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[Pepe Ken Mvulu <pepekento1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great Lars and Dev Team, Thank for this version with very advanced features.
Regards !

Pepe Ken Mvulu
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2016-10-13 13:59 GMT+02:00 Greg Rowles <greg.rowles@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Thank you Lars and Dev team! Fantastic news! Looking forward to the new
> features!
>
> On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 1:55 PM, Asif <rasifilyas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Congrats Lars and the Dev team. This release comes out with some really
>> good stuff. Look forward to upgrading to this version soon.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Asif
>> Business Systems Manager @ IRC
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2016 6:51 AM, "Lars Helge Øverland" <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> DHIS version 2.25 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
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> External map layers: The GIS app now supports TMS (Tile Map Service),
>>> XYZ and WMS (Web Map Service) layers. These are all popular protocols for
>>> map data and there are numerous map services available, allowing you to
>>> display maps for rivers, roads, weather, land data and everything else.
>>> External map layers can be set up from the Maintenance app, and then be
>>> accessed from the top bar in the GIS app.
>>>
>>> Docs GIS
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/using_gis_external_map_layers.html>
>>> | Docs setup
>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_ext_maplayer.html>
>>> | Screenshot 1
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/external-map-layer-terrain.png>
>>> | Sc 2
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/external-map-layer-arial-imagery.png>
>>> | Sc 3
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/external-map-layer-dark-basemap.png>
>>> | Sc Setup
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/external-map-layer-setup.png>
>>> | Demo 1
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=mZKtu7sY0w4>
>>> | Demo 2
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=qTfO4YkQ9xW>
>>>
>>>
>>> Push analysis: You can now push data analysis in the form of reports,
>>> charts and maps to your users over email. This allows for improving
>>> awareness and visibility of your data, and can encourage people to more
>>> actively look at analysis. Push analysis is based on dashboards, and can be
>>> set up, run and scheduled from the Maintenance app. You can also run
>>> immediately and preview from the the context menu.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_push_reports.html>
>>> | Screenshot 1
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/push-analysis-2.png>
>>> | Sc 2
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/push-analysis-1.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/otherSection/pushAnalysis?_k=e5iaox>
>>>
>>>
>>> Indicator as filter: A single indicator or data set reporting rate can
>>> now be used as filter in charts and pivots. This allow you to create charts
>>> for example with multiple periods and organisation units.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/data_vis_series_category_filter.html>
>>> | Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-indicator-filter.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html?id=D3oOqWAM0az>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dashboard translations: The names of dashboards can now be translated,
>>> meaning you can have dashboard names appear in user’s local language.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch06s06.html> |
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/dashboard-translation.png>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deep linking of favorites: When opening favorites in the Pivot Table
>>> and Visualizer apps, the browser address bar URL will reflect the current
>>> favorite. This allows for easy sharing of favorites through
>>> copy-and-pasting the URL.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-favorites-deep-linking.png>
>>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/?id=EEfRdOUzScm>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chart rendering: The chart rendering engine has been rewritten from
>>> scratch and now looks better, renders faster and will allow for new chart
>>> types in the coming releases. The Data Visualizer app’s favorite solution
>>> has also been upgraded.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-chart-engine.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html?id=tZCI4NSC8dc>
>>>
>>> Favorite description: You can now specify description for pivot table
>>> and chart favorites. This allows you to add more information such as the
>>> purpose and method to interpret the analysis favorite. You can also store
>>> titles for pivot tables. Click rename to change it.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-favorite-title-description.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html?id=Riq1WfQCaVo>
>>>
>>>
>>> Interpretations in analytics apps: The Pivot Table and Visualizer apps
>>> now have a right-side panel where you can see details and interpretations
>>> for the current favorite. Click the right-side arrow to open the panel.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch12s04.html#d0e12089>
>>> | Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-right-panel.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html?id=R9A0rvAydpn>
>>>
>>>
>>> Data analytics export as raw data: The analytics API now lets you
>>> produce aggregated data exports in the raw data value set format. This is
>>> useful for data exchange, e.g. you can aggregate data in a source system
>>> from facility to district and from months to quarters, and combine data
>>> elements using aggregate indicators or program indicators, before importing
>>> as raw data values in the destination system. You can try it out using the
>>> Pivot table app from Download > Advanced > Data value set XML.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_analytics.html#webapi_analytics_data_value_set_format>
>>> | Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/analytics-data-value-set.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/analytics/dataValueSet.xml?dimension=dx:Uvn6LCg7dVU;OdiHJayrsKo&dimension=pe:LAST_4_QUARTERS&dimension=ou:O6uvpzGd5pu;fdc6uOvgoji&displayProperty=NAME>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> GENERAL FEATURES
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Flexible disaggregation: Data elements can now be disaggregated
>>> differently for each data set they are part of. Put differently, a data
>>> element can be linked to multiple category combinations. When assigning a
>>> data element to a data set, you can define which category combination to
>>> use. This is useful in order to reuse data elements, for instance when
>>> different provinces in a country employ different data disaggregation, or
>>> when the disaggregation change from year to year.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_data_sets.html#data_set_override_cat_combo>
>>> | Screenshot setup
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/flexible-disaggregation-setup.png>
>>> | Form 1
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/flexible-disaggregation-1.png>
>>> | Form 2
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/flexible-disaggregation-2.png>
>>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action>
>>>
>>>
>>> Soft data value delete: Data values are now “softly” deleted, meaning
>>> they are marked as deleted in the database rather than permanently removed.
