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[Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Tom

I also like all of these suggestions (with a small caveat below).
Would be great if you can create blueprints for these then we can
discuss them individually.  Some brief comments inline:

On 26 July 2012 07:48,  <hiattt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi DHIS users,
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> 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.
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> Thanks,
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> Tom
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 3.       Forgotten password functionality – does this already exist? Similar
> to new users, automatic password management would save a lot of time.
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> 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.
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> 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.

(Caveat) I am already a bit concerned that we are a bit entangled
between model and view with our datasets and sections. This starts to
push us further in this direction, but we should find a way to
implement the functionality, perhaps doing some disentanglement at the
same time..

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> 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.
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> 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.

There is already an audit log functionality, but this information is
being appended to an audit log file.  Doing this would probably
require redirecting this log to the database to make it easier to
access from the application or capturing the result of external
scripts which process the log file.  I guess either is doable.

Regards
Bob

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