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[Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,


DHIS version 2.23 is out with a lot of new features, apps and improvements.


Log in with admin/district on the demo <http://play.dhis2.org/demo/> system.



ANALYTICS FEATURES

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Event clustering in GIS: You can now view clusters of events in the event
layer of the GIS app. This dramatically improves the scalability and lets
you visualize millions of events in a single map. Try zooming in and see
the clusters being updated. The event layer clusters are based on the
longitude/latitude of the events which allows for geospatial analysis of
disease outbreaks, surveys and more. Filters can be defined per data
element, e.g. you can filter age groups and gender in a similar style as
you do in event reports. After drilling down to individual events you can
click on points to show a dialog with additional information about the
event. You can select start and end dates or relative periods for the time
dimension. The color and size of the clusters / points can be controlled
under options.


Demo 1
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=RZUmy4ty0gX> | 2
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=UjHKZ2lZJ3T>
| Screenshot
1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-event-clustering-country.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-event-clustering-district.png> | 3
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-event-layer-facility.png> | Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch17.html>



GIS OSM Light basemap: The GIS app features a new OpenStreetMap Light
basemap which is great for thematic mapping, as it emphasizes the data
layers and provides a clean basemap with high contrast and less color.
OpenStreetMap is now the default basemap which renders faster and smoother.
You can select basemap from the right-side Layer stack menu.


Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=WQiwKgVP8Te> |
Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-event-layer-osm-light.png>



GIS area measurement: The GIS app now lets you measure areas on the map and
provides information about the size of the area and perimeter distance. Use
the left-side measurement dialog to put area measurements on your map.


Screenshot 1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-area-measurement.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-area-measurement-points.png> | Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch17s12.html>



Event layer favorites: Maps with event layers can now be saved as
favorites. You can combine the event layer with any other map layers in the
favorite. Event layer maps can also be used on the dashboard. Have a look
at the Malaria dashboard on the demo.


Screenshot 1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/gis-event-layer-favorite.png>
| 2 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/dashboard-gis-event-layer.png> | Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch17s08.html>



New favorite solution in pivot tables: The solution for managing favorites
in the pivot table app has been improved and aligned with traditional file
editors, providing a more familiar way of interaction. You can now easily
create new, open, save, rename and share the current favorite from the new
favorites menu, removing the need for having to search for and find the
current favorite. We will roll this solution out to all analysis apps
eventually.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html> | Screenshot 1
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/pivot-favorite-open.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/pivot-favorite-save-as.png> | Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch15.html>



Actual and expected data set reports in analytics: In addition to reporting
rate percentages, now actual and expected reports for data set are
supported in pivot table. All three metrics can be selected both
individually and together.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=LbIJMUzqJ8s>
| Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/pivot-reporting-rates-actual-expected.png>
| Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch15s02.html>



Usage analytics: A new app called Usage Analytics is available and lets you
visualize statistics on how people (end-users) are utilizing the analytical
features of DHIS 2. This includes how many times people have viewed charts,
pivots, dashboards; how many favorites of various kinds people have created
and how many people are logging in versus total number of users. The system
will capture and store daily snapshots of usage statistics automatically
which can be visualized through this app.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-usage-analytics/index.html>
| Screenshot
1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/usage-analytics-weekly.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/usage-anaytics-favorite-saved.png> | 3
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/usage-analytics-users.png>



Data table: A new app for easily viewing aggregated data tables is now
available in the app store. The data table lets you view indicator data
where both the score, numerator and denominator are displayed per row. You
can easily drill down in the time dimension (e.g. quarters to months) and
organisation unit hierarchy (e.g. province to districts). This app is only
available in the app store - you can install it from inside DHIS 2 by going
to the App management app, then the App store section from the left-side
menu.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/apps/data-table-23//index.html>
| Screenshot
1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/data-table-indicators.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/data-table-district-drill-down.png> | 3
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/data-table-period-drill-down.png> | App
management <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-app-management/#> | App
store <https://www.dhis2.org/appstore>




TRACKER FEATURES

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Searchable audit log: Clicking the audit icon in tracker / event capture
will now open a dialog with a searchable log of audits. You can search on
either of the columns in the log.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/>
| Screenshot
1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-audit.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/event-capture-audit.png>



Search by incident date: Advanced search in tracker capture now allows
searching by incident date if the selected program has an incident date.


Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/> |
Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch28s02.html> |
Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-incident-date-search.png>



Include first stage of program in registration: Programs can now optionally
choose to have the first stage of a program appear on the same page as
registration.


Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-registration-data-entry.png>
| Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-program/showAddProgramForm.action>



Send SMS in tracker dashboard: If a person has a phone number attribute,
you can now send SMS directly to the person from the tracker dashboard
messaging widget.


Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-messaging-sms-widget.png>
| Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/>



Capture coordinates: A new value type, coordinates has been introduced,
allowing you to capture coordinates for attributes and data elements.


Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-coordinate-attribute.png>
| Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-program/showAddAttributeForm.action>



Tracked entities instance and event export: In Event Capture and Tracker
Capture you can now export your list of tracked entities or events to XML,
JSON or CSV format.


Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-export.png> |
Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-capture/index.html#/>



Event filter in data entry widget: In tracker capture, Events registered to
a tracked entity instance are now searchable on any event property in order
to locate the event of interest.


Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-event-filter.png>



Details popup for custom forms: Popups that shows description and url for
data elements and attributes are also available in custom forms in tracker
capture and event capture.


