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[Paulo Grácio <paulogracio@xxxxxxxxx>]

+1 Well done.

For those who want to try this new version using docker, I have just pushed
a new image for version 2..22.
https://github.com/pgracio/dhis2-docker

Have fun!
Paulo Grácio

On 17 January 2016 at 11:55, Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Lars,
>
> Thanks for all the efforts.
> Indeed, 2.22 has great features mostly on tracker/SMS.
>
> Alex
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Nami Ghadri <nami_ghadri@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Great News
>>
>>
>>
>> I was waiting for that
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for all effort of the development team
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Dhis2-users [mailto:dhis2-users-bounces+nami_ghadri=
>> hotmail.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Lars Helge ?verland
>> *Sent:* Saturday, January 16, 2016 12:03 AM
>> *To:* DHIS 2 Users list <dhis2-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; DHIS 2
>> Developers list <dhis2-devs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject:* [Dhis2-users] dhis version 2.22 is released
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> DHIS version 2.22 is out with a lot of great new features and
>> improvements.
>>
>>
>>
>> Log in with admin/district on the demo <http://play.dhis2.org/demo/>
>> system.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Data elements and indicators app:* A completely new app for data
>> elements and indicators maintenance features a much slicker user
>> experience, with on-the-fly search, “access” and “last updated” visible in
>> the lists, a new group editor, and much better looks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/> | Screenshot 1
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/data-elements-indicators-1.png> | 2
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/data-elements-indicators-2.png> | 3
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/data-elements-indicators-3.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Integrated tracker analytics:* Tracker-type data elements, attributes
>> and program indicators can now be included in aggregate indicators. This
>> allows for creating integrated analysis through indicators where e.g. the
>> numerator is being collected in a program while the numerator is collected
>> in an aggregate form. This means that you can produce integrated analysis
>> without caring about whether the data comes from routine forms, anonymous
>> events or tracking.
>>
>>
>>
>> Demo 1
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=Lcwp2jPNWIc> |
>> 2 <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=RCUE6hAisQN>
>> | Screenshot 1
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/programs-in-indicator-expression-editor.png>
>> | 2 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/program-indicator-pivot.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Multiple programs in favorites:* Data elements and attributes from any
>> number of programs can now be included in the same pivot table or chart
>> favorite.
>>
>>
>>
>> Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=hmhX7X8knJF> |
>> Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/pivot-multiple-program-indicators.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *File cloud storage in tracker:* The tracker capture and event capture
>> apps now support file storage for data elements of type file. This allows
>> you to use tracker as a document repository, and to upload documentation
>> and files related to events or people. Files can be stored either on the
>> Web server or sent directly to AWS S3 <https://aws.amazon.com/s3/> cloud
>> storage.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot 1
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tracker-capture-file-storage.png> | 2
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/event-capture-file-storage.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tracker data audit:* Tracker capture and event capture now store the
>> audit trail of changes to data and make it readily available by clicking on
>> the audit icon next to each input field in the form. This is useful to view
>> historical changes to information and a requirement in many settings where
>> sensitive data is being stored.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tracker-capture-audit.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Improved tracker capture:* The tracker capture app has received a range
>> of improvements.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Yes/No fields are rendered as radio-buttons instead of drop-downs for
>> faster data entry.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tc-radio-buttons.png> | *Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/>*
>>
>>
>>
>> - The enrollment and active programs widget have been merged for better
>> usability.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tc-enrollment-widget.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> - Easy search for option sets: Option sets can be searched from within
>> the data entry widget.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tc-option-set-search.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> - Enrollments can be incompleted in order to change existing values.
>>
>> Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tc-incomplete-enrollment.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> - You can filter for people who have a scheduled event today.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tracker-capture-event-today-filter.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> - Events of repeatable program stages can be viewed and edited in a list.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot 1
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tracker-capture-edit-event-in-table-1.png>
>> | 2
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/tracker-capture-edit-event-in-table-2.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> - Tracker data element and attribute values can contain up to 50’000
>> characters.
>>
>>
>>
>> - The widgets in the tracker dashboard displays a loading indicator until
>> data is available.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Whether to include due date input field can be configured per program.
>>
>>
>>
>> - Whether to list people on the front page can be configured per program.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Encryption:* Tracker now lets you encrypt identifiable / confidential
>> information in the database. You can set a tracked attribute to
>> “confidential”, which will encrypt the information you capture for it. This
>> protects against attacks directly against the database. Note that due to
>> the nature of encryption you cannot query or do analytics for encrypted
>> attributes. Encryption requires some extra configuration which is outlined
>> in the docs.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/ch08s06.html>
>> | Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/attribute-encryption.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *LDAP:* DHIS 2 now supports authentication against an LDAP server. This
>> is useful in order to centralize user credentials across multiple systems.
>> The LDAP connection can be specified in the dhis configuration file. A DHIS
>> 2 user account can be matched to a directory entry through the username or
>> through an explicit “LDAP identifier” set for each user.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/ch08s05.html>
>> | Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/ldap.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Integrated app store installation:* The apps management app has been
>> rewritten and now lets you install apps from inside your own DHIS 2
>> instance directly from the app store at dhis2.org/appstore
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/appstore>. This means that there is no practical
