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[Muhire Andrew <muhireandrew@xxxxxxxxx>]

Bravo bravo bravo! to the dhis2 programers..........
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 On Fri, Aug 3, 2012 3:38 AM PDT Lars Helge Øverland wrote:
 
 >Hi all,
 >
 >DHIS version 2.9 is out. We have some exciting new features:
 >
 >- Individual records (person records module): Improved data entry for
 >programs with multiple stages. Program stages are listed horizontally
 >which makes it easy to get the overview and enter data for the various
 >stages. Check it out by selecting Ngelehun CHC (Bo -> Badia ->
 >Ngelehun CHC), list all persons, click "program management" icon and
 >enroll for "Child health program".
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/patient.action
 >
 >- Individual records: We now have tree types of programs: 1) Multiple
 >events with person registration (e.g. child immunization). 2) Single
 >events with person registration (e.g. death certificates). 3) Single
 >events without registration (e.g. inpatient morbidity and mortality
 >registration). Each program has its own, dedicated page in the
 >individual records module. The new page for single events with
 >registration allows you to register a person and doing data entry for
 >a program in the same screen. Notice also the speed improvement and
 >how 14,000 ICD codes can be quickly searched in the form. Check it out
 >here (select Ngelehun CHC and "Death" program, then click "Add new"):
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/singleEventSelect.action
 >
 >
 >- Individual records: Tabular report is a lot faster. You can do
 >analysis on person identifiers, attributes and data element values,
 >which can later be saved as favorites:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/app/index.html
 >
 >
 >- Individual records: New screen for doing data entry for multiple
 >persons and their program stages in one go. Example here (select
 >Ngelehun CHC):
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/multipledataEntrySelect.action
 >
 >
 >- Interpretations: You can now share your interpretation of data from
 >the data visualizer and report table module. In data visualizer, load
 >a favorite and click "Share". In report table, generate a report and
 >click "Share" from the top menu. The interpretations can be commented
 >on and appears in the dashboard:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/interpretation.action
 >
 >
 >- Data visualizer, free period selection of fixed periods: You can now
 >select any fixed periods for a chart. Useful e.g. when you want to
 >look at legacy data which falls outside the relative periods. Use the
 >"Fixed periods" tab to the left. Example:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html?id=PuvO0syzFoz
 >
 >
 >- Data visualizer, option for going back one period for relative
 >periods. When looking at trend lines or charts for the last month one
 >problem is that data is not available until after a few weeks, which
 >renders the charts unusable. Now you can click "Rewind one period"
 >under relative periods in order to leave out the last period. Example:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html?id=PaszHM9rIGA
 >
 >
 >- Improved dashboard: The dashboard now automatically re-sizes itself
 >and the number of charts on the page after the current screen size.
 >The left side menu has been removed to make more space for the
 >interesting part:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action
 >
 >
 >- Report table plugin: Insert report tables directly or provide links
 >to them on any web page using this new client-side plugin. Example:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/portal/table.html
 >
 >Documentation:
 >
 >http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22s14.html
 >
 >
 >- Carousel plugin: Insert visualizer charts in a carousel to create
 >attractive front pages on your web site. Example:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/portal/carousel.html
 >
 >Documentation:
 >
 >http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22s13.html
 >
 >
 >- Integration module: We now have a component for managing most
 >integration scenarios between systems. It complements the Web API by
 >providing the means to consume services from other applications and
 >perform transformations on data through flexible routes, which can be
 >timers, HTTP client requests, transformations, message, processors,
 >loggers and more. Documentation of this component comes tomorrow.
 >
 >
 >- Data entry, option for allowing/denying data entry for future
 >periods. Disallowing future periods is useful for prohibiting users to
 >enter data erroneously for the current period. Allowing future periods
 >is useful for data like population and annual targets and plans. See
 >e.g. "Population" and "ART monthly" data sets:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action
 >
 >
 >- Custom data entry form styles: You can choose between "regular",
 >"comfortable" and "compact" styles. This means that you can now design
 >custom forms without any custom styling in the form editor - they will
 >look nice and consistent. See e.g. "PHUF 1" and "TB Facility
 >reporting" forms:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action
 >
 >
 >- Improved Web API. The Web API now supports basic operations for most
 >objects in the system. It also features a /metaData resource which can
 >be used to import and export complete representations of the objects
 >in the system. Documentation here:
 >
 >
 >
 >- Organisation unit tree: You can define how many levels of the
 >organisation unit tree should be stored in the browser's local
 >storage. This is useful for systems with extremely many org units,
 >which might cause the browser to run out of space in the local
 >storage. The tree falls back to online loading of the levels which are
 >not stored locally. The number of levels can be defined as a general
 >system setting:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemGeneralSettings.action
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-organisationunit/index.action
 >
 >
 >- Validation: Validation rule expressions can now optionally be set to
 >replace missing values with zeros when evaluated. This is useful in
 >the case of large expressions where you do not want a missing value
 >for a single data element to cause the validation rule to be ignored
 >during validation. Look for the "Skip for missing values" check-box in
 >the left- and right-side expressions:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-validationrule/validationRule.action
 >
 >
 >- Data set report: When printing this type of report it will be
 >rendered in a printer-friendly style. Try it by clicking Ctrl-P after
 >generating the report:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-reporting/showDataSetReportForm.action
 >
 >
 >- GIS, the boundary layer in GIS will be included in image when using
 >the the export to PNG function:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/mapping/index.html
 >
 >
 >- Data visualizer: The organisation unit tree now supports multiple
 >roots, which means that multiple hierarchies are supported throughout
 >the system. This is useful when you need to set up another hierarchy
 >of organisation units beside the health administrative hierarchy.
 >
 >
 >- Data mart improvements: Data mart now support weekly aggregation.
 >The time the data mart indexes are not present is reduced to a minimum
 >in order to make the system fully usable during export.
 >
 >
 >
 >Downloads, including WAR file, Live package, source code and sample
 >database can be found here:
 >
 >http://dhis2.org/downloads
 >
 >
 >Documentation and Javadocs here:
 >
 >http://dhis2.org/documentation
 >
 >
 >Demo here, log in with admin / district as username / password:
 >
 >http://apps.dhis2.org/demo
 >
 >
 >
 >
 >best regards,
 >
 >the DHIS 2 development team
 >
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