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[Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lars,

Congs Lars and Dev Team.

Alex

On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Lars Helge Øverland <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> DHIS version 2.26 is out with many new features, apps and improvements.
>
> Log in with admin/district on the demo <http://play.dhis2.org/demo/>
> system.
>
>
> ANALYTICS FEATURES
>
> ---
>
> Enrollment analytics: Program indicators can now utilize a new aspect of
> the analytics engine for program enrollments. This implies that you can
> compare data values and dates from different stages and events within the
> an enrollment. This allows for calculation of indicators such as “average
> inpatient bed days” and “Hemoglobin improvement since first visit”.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/?id=hEduNn6Sk1S> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/enrollment-analytics.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_program_indicator.html>
>
>
> Daily relative periods: You can now use daily relative periods in the
> analytics apps. This is particularly useful when looking at aggregate event
> data through the pivot table app, as you can see daily aggregates of
> events, such as today, yesterday, and last 3, 7, 14 days.
>
> Demo 1 <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/?id=UNNogkdu8Tr> | 2
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-reports/index.html?id=OlzUbAHmqQc>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/analytics-daily-periods.png>
>
>
> Data element event clustering in GIS: Using the event layer in the GIS
> app, you can now specify which data element or attribute to use as basis
> for event analytics and clustering. The data item must be of value type
> coordinate. As an example, for a malaria case program, you can have data
> elements of type coordinate for place of infection and household location,
> and visualize those locations on the map for the malaria cases.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=DhdcJcgYDV5>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/event-map-coordinate-field.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/using_gis_event_layer.html>
>
>
> Pivot table cell background coloring: You can now specify whether to
> color the cell text or cell background of pivot tables based on legend
> sets. This allows e.g. for creating scorecards, where high and low values
> easily can be identified. Go to Pivot table > Options > Legend display
> style.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=KmJwftqlU86> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/pivot-legend-set.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/pivot_change_display.html>
>
>
> Analytics group sub-hierarchy inclusion: Org unit group sets have a new
> option for including the sub-hierarchy of organisation units in groups when
> aggregating data in analytics apps. This can simplify org unit management
> when there are many org units at the bottom of the hierarchy which should
> all belong to an org unit higher up in the hierarchy. As an example, you
> can create additional hierarchies by grouping all facilities in multiple
> districts together in a group, then assign the new groups to an org unit
> group set.
>
> Demo 1 <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/?id=W5XngfmkRnr> | 2
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html?id=St1UOGb1JlY>
> | Screenshot 1
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/analytics-include-org-unit-subhierarchy.png>
> | 2
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/include-subhierarchy-analytics.png>
> | Docs 1
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_organisation_unit.html#create_organisation_unit_group_set>
> | 2 <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/ch03s03.html#d0e921>
>
>
> GIS improvements: Labels are positioned smarter on the map to avoid
> collisions. Interactivity on boundary layer is disabled when combined with
> thematic layer. Automatic color scales for thematic maps can be flipped
> (i.e. low to high vs high to low).
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html?id=Rp3wuaaGDQ1>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/gis-positioning.png>
>
>
> Most viewed favorites: The opening screen of the pivot table apps now
> displays link to the top 10 most viewed favorites for the current user.