>> distinction between the core apps (apps being part of the DHIS 2
>> installation) and external apps (residing in the app store).
>>
>>
>>
>> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-app-management/> | Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/integrated-app-store.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Approval workflows:* You can now create data approval workflows where
>> each defines a list of data approval levels. Several data sets may be
>> associated with a data approval workflow. This implies that you can have
>> multiple parallel approval workflows in the same system. As an example,
>> health facility reporting may have to be approved at district and
>> provincial level, whereas district population data might have to be
>> approved at the national level only. Approval levels and workflows can be
>> configured in the settings app.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch20.html> |
>> Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/settings-approval-workflows.png> | Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-settings/>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Aggregate functions in surveillance rules:* For validation rules of
>> type surveillance you can now specify aggregate functions such as average,
>> count, std dev and median. This is useful e.g. in order to identify disease
>> outbreaks and ignore outliers or poor-quality data.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch12s05.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Organisation unit translations:* You can now translate the names and
>> short names of organisation units and have those names be reflected in the
>> hierarchy.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/org-unit-translations.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Unique meta-data attributes:* Meta-data attributes can now be unique,
>> meaning the system will enforce uniqueness for the attribute values for
>> each object type. This is useful as you can use attributes for various
>> identifiers, e.g. personal identifiers and batch identifiers. Dynamic
>> attributes are now also supported for option sets, options and resources.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch22s14.html>
>> | Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/unique-metadata-attributes.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Data value bulk delete:* A new import strategy for deleting data values
>> is supported in order to make it easier to delete bulks of data.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1390>
>> | Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/data-value-delete-strategy.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Analytical object deletion handling:* Associations to pivots, charts
>> and maps will be removed when deleting data elements, indicators, data sets
>> and organisation units.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/analytical-object-deletion-handling.png>
>>
>>
>>
>> *User replication authority:* The ability to replicate users can be
>> granted through a new authority “Replicate user”.
>>
>>
>>
>> Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/222/user-replication.png>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> WEB API FEATURES
>>
>> ------
>>
>>
>>
>> *ADX data export:* You can now export data in the ADX format natively
>> using the *dataValueSets* Web API resource with content type
>> *application/xml+adx*.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s14.html#d5e1781>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Dynamic identifier schemes:* For data imports you can now specify
>> unique meta-data attributes as identifier schemes. This implies that DHIS 2
>> can be used to store any number of sets of identifiers and map data to
>> those during import. This is useful when DHIS 2 is used to integrate data
>> from a large number of systems and each have their own sets of identifiers.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1390>
>>
>>
>>
>> *SMS:* SMS can now be completely managed through the Web API, with new
>> resources for sending and receiving SMS, starting and stopping the SMS
>> service and configuration of SMS gateways. The system has now built-in
>> support for five popular SMS gateway providers. The SMS services have been
>> revamped and made more scalable.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s38.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *App store:* The contents of the DHIS 2 app store is available at the
>> *appStore* resource, which also allows you to install apps from the app
>> store with a POST request.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s61.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Field filter operators:* A range of new field filter operators has been
>> added, such as *^(like/ilike)* to match from start of string and
>> *$(like/ilike)* to match from end.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s08.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Tracker bulk deletion:* Bulk deletion of events, enrollments and
>> tracked entity instances are now supported through a new *delete* import
>> strategy.
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s53.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Async data value import:* Data values can now be imported
>> asynchronously through a new *async* parameter, meaning you can post a
>> large import file and poll for the results rather than having the response
>> block until the process is done.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1390>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Data pruning by org unit:* Data, complete data set registrations and
>> approvals can be removed by organisation unit through the
>> *maintenance/dataPruning* resource.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s34.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Typed user settings:* You can now set all user settings through the
>> userSettings resource, including those of complex types.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s42.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Data value deletion:* Data values can now more easily be deleted
>> through a new *delete* import strategy, which lets you indicate
>> explicitly that the posted data values should be deleted.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1390>
>>
>>
>>
>> SERVER MANAGEMENT FEATURES
>>
>> ------
>>
>>
>>
>> *System read-only mode:* You can now set the system to start in
>> read-only mode which means that no database write-operations will be
>> executed when the system starts and when people are loggging in. This is
>> useful in order to run DHIS 2 on read-only database replicas for horizontal
>> scaling purposes.
>>
>>
>>
>> Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/ch08s07.html>
>>
>>
>>
>> *General configuration file:* The DHIS 2 configuration file has been
>> renamed to *dhis.conf*, and the configuration properties have been given
>> general names, removing the association to the Hibernate framework.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Docs
>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/ch08s03.html#d5e500>*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> RELEASE INFO
>>
>> ----
>>
>>
>>
>> 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* and find upgrade script here:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.dhis2.org/222-upgrade
>>
>>
>>
>> The *demo* application can be found here:
>>
>>
>>
>> http://play.dhis2.org/demo
>>
>>
>>
>> Full list of features can be found at the *Launchpad* page:
>>
>>
>>
>> https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.22
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
> --
> Alex Tumwesigye
>
> Technical Advisor - DHIS2 (Consultant),
> Ministry of Health/AFENET
> Kampala
> Uganda
>
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>
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