Congs DHIS2 Developers and Team. Thanks Lars for this. Looking forward for an upgrade.
Alex On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > DHIS version 2.18 is out. We have some nice new features for you. > > > > New and interactive dashboard: The dashboard has received a lot of > improvements. > > Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action> > (login with admin/district) > > - Interactive items: The map items let you zoom in or out and drill > down/float up between layers. Click on series in charts to hide or show > them. Hover over maps and charts to see data values and details. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-interactive.png> > > - Google maps: The map dashboard items now use Google maps as background > layer. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-google-maps.png> > > - Re-size items: You can re-size items and switch between normal, double > and full width by clicking on the "resize" link on the item headers. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-resize.png> > > - Event reports: You can now include event reports in your dashboard. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-event-reports.png> > > - Smarter search: Search by words independently to find favorites more > easily, e.g. “ANC district”. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-search.png> > > - More features: Support for pivots with legend sets, facility map layers > and radius for map points. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-radius.png> > > - Better looks: The dashboard items are rendered using the pivot table, > data visualizer and GIS components which give a better visual appearance. > > > Simpler configuration and loading of apps: Apps are now loaded by default > through the Web API without any need for configuration. The benefit is that > you can upgrade your DHIS 2 version without affecting already installed > apps. The app configuration can be set through the apps Web API resource. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/app-settings.png> > | Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch02s06.html> > > > Managed users: A new “managed users” concept for user management has been > introduced. This allows you to explicitly define which users are allowed to > modify which users. This is done by defining users groups to manage other > user groups through the standard user interface. To enable this you should > grant users the authority to "Add/update users within managed groups" > instead of the normal “Add/update users”. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/managed-user-groups.png> > | Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#d5e1533> > > > Replication of users: New feature for creating an identical copy of a > user, with a new username and password. Replicating accounts is useful when > working with support requests related to access control. Select a user in > from the user list, select replicate and enter new credentials. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/replicate-user.png> > | Docs > <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#user_maintenance> > | Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-user/alluser.action> > > > Tracker enrollment history: In tracker capture dashboard you can now list > historical enrollments by clicking on “History” and view captured data for > each of them. Notes can be added to historical events. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/tracker-history.png> > | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/> > > > Easy enrollment for relatives: A program can be configured to present > shortcuts for relatives, which now can be easily enrolled into a specified > program. As an example, for a “mother and child” program you can now > specify that the child should be added into a “immunization” program. This > will make the "immunization" pre-selected in relationship dialog. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/relationship-shortcut.png> > > > Favorite names in dialogs: In all analysis apps you can see the name of > the current favorite in the header of the favorite and share dialogs. This > makes it simpler to see which favorite you are working on e.g. when > updating favorites. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/favorite-names.png> > | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html> > > > CORS support: DHIS 2 now supports Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS), > which is a mechanism that allows resources to be requested from another > domain. This means most notably that you can make requests to the DHIS 2 > Web API from a web page or portal living on another domain than the DHIS 2 > instance. The domains which should be allowed access must be defined under > system settings > remote access. > > Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22.html#d5e3857> > | Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/cors.png> > > > See apps authorities: We have added authorities for seeing apps so that > you can control per user roles who should be allowed to access which apps > from the top menu. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/app-authorities.png> > > > Clear local storage app: A new app has been added for clearing the > application storage, which is the area where DHIS 2 stores data locally in > the web browser. This is sometimes tricky to clear and web browsers have > different menu layout for doing it, so an app is useful e.g. when doing > user support. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/cache-cleaner-app.png> > | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-cache-cleaner/index.html> > > > Attributes for program: Dynamic meta-data attributes can now be defined > for programs from data administration > attributes. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/program-attribute.png> > | Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/showAddAttributeForm.action> > > > Remove expired invitations: A new maintenance function has been added > under data administration > maintenance for deleting users which represent > user account invitations which now have expired. This is useful when you > send out a lot of user invitations and need to clean up after some time. > > Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch21s03.html> | Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/displayMaintenanceForm.action> > > > Infrastructural indicator data in GIS: You can configure an indicator > group as “infrastructural” under general system settings, which will > subsequently show up with indicator data in a dialog when left-clicking on > an area or point in GIS. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/infrastructural-indicators.png> > | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html> > > > Instant validation in event capture: In event capture, you will now get > instant feedback if you type values of the wrong type in input fields. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/event-capture-validation.png> > | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-capture/index.html#/> > > > Multiple message “mark for follow-up”: You can now mark multiple messages > for follow-up in one go under messages. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/followup.png> | > Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/message.action> > > > Data set sections in context menu: Form sections are now accessed by > clicking on data sets to open the context menu. This allows for faster > navigation. > > Screenshot > <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/sections.png> | > Demo > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataset/dataSet.action> > > > --- Web API features > > > > PDF, Excel, CSV support for meta-data: You can now get lists of meta-data > as PDF, Excel and CSV files directly from the Web API through the normal > “.pdf”, “.xls” and “.csv” URL extensions or through accept headers. > > Docs > <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s05.html#d5e657> > | Demo PDF <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.pdf> | Excel > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.xls> | CSV > <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.csv> > > > New filters: The meta-data filter function now supports startsWith, > endsWith, nlike (not like), which allows for greater flexibility when > filtering meta-data. > > Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s06.html> > > > Email: A resource for sending emails for system notifications and testing > has been added. This is useful e.g. when you have developed external > scripts that need to send email messages to the system administrators. > Requires that an email SMTP server has been configured. > > Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s38.html> > > > PATCH support: You can now do PATCH requests in order to do partial > updates of meta-data. You can e.g. update only the name of a user group. > This is useful to avoid sending very large payloads just to make a change > to a simple property. > > Docs > <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s08.html#d5e1074> > > > Better user query: The user query function has been made more flexible > and allows for querying for users that can be managed by the current user, > last login, inactivity, self registration, invitation status and more. > > Docs > <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s27.html#d5e3496> > > > Import strategy for tracker data: You can now define whether to only > create or create and update entities when importing tracked entity > instances, enrollments and events. > > Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s36.html> > > > --- > > You can download Live package, WAR file, sample data and source code here: > > https://www.dhis2.org/downloads > > > You will find documentation and Javadocs here: > > https://www.dhis2.org/documentation > > > You can read the upgrade notes here: > > https://www.dhis2.org/218-upgrade > > > The demo application can be found here: > > https://apps.dhis2.org/demo > > > Full list of features can be found at the Launchpad page: > > https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.18 > > > Instructions for signing up for the DHIS 2 mailing lists here: > > https://www.dhis2.org/contact > > > > Enjoy the new features. > > > > best regards, > > the DHIS 2 development team > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Alex Tumwesigye Technical Advisor - DHIS2, Ministry of Health/AFENET Kampala Uganda IT Consultant - BarefootPower Uganda Ltd, SmartSolar, Kenya IT Specialist (Servers, Networks and Security, Health Information Systems - DHIS2 ) & Solar Consultant +256 774149 775, + 256 759 800161 "I don't want to be anything other than what I have been - one tree hill "
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