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Re: dhis version 2.29 is released

 

 Congratulations Guys!

2018-03-07 21:55 GMT+00:00 John Mukulu <john.f.mukulu@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Great Job
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> Congratulations for major milestones on this release.
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> John Francis Mukulu
> Software Architect, HISPTZ
> http://hisptanzania.org/
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> On Mar 8, 2018 00:40, "Lars Helge Øverland" <lars@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> *Hi all,DHIS version 2.29 is out with many new features, apps and
>> improvements.Login with admin/district on the demo
>> <http://play.dhis2.org/2.29/> system to try it out.ANALYTICS
>> FEATURES---Dashboard app: A new dashboard app is now available which lets
>> you arrange the dashboard items in a completely flexible way. It features
>> better dashboard search, allows you to create shortcuts by marking
>> dashboards as favorites, switch between visualization types such as pivot,
>> chart and map and insert free-text items. Dashboards can be shared,
>> translated and filtered.Screenshot 1
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/dashboard-view.png>
>> | 2
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/dashboard-edit-mode.png>
>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-dashboard/index.html> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/dashboard.html>Maps app: A new
>> maps app (previously GIS) is available, offering a new, intuitive and
>> user-friendly interface for creating map layers. It lets you arrange the
>> order of map layers in a simple way, and view the map data in a data table.
>> Any number of map layers can be added to a map, even layers of the same
>> type. The contents and order of map layers can be viewed in the left side
>> menu.Screenshot 1
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/maps-analysis.png>
>> | 2
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/maps-events.png>
>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maps/#> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/using_maps.html>Last value
>> aggregation type: A new “last value” aggregation type is available for
>> aggregate and event analytics for data elements and attributes. This
>> aggregation type will use the last available value or event in the time
>> dimension, and either sum or average across other dimensions. This is
>> useful e.g. for facility surveys to analyse data based on the last
>> observation, or for “patients currently on care” type of
>> analysis.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/last-value-aggregation.png>
>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-pivot/#>Pivot table
>> scalability: The pivot table rendering engine is now around 10x more
>> scalable, and allows for very large pivot tables to be viewed in the web
>> browser. This is accomplished through progressive rendering, i.e. the
>> browser will only render what you currently see and not load the entire
>> pivot table into the browser memory.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-pivot/?id=mkNlpJL3RMT>Event reports
>> table layout download: You can now download event reports in Excel or CSV
>> format in the same tabular format which was rendered in the web
>> browser.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/event-report-table-layout-download.png>Configurable
>> financial year in analytics: The starting month of the financial year to
>> use in all analytics apps can now be configured in the settings app.
>> Available options are April, July and October.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/financial-year-start-month-setting.png>
>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-settings/#/analytics>TRACKER
>> FEATURES---Data capture and data view sharing levels: The sharing solution
>> has been extended with two new levels for “data capture” and “data view”
>> access for users and user groups. These levels apply to programs, program
>> stages, data sets and category options, and replaces the link between user
>> roles and data sets/programs. This offers a simplified and more flexible
>> access control solution.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/sharing-dialogue-main.png>
>> | Docs <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/sharing.html>Tracker
>> programs in maintenance app: You can now create and modify tracker programs
>> in the maintenance app. The workflow for creating programs have been made
>> more intuitive and effective, where stages, sections, data entry forms and
>> notifications can be created from within the main page.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/programSection/program>Integrated
>> search and registration: The steps for searching and registering new
>> tracked entities are now integrated. When registering a new tracked entity
>> instance, the registration form will automatically search for possible
>> duplicates and alert the user in case of suspected duplicates. When a
>> search comes back with no hits, the searched values are carried over to the
>> registration form. Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/integrated-search-and-registration.png>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/open_existing_tracked_entity_instance_dashboard.html>Improved
>> configurability and security in searches: Search authorization can now be
>> granted to users at any location in the org unit structure, while also
>> allowing for configuration that restricts the information returned in the
>> search results per tracked entity instance. The max number of searchresults
>> can also be restricted, to avoid general searches returning long lists of
>> tracked entity instances.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/improved-configurability-and-security-for-searching.png>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/configure_search.html>Sending of
>> messages based on program rules: You can now create program rules which
>> trigger messages to be sent to designated recipients (through SMS, email or
>> DHIS 2 messages) from a notification template. Messages are triggered when
>> data is received by the DHIS 2 API based on events or tracked entity
>> instances. This is useful e.g. for disease surveillance, where certain
>> conditions would trigger an immediate message to a case investigator to
>> follow up a notifiable case.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maintenance/#/edit/programSection/programRule/add>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_program_rules.html>ID-generation
>> based on functional patterns: Unique IDs can now be generated based on a
>> configured pattern. The patterns can contain various components such as org