> This provides you with quick access to your most relevant data.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/pivot-most-viewed-favorites.png>
>
>
> Expected reports in analytics: In reporting rate analytics in pivots and
> charts, the number of expected reports are always shown even if no
> completeness registrations exist.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=BJRuwY99aKg> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/analytics-expected-reports.png>
>
>
> Analytics performance improvements: Analytics table generation and
> analytics queries performance has been significantly improved. Depending on
> the system configuration, the improvement is in the range of 20 to 40%.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-pivot/index.html?id=XWXTmFUffng>
>
>
> Better interpretations: The interpretations app has been rewritten and
> now provides support for event reports and event charts, using the dynamic
> visualization plugins and provides a better commenting solution.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-interpretation/index.html> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/interpretations-app.png>
>
>
>
> GENERAL FEATURES
>
> ---
>
> Explicit open periods for data entry: You can now specify explicitly
> which periods should be open for data entry per data set. You can also
> specify when those periods will be made available for data entry. This is
> useful when you need finer control over which periods should be possible to
> enter data for and when you need to schedule these periods to become open
> at specific times.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/data-input-periods.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_data_set.html#create_data_set>
>
>
> Validation notification templates: You can now specify templates for
> notifications which are to be sent for data validation violations. The
> templates gives you full control over the notification text and supports
> variables for injecting the org unit name, period, validation rule and
> current date.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/validationSection/validationNotificationTemplate>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/validation-notifications.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_validation_rule.html>
>
>
> Event data in validation rules: You can now use program data elements,
> tracked entity attributes and program indicators inside validation rules.
> Aggregated values from the event analytics engine will be utilized when the
> validation rules expressions are evaluated. This allows for combining
> routine data and event data in the same validation rule. This is useful
> e.g. in order to compare thresholds collected as routine data with disease
> cases reported as events. Validation rule management is now available in
> the maintenance app.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/validationSection/validationRule>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/event-validation-rule.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_validation_rule.html>
>
>
> Translations app: A new app for translation database content in bulk has
> been included. This app makes translating lots of metadata much faster as
> you can select the object type, then translate all objects from within a
> list. Open it from Apps > Translations.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-translations/index.html> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/translations-app.png>
>
>
> Category combination metadata export: The metadata export with
> dependencies now supports export of category combos, which will include all
> related category objects. This is useful when exchanging metadata between
> instances.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-importexport/metadataDependencyExport.action>
> | Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/category-combo-metadata-export.png>
>
>
> Auto-select single options in data entry: In Data Entry app, when the
> data set or category selections only have one option, that option will be
> automatically selected. This can make data entry more efficient.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/data-entry-auto-select-single-options.png>
>
> Automatic totals in section forms: Section forms can be configured to
> display totals for columns and rows in aggregate data entry. Set it up from
> maintenance > data sets > sections. Check out the “reproductive health”
> data set on demo.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/section-form-totals.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/manage_data_set.html#manage_section_form>
>
>
> Assign message to user: In the Messaging app, a message can now be
> assigned to a DHIS 2 user. This allows you to treat messages as support
> tickets and assign them to users (agents). Only users part of the “feedback
> recipient” user group have access to this feature.
>
> Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-messaging/message.action> |
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/assign-user-to-message.png>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/dashboards_messages.html>
>
>
>
> TRACKER FEATURES
>
> ---
>
> Age value type: Data elements and attributes supports a new value type
> “Age”. This will render as a widget in event / tracker capture apps which
> allows for specifying the age in weeks, months or years. The selected input
> will be converted to a date of birth. This is useful e.g. to simplify input
> of age at point of care.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/age-value-type.png>
>
>
> Google base maps for coordinate picker: When capturing coordinates in
> event capture and tracker capture you can now switch between using Google
> Maps <https://www.google.com/maps> and OpenStreetMap
> <https://www.openstreetmap.org/> as base map.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/location-basemap-selector.png>
>
>
> Hide program stage program rule action: Program rules now support an
> action for hiding program stages. This is useful e.g. for disease case
> investigations, where various stages are relevant only for certain diseases.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/26/program-rule-hide-program-stage.png>
>
>
>
> SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION FEATURES
>
> ---
>
> Analytics cache of old data: A new system setting for caching of
> analytics data is introduced, where data older than a specified number of
> years will be cached. This is useful as you can avoid caching of the latest
> data, while older data which never change can be cached.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/system_settings.html#system_analytics_settings>
>
>
> Public/private analytics cache setting: A new system setting for
> controlling whether cached analytics data should be public or private,
> meaning whether proxies should be able to cache the content. This is useful
> for improving security of sensitive data while still allowing web browsers
> to cache the content.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/system_settings.html#system_analytics_settings>
>
>
> Approval in analytics threshold setting: A system setting which defines
> for how many years back in time approval should be relevant is available.