>>> A new field deleted has been introduced for data values which is set to
>>> true for deleted values. Softly deleted data can optionally be included
>>> when requesting data through the API by setting the includeDeleted
>>> param to true. This allows clients, such as Android apps and third-party
>>> systems, to react when data has been deleted in DHIS 2.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_data_values.html#webapi_reading_data_values>
>>>
>>>
>>> Data value audit: The data value import process now generates data
>>> value audit records. This allows for proper auditing of data being ingested
>>> from bulk data imports.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_auditing.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Predictors: A new data predictor feature allows you to generate data
>>> values based on an expression and several other parameters. This is useful
>>> for generating targets, thresholds and predicted data in the future.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_predictors.html>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/otherSection/predictor?_k=eoqgly>
>>>
>>>
>>> Profile: The profile section has been rewritten and has received the
>>> new and modern look.
>>>
>>> Docs <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch28.html>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-user-profile/#/profile?_k=c6i8qi>
>>>
>>>
>>> Maintenance: The Maintenance app now includes configuration of tracked
>>> entity attributes, tracked entity attribute groups, relationship types and
>>> tracked entities.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_program_metadata.html>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/all?_k=ym3nhk>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TRACKER FEATURES
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Reminders and notifications: A new notification solution allows for
>>> setting up reminders for upcoming events and notifications for missed
>>> events in tracker programs. Reminders can be sent before and after
>>> scheduled events, directly to people and DHIS2 users. Also, notifications
>>> can be sent on program enrollments and enrollment completion. Messages can
>>> be delivered by SMS, email and as DHIS2 messages.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/program_notifications.html>
>>> | Screenshot 1
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/program-stage-notification.png>
>>> | Sc 2
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/program-stage-missed-visit-notifcation.png>
>>> | Sc 3
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/program-enrollment-notification.png>
>>>
>>>
>>> Organisation unit value type: A new value type organisation unit has
>>> been introduced, allowing you to select organisation units for attributes
>>> and data elements in Event Capture and Tracker Capture apps. This means
>>> that you can associate multiple organisation units to an event which is
>>> useful e.g. to store place of infection in addition to place of treatment.
>>> Try it out with the Inpatient morbidity mortality program.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_data_element.html#d0e3524>
>>> | Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/organisation-unit-value-type.png>
>>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-capture/index.html#/>
>>>
>>>
>>> Capture location of enrollment: You can now capture the coordinate /
>>> location of an enrollment. This allows you to know where an enrollment took
>>> place. The location map widget is based on OpenStreetMap. This can be
>>> enabled through the capture coordinates property in program maintenance.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/enrollment-location-map-widget.png>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mapzen-based location search: In the location map widget you can now
>>> search for most addresses in the world and store the coordinate of the
>>> location. Click the magnifier icon in the top left corner of the map widget
>>> and start typing your address. Try it out by clicking register, then
>>> click on the get from map icon next to coordinate.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/location-mapzen-search.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/?program=IpHINAT79UW>
>>>
>>>
>>> Deletion of tracked entity instances: Tracked entity instances can now
>>> be permanently deleted. This means all related records, including
>>> enrollments, events and audit records will be removed.