Screenshot
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/tracker-capture-data-element-details.png>
| Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/program-statistics>



Cross-event program rules: Program rules can now reference values from
events other than the active event for single event without registration
(event capture).


Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch31.html> | API
docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s18.html>



Validation of regular expression patterns: Program rules now have support
for validating regular expression patterns through the function
d2:validatePattern


Docs <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch31.html>




GENERAL FEATURES

---


Organisation unit maintenance UI: A new maintenance app is available which
includes organisation units, data elements and indicators. The organisation
units maintenance user interface has been upgraded to the new material
design style. The maintenance app supersedes the data elements and
indicators app. Note that you now need to use the Maintenance app instead
of the old Data elements and Indicators and Organisation units apps.


Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/organisationUnitSection?_k=ssolc3>
| Screenshot 1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/organisation-unit-ui.png>
| 2 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/organisation-unit-list.png>



User setting fallback to system setting: User settings now fall back to
equivalent system settings if not  set. You can define system settings for
all user settings, meaning you can define system wide default settings. As
an example, you can enable system email notifications system-wide, and then
allow individual users to disable it for their own account.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch32.html#d5e7825>



Apps as dashboard items: Apps can now be used as dashboard items. You can
define the type of app in the app manifest. This is useful e.g. in order to
customize the dashboard and to pull in and embed data from external systems.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch02s02.html>



YouTube video app: A new dashboard app for YouTube videos is available in
the app store. This app lets you display YouTube videos directly on the
dashboard. This can be useful for showing instruction videos, promotional
videos and more to users. First search for “Social media video” and add the
video widget, second enter the URL of your desired YouTube video. You can
get the app from the DHIS 2 app store under Web Widgets. Have a look
at the Info
Videos dashboard on the demo.


Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action>
| Screenshot
1 <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/social-media-dashboard-app.png> | 2
<https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/dashboard-apps.png> | App store
<https://www.dhis2.org/appstore-widget>



Current user in menu: The “profile” link in the header has now been
exchanged for the name of the logged in user.


Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action> |
Screenshot <https://www.dhis2.org/images/223/profile-top-menu.png>



Metadata attributes for constant and legend set: Constant and legend sets
now have support for dynamic metadata attributes.


Demo
<https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/showAddAttributeForm.action>




WEB API FEATURES

---


Data set metadata exchange: Data sets can now be exported and imported with
all related metadata. This is intended to simplify the common task of
moving a data set with related associations e.g. from a development
instance to a production instance.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1405>



Program metadata exchange: Programs can now be exported and imported with
all related metadata. This is intended to simplify the common task of
moving a program with related associations e.g. from a development instance
to a production instance.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1405>



User based data store: In addition to the existing general-purpose data
store, a new key-value JSON data store has been introduced. Unlike the
general-purpose data store which is shared between all users, the new
user-based data store is linked to the currently logged in user. Only the
user linked to the data store can add, edit, update or delete data in their
store. This is useful for apps which need to store personalized data for a
user, for example user-defined settings.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s67.html>



Encryption of data store values: Data stored in either the general-purpose
data store or the user-based data store can optionally be encrypted upon
creation. Existing data and data initially created as unencrypted can only
be encrypted by deleting the data and creating it over with encryption
enabled. Values will be encrypted when a encrypt=true query parameter is
supplied.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s66.html>



Data set report: Added data set reports to the web api. The resource can be
found at /api/dataSetReport and returns a HTML report based on your input
parameters.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s34.html>



User setting Web API changes: The user setting web api now allows fetching
setting with or without using the fallback to system setting mechanism.
That means a user setting will return 'null' if no value has been set for
the user setting in question if required, but will return the value of the
system setting by default if the user setting has not been assigned a value.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s46.html>



Support for identifier schemes in aggregate analysis requests: The
analytics web api resource now has support for other identifiers schemes
than UID. The resource now accepts a new parameter inputIdScheme which
determines how identifiers are handled. Currently both UID and CODE can be
used as identifiers.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s32.html#d0e7656>



Ordering for event and eventRow endpoints: Added parameter order to
/api/events and /api/events/eventRows so result can be ordered on any
property, either ascending or descending.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s17.html#d5e2202>



Average aggregation in analytics: Analytics web API now supports for an
AVERAGE aggregation type.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s32.html#d0e7656>



Support for coordinate clustering: Event analytics now has support for
coordinate clustering through a new /api/analytics/events/cluster resource.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s33.html#d0e8664>



Usage statistics endpoint: Using the new /api/dataStatistics endpoint, you
can now create event views and fetch data statistics between two dates and
by different intervals.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s35.html>



User credentials endpoint: A new endpoint /api/userCredentials has been
added. This will enable lookup of users by username through a
database-optimized search.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s43.html#d5e5508>



CSV import of translations: Translations can be imported in CSV metadata
format, both through the Web API and the user interface..


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s11.html#d5e1191>



Clearing analytics tables: The /api/maintenance resource now supports
dropping all analytics tables from the database.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s38.html>


Metadata exchange: The metadata import-export resource has been completely
rewritten and offers better performance and stability. We are gradually
introducing Web API versioning and the new metadata resource can be found
at /api/23/metadata. The current metadata resource will be phased out in
2.26. We encourage app developers to upgrade their apps.


Docs
<http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/ch01s13.html#d5e1405>



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/223-upgrade


The demo application can be found here:

https://play.dhis2.org/demo


Full list of features can be found at the Launchpad page:

https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.23


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