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[samuel cheburet <samuelcheburet@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Lars I will provide feedback in the course of the day. I now in DHIS
training assisting beside leave.

Regards



2011/8/22 Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>

> Hi all,
>
>
> we have made a preview of DHIS version 2.4 available here:
>
> http://demo.dhis2.org
>
> Username and password is admin/district. You can download the WAR file
> from here:
>
> http://dhis2.org/download/dhis-2.4-beta.war
>
>
> There are two features we would like to get feedback on in particular:
>
>
> 1. Offline data entry:
>
> Data can now be entered while being disconnected from the Internet.
> You need to be online while logging onto the data entry module - the
> very first time this will take a few extra seconds (7+ depending on
> the connection) since all meta-data are downloaded and stored in your
> browser in the background. Its cool, try it out yourself:
>
> - Open the data entry module, select an organisation unit, data set
> and period. Punch in a few data values. (Use your local IP address if
> testing locally.)
>
> - Disconnect yourself from the Internet. Notice how the system detects
> your offline status and displays a notification.
>
> - See how everything works as before: You can continue to expand,
> collapse and select organisation units from the tree. You can select
> data sets and periods. Forms are loaded as usual. You can continue to
> enter data values and mark data sets as complete for as long as you
> want.
>
> - Re-connect to the Internet. See the notification from the system
> explaining that you have locally stored data, and click "upload" to
> send the data to the server. If you have been disconnected long enough
> for the session to time out you will be asked to log in again (without
> leaving the page).
>
> o Nice additional benefits are that everything is a lot more
> responsive and that bandwidth usage is greatly reduced as most data is
> now loaded locally.
>
> o There are currently a few limitations in offline mode: Data values,
> completeness registrations and min-max values on the server are not
> displayed in the forms and the validation and history functions are
> disabled.
>
> o Firefox will ask for your permission for DHIS 2 to store data
> locally, please allow this.
>
>
> All this hopefully has the potential to make the online deployment
> strategy, with all its benefits, feasible for areas with patchy
> Internet connectivity and power supply. Given a latop or generator,
> this means that record officers can continue their data entry work
> throughout the day even if Internet connectivity or power supply have
> gone down temporarily. Using the myDatamart tool she can also do
> offline data analysis.
>
>
>
> 2. GIS symbol layer:
>
> 1. The menu system has had an overhaul: The left-side menu is gone and
> the layer and map-view information has been put on the top bar to make
> it more accessible and give more space for the map itself. Information
> about the current selection for each layer is displayed in the
> right-side menu. Map-views can be loaded into specific layers, making
> it possible to load different map-views into multiple layers at the
> same time.
>
> 2. A new "Symbol layer" is available. (Sorry for the confusion - the
> current symbol layer has been renamed to "Facility layer".) This makes
> it possible to do thematic mapping where images/symbols represent the
> values rather than colors. One use case for this is displaying weather
> data relevant for Malaria outbreak monitoring on the maps - think
> weather forecast with suns and rain clouds.
>
> - Define symbols/images as regular "Predefined legend sets", make sure
> you select "Image" as symbolizer rather than "Color" (we will add more
> symbols later).
>
> - Open "Symbol layer" from the top bar, layer section (4th icon from
> the left). Select indicator, period and organisation units as usual.
> Select your preferred legend set and click "Update".
>
>
>
>
>
> We are hoping for your participation and feedback. The final 2.4
> release will be on Friday 26.
>
>
>
> best regards,
>
>
> the DHIS 2 development team
>
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