>>>
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/tracker-delete-tei.png>
>>>
>>>
>>> Messaging widget: The tracker person dashboard now has a messaging
>>> widget which allows for sending messages directly to the person using email
>>> or SMS. The contact info is automatically fetched from the person profile,
>>> and can also be specified directly in the widget.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch26s10.html> |
>>> Screenshot
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/tracker-messaging-widget.png>
>>> | Demo
>>> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/dashboard?tei=kI7ZesK1loF&program=IpHINAT79UW&ou=DiszpKrYNg8>
>>>
>>>
>>> Locking for completed events: Completed events can now be automatically
>>> locked for further modification after a given number of days. This can be
>>> configured per program through the completed events expiry days field.
>>> For example: if expiry days is set to 7, then events which have been
>>> completed more than 7 days ago can no longer be edited.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_tracker_programs.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Event locking per program: In the Event Capture and Tracker Capture
>>> apps, time periods can be locked in order to prevent new events to be
>>> added. This is configurable through the expiry days and expiry period
>>> type properties, which controls the number of days after a period of a
>>> specific period type for which events can still be added. For example: if
>>> expiry days is 7 and expiry period type is monthly; new events can be added
>>> for a month up to 7 days after the end date of that month.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/manage_tracker_programs.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Configurable columns: In the Tracker Capture app, the columns to
>>> display in the list of tracked entity instances can be selected and
>>> remembered per user. In the Event Capture app, the columns to display in
>>> the list of events can be selected.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/user/html/ch23s08.html> | Screenshot
>>> 1
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/tracker-configurable-columns.png>
>>> | Sc 2
>>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/25/event-capture-configurable-columns.png>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> HOSTING FEATURES
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Web server clustering: This release allows for deploying DHIS2 in a web
>>> server cluster. When configured appropriately, each node in the cluster
>>> will ensure that the application caches of the other nodes are kept in
>>> sync. Up to 5 nodes can be configured, allowing for web server horizontal
>>> scalability. For each node, the hostname of the other nodes must be
>>> configured.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/install_web_server_cluster_configuration.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Database read replication: DHIS2 now allows for configuring up to 5
>>> read replicas of the master database. When set up, the application will
>>> automatically offload read-only database queries to the read replicas,
>>> allowing for horizontal scalability of the database read operation
>>> capacity. Each read replica must be specified in the dhis.conf
>>> configuration file.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/implementer/html/install_read_replica_configuration.html>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> WEB API FEATURES
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> API versioning: The Web API is now versioned. The versioning is defined
>>> through the request URL with a version number. For example
>>> /api/25/dataElements will return version 25 of the data elements
>>> resource. If you omit the version part of the URL, the system will use the
>>> current API version. The last three versions of the API will be supported.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_browsing_the_web_api.html#webapi_api_versions>
>>>
>>>
>>> Indicator analytics: The numerator, denominator and factor components
>>> of indicator values can be included separately in analytics responses by
>>> setting the includeNumDen parameter to true.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <http://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_analytics.html#webapi_analytics_query_parameters>
>>>
>>>
>>> Translation in metadata export: Object translations can now be included
>>> in the metadata export payload by setting the translate parameter to
>>> true.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_metadata_export.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Async metadata import: Metadata imports can now be performed
>>> asynchronously by setting the async parameter to true, which is useful
>>> for large metadata imports.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_metadata_import.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Logical operators: You can now specify whether to use the AND or OR
>>> logical operators for filters while using the metadata export resources.
>>>
>>> Docs
>>> <https://dhis2.github.io/dhis2-docs/master/en/developer/html/webapi_metadata_object_filter.html#webapi_metadata_logical_operator>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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/225-upgrade
>>>
>>>
>>> You can find the *source code* on Github here:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/dhis2
>>>
>>>
>>> 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/2.25
>>>
>>>
>>> Instructions for signing up for the DHIS 2 mailing lists here:
>>>
>>> https://www.dhis2.org/contact
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> TESTIMONIALS
>>> ---
>>>
>>> Thanks goes to EyeSeeTea <http://eyeseetea.com/> for contribution to
>>> this release.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>> the DHIS 2 development team
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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