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[Sam Johnson <samuel.johnson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Devs,

If possible, I’d be very grateful for some advice around authorities in 2.25.

In order to help prepare for PSI’s upgrade to 2.25, we’ve done an analysis of changes in Authorities between 2.22 and 2.25.  I couldn’t find a database table containing Authorities, and the list of Authorities in the DHIS2 documentation doesn’t appear to have been updated since version 2.22, so I’ve scraped the ‘Authorities’ drop-down in the ‘Create Role’ screen to obtain lists of Authorities in 2.22 and 2.25 for comparison.

The following Authority changes seem fairly straightforward, and were documented as part of DHIS2 releases:

RETIRED (functionality no longer exists)

·         View data browser

·         See Data Set Maintenance module

·         See Organisation Unit Maintenance module

·         Scheduling case aggregate query builder
INTRODUCED (new functionality)

·         Delete External Map Layer

·         Add/Update Private External Map Layer

·         Add/Update Public External Map Layer

·         Add/Update Legend

·         Delete Legend

·         Delete Legend Set

·         Add/Update Private Legend Set

·         Add/Update Public Legend Set

·         Metadata sync

·         Add/Update Predictor

·         Delete Predictor

·         Delete Program Indicator Group

·         Add/Update Private Program Indicator Group

·         Add/Update Public Program Indicator Group

·         Add/Update Push Analysis

·         Delete Push Analysis

·         See Usage Analytics module

I’m guessing the following Authorities have been retired because they duplicate existing (more refined) Authorities?   Could you confirm whether this guess is correct?
RETIRED AS REDUNDANT?:

·         Option Set Management

·         Constant Management
DO THESE EXISTING AUTHORITIES MAINTAINED IN 2.25 PROVIDE THE SAME PERMISSIONS?

·         Delete Option Set

·         Add/Update Private Option Set

·         Add/Update Public Option Set


·         Add Constant

·         Delete Constant

I’m not sure what the following new set of Authorities govern – I’ve looked at Option Sets (as distinct from Category Option Group Sets), but can’t find any concept of ‘Groups’ in Options/Option Sets…  What do these new authorities control?
INTRODUCED

·         Delete Option Group

·         Add/Update Private Option Group

·         Add/Update Public Option Group

·         Delete Option Group Set

·         Add/Update Private Option Group Set

·         Add/Update Public Option Group Set

The following appear to have been RETIRED prior to the 2.25 release – could you confirm that these Authorities have indeed been retired (rather than just missed off the drop-down of Authorities in the ‘Create Role’ screen)?  If they have been retired, which Authority now manages these permissions?
RETIRED?  (AND REPLACED BY?)

·         Add Relationship Type – now covered by ???

·         Delete Relationship Type – now covered by ???


·         Scheduling send messages – now covered by ???


·         Add/Update Section – now covered by ???

·         Delete Section – now covered by ???


·         Add/Update Tracked Entity – now covered by ???

·         Delete Tracked Entity – now covered by ???


·         Manage Tracked Entities – now covered by ???

·         Update Tracked Entities – now covered by ???


·         Delete Tracked Entity Attribute – now covered by ???

·         Add/Update Private Tracked Entity Attribute – now covered by ???

·         Add/Update Public Tracked Entity Attribute – now covered by ???


·         Manage Tracked Entity Instance Reminders


·         M_dhis-web-menu-management


We’d be very grateful for any advice or feedback you can provide on the questions above, as it would be a huge help in adjusting our own Roles to ensure permissions work smoothly during our 2.25 upgrade.

(Once the dust has settled on our 2.25 upgrade, I’d also be very happy to re-do this exercise for 2.26, and share it with this Dev list.)

Many thanks,

Sam.


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