>> unit code, year and sequential numbers.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maintenance/#/edit/programSection/trackedEntityAttribute/add>
>> | Tutorial
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/working-with-textpattern.html> |
>> Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_tracked_entity_instance_management.html#webapi_generate_tei_attributes>Program
>> indicator custom date boundaries: Program indicators can now query data
>> relative to the reporting period. In the program indicator user interface
>> there are now options for customizing what data is used in the evaluation
>> of the program indicator. As an example, an indicator could evaluate all
>> events up to the end of the reporting period, or evaluate events from
>> enrollments which happened in an earlier period relative to the aggregation
>> period. This is useful e.g. for cohort analysis and for creating
>> moving-average or cumulative program indicators.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/program-indicator-cohort-support.png>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/configure_program_indicator.html>Compare
>> forms when entering tracker data: Individual program stages can be
>> configured to display previous events side-by-side with the current event
>> for ease of comparison.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/compare-forms.png>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/enter_event_data_for_tracked_entity_instance.html#d0e3321>Fixed
>> information in top menu for tracked entities: You can now configure a fixed
>> information bar containing key attributes or calculated values for
>> individual tracked entities. The information bar will always be visible at
>> the top of the screen while capturing data for a single tracked
>> entity.Screenshot 1
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/persistent-information-bar-1.png>
>> | 2
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/persistent-information-bar-2.png>Image
>> type attributes: Images can now be stored as tracked entity attributes and
>> be displayed in lists and the profile widget in tracker capture. When the
>> image value type is used for a data element, the image will be visible in
>> data entry forms.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/image-type-attributes.png>
>> | Docs user guide
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/configure_tracked_entity.html#create_tracked_entity_attribute>
>> | Docs API
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_tracked_entity_instance_management.html#d0e14532>Attributes
>> for tracked entity types: Tracked entity types can now have attributes.
>> This allows e.g. for searching for attributes across multiple programs
>> which share the same tracked entity type.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/programSection/trackedEntityType>
>> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/configure_search.html>GENERAL
>> FEATURES---Job scheduler: A new solution for scheduling of background jobs
>> is now available. With the new scheduling system you can configure exactly
>> when and how often a job should run, job-specific parameters for how the
>> job should be performed and more. Multiple background jobs of the same type
>> can now run simultaneously and provide notifications
>> independently.Screenshot
>> <https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/content.dhis2.org/releases/screenshots/29/scheduling-app-main.png>
>> | Demo <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-scheduler/#/> | Docs user
>> guide
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/master/en/user/html/dataAdmin_scheduling.html>
>> | Docs API
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_scheduling.html>Validation
>> message tickets: Similar to ticket/feedback messages, validation messages
>> now have access to status, priority and user assignment. The messages will
>> inherit the priority based on the importance of the validation result.Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-messaging/message.action> | Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/user/html/messages.html>In-app authorities:
>> Apps can now contain app-specific authorities which can be assigned to user
>> roles in the same way you assign regular authorities. Apps can use these
>> authorities to grant or restrict access to functionality.Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/apps_creating_apps.html>Complete
>> only when compulsory fields filled: A new option is available for data sets
>> which only allows users to complete a data set in aggregate data entry if
>> all compulsory fields have been filled. Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/dhis-web-maintenance/#/list/dataSetSection/dataSet>API
>> FEATURES---Analytics table SQL hooks: This API lets you hook into the
>> resource table and analytics table generation process using custom SQL
>> scripts. These scripts can manipulate the content of the mentioned tables,
>> such as adding, updating and removing rows, to cater for special analytics
>> requirements.Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_analytics_table_hooks.html>Metadata
>> audit: A new API for auditing of metadata is now available. All creation,
>> edits and deletion of metadata objects are now audited, and the audi trail
>> information includes which properties were changed, at what time and by
>> which user.Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_metadata_audit.html>Multi-property
>> metadata search: Using the metadata endpoints, you can now filter (search)
>> for objects using tokens (individual words) across the name, UID, code and
>> short name properties.Docs
>> <https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/webapi_metadata_object_filter.html>
>> | Demo
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29/api/dataElements.json?filter=identifiable:token:treated%20antibiotics>RELEASE
>> INFO---Release InformationLinkDownload release and sample
>> databasehttps://www.dhis2.org/downloads
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/downloads>Documentation and
>> Javadocshttps://www.dhis2.org/documentation
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/documentation>Upgrade
>> noteshttps://www.dhis2.org/229-upgrade
>> <https://www.dhis2.org/229-upgrade>Details about each feature on
>> JIRAhttps://jira.dhis2.org/issues/?filter=10112
>> <https://jira.dhis2.org/issues/?filter=10112>Overview of
>> issueshttps://jira.dhis2.org/issues/?filter=10751
>> <https://jira.dhis2.org/issues/?filter=10751>Source code on
>> Githubhttps://github.com/dhis2 <https://github.com/dhis2>Demo
>> instancehttps://play.dhis2.org/2.29
>> <https://play.dhis2.org/2.29>Instructions for signing up for DHIS 2 mailing
>> listshttps://www.dhis2.org/contact <https://www.dhis2.org/contact> Enjoy
>> the new release.Best regards,The DHIS2 development team*
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