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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

DHIS 2 version 2.10 has been released. The major features this time:

- We have included elements from social networking: You can self-register a
user account, create your own profile, post messages and share
interpretations. You can easily search and find other peoples profiles and
communicate through messages.

- A completely new GIS module, rewritten from scratch, which comes with
much faster load time, more intuitive user interface and more features.

- A brand new web-based mobile client with offline support for smartphones.
It lets you enter data, send messages and manage your profile.


All new features:


1. GIS: All map layers can be saved as a single favorites. You can create
nice maps containing multiple layers and save it all together in a single
favorite. You can also share map favorites as interpretations by first
loading or saving a favorite, then clicking "share" on the top menu. Log in
with admin/district:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/app/index.html?id=m16KunJ3pbi

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/app/index.html?id=GmIDubfPzCU


2. GIS: Improved favorite user interface with paging and free-text search.
You can rename, overwrite, delete and add the favorite to your dashboard
straight from the list. Click on "Favorites" in the top menu:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/app/index.html

Documentation here:

http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch15.html


3. GIS: Display surrounding areas as circles around facilities in order to
visualize density of facility services:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/app/index.html?id=y3jLMnZTV6i


4. Web-based mobile client for smartphones: We have a new mobile client
which lets you enter aggregate data, send and receive messages and manage
your profile. The data entry functionality works offline, meaning you only
need connectivity for downloading the data entry forms and submitting data
to the server. In between you can stay offline and enter data for as long
as you want. It is targeted at smartphones with touch-based interfaces, and
works on all Android versions from 2.1 and above. With the rapidly
decreasing price on smartphones this client is a compelling alternative for
mobile data entry, compared with the complexity and issues with
compatibility, installations and upgrade associated with native Java
clients.

Check it out by pointing your mobile browser to this link, enter
mobile/district as username/password and select "smartphone" as mobile
version, then click "login":

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/


5.  Self-registration of users: Its now possible to let users create their
own user accounts. You can define which user role the system should grant
to self-registered users under system settings. You can get an overview of
self-registered users in the user module, and temporarily disable users if
needed. On the login page, click on "Create an account" and complete the
account form:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/ (log out first under Profile - Log out)
https://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemAccessSettings.action


6. User account recovery: Users who forget their password can now restore
it from the login page by clicking on the "Forgot password?" link. After
entering your username, two emails are sent to the email address registered
with the user account which will guide you through the recovery process.
Documentation here:

http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch19s02.html


7. Profile page: You can now set up a profile for your user account,
including introduction, job title, nationality, employer, languages and
more. Access your profile directly from the "profile" link on the
dashboard. We have introduced a new profile top menu item - use it to edit
your personal settings, user account and profile.

https://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/profile.action


8. Improved interpretations: You can click on the sender of an
interpretation or comment to get to her personal profile. Interpretations
look better and auto-page as you scroll down the page.

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/interpretation.action


9. Improved messages: All users can now send messages to any user group,
user or users associated with an organisation unit. Messages support line
breaks and embedded links:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/message.action


10. Dashboard free-text search: Search for users, charts, maps, reports and
report tables straight from the search field in dashboard. This means that
you can search for the topic you are interested in and get quick access to
all kinds of analysis. Try it out by searching for "ANC" or "Immunization":

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action


11. Relative periods and report parameters in SQL based standard reports:
You can now take advantage of parameters in SQL queries when writing
standard reports, in order to make queries reusable for multiple periods
and organisation units. SQL queries are sometimes required when report
tables do not offer enough flexibility, and let you utilize all tables in
the DHIS database in reports. Go to the "add new" standard report screen.
>From here you can download a report template which contains all parameters.
To enable SQL based reports click on "use JDBC data source", then select
your preferred relative periods and report parameters. To view an example
click on the "Immunization: Raw data by district and chiefdom" report:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-reporting/displayViewReportForm.action

Documentation here:

http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch13s04.html#d5e2266


12. Appearance: You can now put an application introduction and
notification on the front page. Configurable from system appearance
settings:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/systemAppearanceSettings.action


13. Tracker: Person dashboard with quick access to a person's demographics,
history, active programs and relationships. Check it out by selecting the
first facility in the organisation unit tree (Ngelehun CHC), click "List
all persons" and then click on any name in the list:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/patient.action

Documentation here:

http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22.html


14: Tracker: Automatic message reminders. You can now schedule automatic
reminders to be sent using SMS or email to persons which are late for
appointments or checkups:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-patient/viewScheduleTasks.action


15. Tracker: Scheduled aggregation tasks. You can now set up scheduled,
daily aggregation of person based data into aggregate data. The aggregation
query builder is now easier to use, and you can set your queries to be run
automatically:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-patient/viewScheduledCaseAggCondTasks.action


16. Tracker: Visit schedule overview. Display a detailed overview of
scheduled visits per facility for a given time range, like today, this week
and this month:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/activityPlanSelect.action


17. Tracker: Program Tracking. Search and find who has dropped out and are
lost to follow-up for a given program. Provides easy access to ad-hoc SMS
messaging and tracking history.

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/smsReminderSelect.action


18. Validation in data entry: Marking a data set as complete can be allowed
only if validation is successful. This can be configured per data set in
the add/update data set screen. Useful when you have absolute validation
rules and want to ensure high data quality. Documentation here:

http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch05.html#datasets


19. Validation in data entry: Entering values for all fields for a data
element if one or more values are entered can be made mandatory. This can
be configured per data set. Useful e.g. for logistics forms where you want
the user to enter values for quantity received and closing balance if she
entered opening balance for a drug. Check it out by selecting the "PHUF 2 -
Children's preventice services" form:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action


20. Complete notifications: You can now define a group of users who should
receive a notification when a specific data set is marked as complete. This
is useful e.g. when DHIS 2 is used as an ordering system for drugs, and the
drug supplier wants to know when a new order has been placed. It can be
configured per data set. You can define user groups in user module -> user
groups:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataset/editDataSetForm.action?dataSetId=359593
http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-user/getAllUserGroups.action


21. Dynamic data element selection in custom data entry forms. You can set
data elements to appear in a drop down list in custom forms and be selected
for data entry on demand. This makes it possible to display high numbers of
data elements which are infrequently used in a drop down list, while data
elements which are often used are displayed in the form as usual. Check it
out by selecting the "PHU 6 - Staffing" form here:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dataentry/index.action


22. Performance and PostgreSQL 9.2 optimizations: We have modified all
indexes in the system to take advantage of the new index-only scan feature
in PostgreSQL 9.2. We have been using this PostgreSQL version in production
for several months and strongly recommend to upgrade. Load e.g. any data
set report for 2012 and see how the report is rendered within one tenth of
a second:

http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-reporting/showDataSetReportForm.action


Downloads:

http://dhis2.org/downloads


Documentation:

http://dhis2.org/documentation


Complete list of features:

https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.10


Source code branch:

https://code.launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core/dhis2/2.10


Javadocs:

http://dhis2.org/download/apidocs/index.html


Enjoy the new release, all feedback is welcome.


best regards,


DHIS 2 development team