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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom,

thanks, I think all of your suggestions are excellent.

2. is already on the plan. 6. is already implemented in trunk, look
for "Allow future periods" in add/edit data set screen.

Can you elaborate a bit on 5. ?

Do you feel like writing blueprints for the rest ?

https://launchpad.net/dhis2


best regards,

Lars




On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 8:48 AM,  <hiattt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi DHIS users,
>
>
>
> Here are a few suggestions I had for future functionality. If these have
> already been brought up, then consider this another vote! If you have any
> comments or questions on these, let me know.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> 1.       Question in entry form hyperlinked to metadata entry of data
> element – If you want more information about a data element in the data
> entry screen you can click on the question and a pop-up window shows the
> link that was defined in the metadata.
>
> 2.       Automatic emails to new users – The user creation process could be
> simplified with an automatic introductory email to new users. A user manager
> could simply enter username, name, email, role, org unit and an automatic
> email based on a template would be sent to users with an auto-generated
> password.
>
> 3.       Forgotten password functionality – does this already exist? Similar
> to new users, automatic password management would save a lot of time.
>
> 4.       Instruction field in dataset section – Add another field (rich
> text) in addition to title in the dataset section for brief
> instructions/explanation. Right now I use the title for this, but that could
> be better for sure.
>
> 5.       Generic dataset section – This could be used with the suggestion
> above just without any data elements to add in another section or whatever
> to make the form clearer.
>
> 6.       Set dataset years as an attribute – Currently you can go back to
> the end of time (I suppose) using the Prev and Next buttons. (This is a bit
> confusing for yearly data collection, but it works.) However for future
> years, you are limited only to the current year. Being able to define future
> years (ie for Budget data or projected figures) would expand this
> functionality.
>
> 7.       See users accessing the system – It’s very handy to see how many
> users have accessed under user statistics. It would also be great to see
> attempted logins, and a useful addition would be to be able to click that
> number and see who accessed. And even better would be to be able to click on
> that name and see their entries in the log. This would make it easier to
> troubleshoot with users.
>
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