> After the specified number of years, the all data becomes available in
> analytics even if unapproved. This means data will automatically be
> approved and visible after a given number of years, allowing for pruning
> the approval table and ensure system performance is not degrading.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/system_settings.html#system_analytics_settings>
>
>
> Env variables in config: Environment variables are now supported in the
> dhis.conf configuration file. This allows for externalizing e.g. database
> connection information such as URL, user and password instead of storing it
> directly in the config file. This is useful for server administration and
> for cloud environments.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/implementer/html/install_server_setup.html#install_database_configuration>
>
>
> User account lockout: The system now supports locking user account for 15
> minutes after five successive failed login attempts. This is useful to
> prevent brute-force authentication attacks.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/system_settings.html#system_access_settings>
>
>
> Configurable session timeout: The session timeout can now be configured
> from the dhis.conf configuration file. This is useful to comply with
> specific security regulations.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/implementer/html/install_dhis2_configuration_reference.html>
>
>
>
> WEB API FEATURES
>
> ---
>
> Analytics raw data: A new resource for retrieving analytical data without
> aggregation is introduced at /api/analytics/rawData. This resource lets
> you retrieve raw data denormalized across any data dimension. This is
> useful when integrating third-party BI / analytics tools, as you will get
> data values with all data dimensions “flattened out” without any
> pre-aggregation, allowing the external tool to perform the aggregation and
> filtering.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_analytics.html#webapi_analytics_raw_data>
>
>
> Pre-aggregation measures in analytics: The analytics API lets you specify
> measure criteria to be applied before data aggregation takes place. This
> allows for better filtering of data before aggregating.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_analytics.html#webapi_analytics_query_parameters>
>
>
> Filter operators in SQL views: You can now use the fields filtering
> syntax known from the metadata API on SQL views. This allows you to fetch
> only the fields (columns) you are interested in from large SQL views.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/sqlViews/tw3A6ZXOdbA/data.json?fields=name,code,valuetype,aggregationtype>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_sql_views.html#d0e8557>
>
>
> Prune data element: Data elements with corresponding data and audit
> values can be pruned using the /api/maintenance/dataPruning resource.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_maintenance.html>
>
>
> Data set completeness exchange: The API resource for import and export of
> data set completeness records has been rewritten and is now a lot more
> scalable and supports more features for controlling what to exchange.
>
> Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_complete_data_set_registrations.html#webapi_reading_complete_data_sets>
>
>
> Soft event delete: Events are now deleted “softly”, meaning marked as
> deleted instead of being removed in the database. The events resource can
> include deleted events in the response, allowing clients to handle events
> which have been deleted on the server.
>
> Demo
> <https://play.dhis2.org/demo/api/26/events.json?orgUnit=GjWQK6UA4FO&program=q04UBOqq3rp&includeDeleted=true>
> | Docs
> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/developer/html/webapi_events.html#webapi_querying_reading_events>
>
>
>
> TESTIMONIALS
>
> ---
>
> Contribution to this release was made by PSI <http://www.psi.org/>
> (interpretations app) and BAO Systems <https://baosystems.com/>
> (translations app). Thank you!
>
>
>
> RELEASE INFO
>
> ----
>
> Get the release 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/226-upgrade
>
>
> The details about each feature on JIRA here:
>
> https://jira.dhis2.org/issues/?filter=10251
>
>
> You can find the source code on Github here:
>
> https://github.com/dhis2
>
>
> The demo instance can be found here:
>
> https://play.dhis2.org/demo
>
>
> Instructions for signing up for the DHIS 2 mailing lists here:
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/contact
>
>
>
> Enjoy the new release.
>
>
> best regards,
>
> the DHIS 2 development team
>
>
>
>
>
>
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