can also download your favorites to many > popular formats. This app replaces the old tabular reports. You can check > it out on the demo by browsing through all of the favorites. > > Documentation <http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch27.html>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-reports/app/index.html?id=UkrtwQA5NpO> > > > - *Event capture app*: A new app for capture of events. This app makes it > easy to capture events efficiently, view the list of events capture so far > and update existing events. It lets you configure and select the columns to > show in the list of events. The app works offline, meaning that you can > continue to enter events even if connectivity drops during your working > session. > > Documentation <http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch26.html> | > Demo <http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-capture/index.html> > > > - *Tracked entities*: In tracker you can now define any number of tracked > entities, representing things you want to track. Tracked entities can be > commodities, lab samples, buildings, wells, drug batches and persons, or > anything you want. This makes the system more flexible and applicable for > tracking most stuff beyond just persons. A program is associated with one > tracked entity. We hope that you will be creative and take advantage of > this new level of abstraction. You can define tracked entities from persons > and programs > tracked entity. > > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-program/trackedEntity.action> > > > - *Data approval levels*: You can now configure the levels for where > approval of data should take place. For instance, you can require that data > must be approved at the facility and provincial org unit hierarchy levels, > omitting approval at the district levels. An approval level requires that > the data must be approval by some user linked to the specific level for it > to be considered valid and be available in data analysis. Approval levels > are configured under settings > approval. > > Documentation <http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch06.html>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemApprovalSettings.action> > > > - *Data approval in analytics*: Data approval now takes place in reports > module > data approval. Approval of data is now respected in data analytics > tools such as pivot table and visualizer, meaning that data which has not > been approved will not be part of the aggregated values displayed in > reports. This implies that data can be hidden until it has been approved by > the appropriate persons. In other words, the aggregated data in analysis > apps will be based on approved data only. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s13.html>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-reporting/showDataApprovalForm.action> > > > - *Data access control in org unit hierarchy*: User's access to data can > now be controlled in the organisation unit hierarchy. This is done by > assigning data view root organisation units per user. The existing > association between users and org units represent access to doing data > capture. The new association for data view organisation units controls for > which organisation units a user can view analytical data in the analysis > modules such as pivot table and visualizer. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#user_management>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-user/showAddUserForm.action> > > > - *Category option groups and group sets*: Category options can now be > further classified by assigning them to category option groups and group > sets. An example where this is useful is when representing various projects > as category options and there is a need to classify these projects by > funding agencies/donors. The group sets are available as dimensions in all > data analysis modules. You set these up from data elements and indicators > > category option groups / group sets. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch04.html#d5e758>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-datadictionary/categoryOptionGroup.action> > > > - *Top menu*: We have added a new, more flexible top menu. This menu > displays all apps that is available to the current user, including both > standard apps and installed, external apps. It works well on touch-based > devices due to the large icons. You can organize your apps by clicking on > "more apps" link and drag-and-drop your apps into the order you would like. > Note that your first nine apps will be displayed in the drop-down menu. You > can scroll down in the top drop-down menu to view all apps, too. Check it > out on the demo by hovering the "apps" icon in the top menu. > > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action> > > > - *User account invites*: A new feature for inviting new users to the > system has been added. An invite is similar to an account, except that > instead of specifying username and password, an email is sent to the > invited user, who can pick username and password herself before logging > into the system. This is useful to avoid insecure password generation such > as standard or simplistic passwords, or passwords being known by other than > the user herself. Check it out in the add new user screen by selecting > "email invitation to create account" from the top drop-down menu. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#user_management>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-user/showAddUserForm.action> > > > - *Std dev and variance aggregation operators*: Data elements can now > have new aggregation operators which includes count, standard deviation and > variance. These aggregation operators can also be specified directly in > analytics web api queries. This allows for more advanced reports and > aggregations. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch04.html#dataElement>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-datadictionary/showAddDataElementForm.action> > > > - *Org unit group counts in indicators*: In indicator formulas you can > now include the number of org units in a specific group. This count of org > units intersects with the org unit hierarchy based on the org unit > requested for aggregation. As an example, this lets you use the number of > public facilities in a specific district in indicators. This is useful e.g. > when creating facility infrastructure surveys and reports. Check out the > > Documentation <http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch13.html>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/app/index.html?id=hSGuhZLDBSN> > > > - *Custom range axis in visualizer*: In data visualizer you can now > specify a new set of options for the range (y) axis, namely the max and min > value, the number of ticks to use, and the number of decimals for the axis > values. This is useful when e.g. you want to "zoom in" on the upper part of > a bar chart in order to highlight differences between org units. Check out > the demo chart which shows immunization coverage between 70% and 110%. > > Documentation <http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch17.html>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html?id=BqUYzUotRlr> > > > - *OpenID authentication*: The system can now be configured to > authenticate users through OpenID. This is useful to avoid forcing users to > create yet another username and password. OpenID is an open standard that > allows users to be authenticated through identify providers, such as Google > and Yahoo. The OpenID provider can be specified from settings > access. > > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemAccessSettings.action> > > > - *CSV meta-data import*: From import-export module you can now import > meta-data in CSV format. Supported objects are currently data elements + > groups, category options + groups and organisation units + groups. CSV > import is quite handy when doing ad-hoc imports from spreadsheets and the > like. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch21.html#d5e3265> > | > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-importexport/dxf2MetaDataImport.action?importFormat=csv> > > > - *More dynamic attributes*: You can now assign dynamic attributes to > data sets and organisation unit group sets. This is useful when you need to > capture additional meta-data information beyond what is offered as fixed > attributes on these objects. > > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/showAddAttributeForm.action> > > > - *Unit intervals*: Data elements now have a new numeric value type > called unit interval, which is a continuous number between 0 and 1. This is > useful e.g. when you require users to enter a percentage in data entry > without having to specify validation rules for each data element. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch04.html#dataElement>| > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-datadictionary/showAddDataElementForm.action> > > > - *Standard comments*: Data elements can now define option sets for data > value comments. This means that you can use an option set to define a > standard, common set of comments to data values, and let users choose an > option by clicking inside the data entry cells and using the regular > comment field. You can check it out on the demo for the "facility > assessment" form for the "facility infrastructure" data elements. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch04.html#dataElement>| > Demo <http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action> > > > - *Extended sharing*: The sharing paradigm has now been applied to a new > range of objects: org unit group set, data element group, data element > group set, category combination, category, category option, sql view, user > role, validation rule group, option set, tracked entity attribute. The > sharing solution enables you to give objects public/private access for > reading or writing, and share objects with other groups of users. > > Demo<http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-datadictionary/categoryOption.action> > > > - *Minor* new features: > > - Data sets have a new setting for forcing users to enter a *comment for > missing data values* before clicking complete. > - When importing events you can now specify the organisation unit *identifier > scheme*, such as code. > - Data visualizer now discriminates between* missing values and zeros* - > missing values are displayed as dashes. > - DHIS 1.4 import now includes *import of validation rules*. > - A new *six-monthly period type* with start in April is now supported > for data capture and analysis. > > > --- > > > This version brings a lot of improvements to the *Web API*, which is now > richer, more stable and better documented. We have continued on our path of > making all system aspects available through the Web API, while rewriting > our own clients as light-weight apps. > > > - *Flexible property filtering*: When requesting lists of meta-data > objects, the API now allows for flexible filtering on any meta-data > property, using any number of filters per query. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s06.html> > > > - *CRUD*: All API resources now directly support create, update, get and > delete operations, allowing for modifying resources directly instead of > going through the meta-data resource - makes the API more in line with REST > principles and more convenient to use. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s08.html> > > > - *Meta-data inclusion / exclusion*: For each resource you can specify > precisely which properties and collections you want to be serialized and > included in the response - useful e.g. to avoid loading big collections > unnecessarily for objects. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s07.html> > > > - *Tracked entity instance query*: A new resource for querying and > searching tracked entity instances (e.g. persons, medicines) has been > added, which supports free-text queries, queries on specific attributes, > programs, program status, events and more. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s34.html> > > > - *Data value set templates*: You can now generate data value set > templates for specific data sets, making it simpler to create data entry > clients. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s09.html#d5e7828> > > > - *JSON data value sets*: Data value sets can now be rendered as JSON, in > addition to the existing XML support. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s09.html#d5e7719> > > > - *Maintenance*: Certain maintenance functions are now available through > a maintenance web api resource. > > Documentation<http://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch30s24.html> > > > --- > > > You can *download* Live package, WAR file, sample data and source code > here: > > http://www.dhis2.org/downloads > > > You will find *documentation* and javadocs here: > > http://www.dhis2.org/documentation > > > The *demo* application can be found here: > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo > > > Full list of features can be found at the *Launchpad* page: > > https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.15 > > > > Enjoy the new features. Feedback is appreciated. > > > best regards, > > the DHIS 2 development team > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > Post to : dhis2-devs@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Ismail Yusuf Koleleni, Computer Science and Engineering Department College of Information and Communication Technology (CoICT) University of Dar es Salaam +255713732238 / +255788732233
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