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[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Excellent news - I will demonstrate it at an important regional
meeting in Bangkok next week.

Thanks to the whole crew!

Knut

On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Lars Helge Øverland
<larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> DHIS version 2.9 is out. We have some exciting new features:
>
> - Individual records (person records module): Improved data entry for
> programs with multiple stages. Program stages are listed horizontally
> which makes it easy to get the overview and enter data for the various
> stages. Check it out by selecting Ngelehun CHC (Bo -> Badia ->
> Ngelehun CHC), list all persons, click "program management" icon and
> enroll for "Child health program".
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/patient.action
>
> - Individual records: We now have tree types of programs: 1) Multiple
> events with person registration (e.g. child immunization). 2) Single
> events with person registration (e.g. death certificates). 3) Single
> events without registration (e.g. inpatient morbidity and mortality
> registration). Each program has its own, dedicated page in the
> individual records module. The new page for single events with
> registration allows you to register a person and doing data entry for
> a program in the same screen. Notice also the speed improvement and
> how 14,000 ICD codes can be quickly searched in the form. Check it out
> here (select Ngelehun CHC and "Death" program, then click "Add new"):
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/singleEventSelect.action
>
>
> - Individual records: Tabular report is a lot faster. You can do
> analysis on person identifiers, attributes and data element values,
> which can later be saved as favorites:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/app/index.html
>
>
> - Individual records: New screen for doing data entry for multiple
> persons and their program stages in one go. Example here (select
> Ngelehun CHC):
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/multipledataEntrySelect.action
>
>
> - Interpretations: You can now share your interpretation of data from
> the data visualizer and report table module. In data visualizer, load
> a favorite and click "Share". In report table, generate a report and
> click "Share" from the top menu. The interpretations can be commented
> on and appears in the dashboard:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/interpretation.action
>
>
> - Data visualizer, free period selection of fixed periods: You can now
> select any fixed periods for a chart. Useful e.g. when you want to
> look at legacy data which falls outside the relative periods. Use the
> "Fixed periods" tab to the left. Example:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html?id=PuvO0syzFoz
>
>
> - Data visualizer, option for going back one period for relative
> periods. When looking at trend lines or charts for the last month one
> problem is that data is not available until after a few weeks, which
> renders the charts unusable. Now you can click "Rewind one period"
> under relative periods in order to leave out the last period. Example:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html?id=PaszHM9rIGA
>
>
> - Improved dashboard: The dashboard now automatically re-sizes itself
> and the number of charts on the page after the current screen size.
> The left side menu has been removed to make more space for the
> interesting part:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action
>
>
> - Report table plugin: Insert report tables directly or provide links
> to them on any web page using this new client-side plugin. Example:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/portal/table.html
>
> Documentation:
>
> http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22s14.html
>
>
> - Carousel plugin: Insert visualizer charts in a carousel to create
> attractive front pages on your web site. Example:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/portal/carousel.html
>
> Documentation:
>
> http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22s13.html
>
>
> - Integration module: We now have a component for managing most
> integration scenarios between systems. It complements the Web API by
> providing the means to consume services from other applications and
> perform transformations on data through flexible routes, which can be
> timers, HTTP client requests, transformations, message, processors,
> loggers and more. Documentation of this component comes tomorrow.
>
>
> - Data entry, option for allowing/denying data entry for future
> periods. Disallowing future periods is useful for prohibiting users to
> enter data erroneously for the current period. Allowing future periods
> is useful for data like population and annual targets and plans. See
> e.g. "Population" and "ART monthly" data sets:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action
>
>
> - Custom data entry form styles: You can choose between "regular",
> "comfortable" and "compact" styles. This means that you can now design
> custom forms without any custom styling in the form editor - they will
> look nice and consistent. See e.g. "PHUF 1" and "TB Facility
> reporting" forms:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action
>
>
> - Improved Web API. The Web API now supports basic operations for most
> objects in the system. It also features a /metaData resource which can
> be used to import and export complete representations of the objects
> in the system. Documentation here:
>
>
>
> - Organisation unit tree: You can define how many levels of the
> organisation unit tree should be stored in the browser's local
> storage. This is useful for systems with extremely many org units,
> which might cause the browser to run out of space in the local
> storage. The tree falls back to online loading of the levels which are
> not stored locally. The number of levels can be defined as a general
> system setting:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemGeneralSettings.action
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-organisationunit/index.action
>
>
> - Validation: Validation rule expressions can now optionally be set to
> replace missing values with zeros when evaluated. This is useful in
> the case of large expressions where you do not want a missing value
> for a single data element to cause the validation rule to be ignored
> during validation. Look for the "Skip for missing values" check-box in
> the left- and right-side expressions:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-validationrule/validationRule.action
>
>
> - Data set report: When printing this type of report it will be
> rendered in a printer-friendly style. Try it by clicking Ctrl-P after
> generating the report:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-reporting/showDataSetReportForm.action
>
>
> - GIS, the boundary layer in GIS will be included in image when using
> the the export to PNG function:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/mapping/index.html
>
>
> - Data visualizer: The organisation unit tree now supports multiple
> roots, which means that multiple hierarchies are supported throughout
> the system. This is useful when you need to set up another hierarchy
> of organisation units beside the health administrative hierarchy.
>
>
> - Data mart improvements: Data mart now support weekly aggregation.
> The time the data mart indexes are not present is reduced to a minimum
> in order to make the system fully usable during export.
>
>
>
> Downloads, including WAR file, Live package, source code and sample
> database can be found here:
>
> http://dhis2.org/downloads
>
>
> Documentation and Javadocs here:
>
> http://dhis2.org/documentation
>
>
> Demo here, log in with admin / district as username / password:
>
> http://apps.dhis2.org/demo
>
>
>
>
> best regards,
>
> the DHIS 2 development team
>
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Knut Staring
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