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[Alex Tumwesigye <atumwesigye@xxxxxxxxx>]

Congs DHIS2 Developers and Team.

Thanks Lars for this. Looking forward for an upgrade.

Alex

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> DHIS version 2.18 is out. We have some nice new features for you.
>
>
>
> New and interactive dashboard: The dashboard has received a lot of
> improvements.
>
> Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action>
> (login with admin/district)
>
> - Interactive items: The map items let you zoom in or out and drill
> down/float up between layers. Click on series in charts to hide or show
> them. Hover over maps and charts to see data values and details.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-interactive.png>
>
> - Google maps: The map dashboard items now use Google maps as background
> layer.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-google-maps.png>
>
> - Re-size items: You can re-size items and switch between normal, double
> and full width by clicking on the "resize" link on the item headers.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-resize.png>
>
> - Event reports: You can now include event reports in your dashboard.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-event-reports.png>
>
> - Smarter search: Search by words independently to find favorites more
> easily, e.g. “ANC district”.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-search.png>
>
> - More features: Support for pivots with legend sets, facility map layers
> and radius for map points.
>
>  Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/dashboard-radius.png>
>
> - Better looks: The dashboard items are rendered using the pivot table,
> data visualizer and GIS components which give a better visual appearance.
>
>
> Simpler configuration and loading of apps: Apps are now loaded by default
> through the Web API without any need for configuration. The benefit is that
> you can upgrade your DHIS 2 version without affecting already installed
> apps. The app configuration can be set through the apps Web API resource.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/app-settings.png>
> | Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch02s06.html>
>
>
> Managed users: A new “managed users” concept for user management has been
> introduced. This allows you to explicitly define which users are allowed to
> modify which users. This is done by defining users groups to manage other
> user groups through the standard user interface. To enable this you should
> grant users the authority to "Add/update users within managed groups"
> instead of the normal “Add/update users”.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/managed-user-groups.png>
> | Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#d5e1533>
>
>
> Replication of users: New feature for creating an identical copy of a
> user, with a new username and password. Replicating accounts is useful when
> working with support requests related to access control. Select a user in
> from the user list, select replicate and enter new credentials.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/replicate-user.png>
> | Docs
> <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch07.html#user_maintenance>
> | Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-user/alluser.action>
>
>
> Tracker enrollment history: In tracker capture dashboard you can now list
> historical enrollments by clicking on “History” and view captured data for
> each of them. Notes can be added to historical events.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/tracker-history.png>
> | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-tracker-capture/index.html#/>
>
>
> Easy enrollment for relatives: A program can be configured to present
> shortcuts for relatives, which now can be easily enrolled into a specified
> program. As an example, for a “mother and child” program you can now
> specify that the child should be added into a “immunization” program. This
> will make the "immunization" pre-selected in relationship dialog.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/relationship-shortcut.png>
>
>
> Favorite names in dialogs: In all analysis apps you can see the name of
> the current favorite in the header of the favorite and share dialogs. This
> makes it simpler to see which favorite you are working on e.g. when
> updating favorites.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/favorite-names.png>
> | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/index.html>
>
>
> CORS support: DHIS 2 now supports Cross-origin resource sharing (CORS),
> which is a mechanism that allows resources to be requested from another
> domain. This means most notably that you can make requests to the DHIS 2
> Web API from a web page or portal living on another domain than the DHIS 2
> instance. The domains which should be allowed access must be defined under
> system settings > remote access.
>
> Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch22.html#d5e3857>
> | Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/cors.png>
>
>
> See apps authorities: We have added authorities for seeing apps so that
> you can control per user roles who should be allowed to access which apps
> from the top menu.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/app-authorities.png>
>
>
> Clear local storage app: A new app has been added for clearing the
> application storage, which is the area where DHIS 2 stores data locally in
> the web browser. This is sometimes tricky to clear and web browsers have
> different menu layout for doing it, so an app is useful e.g. when doing
> user support.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/cache-cleaner-app.png>
> | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-cache-cleaner/index.html>
>
>
> Attributes for program: Dynamic meta-data attributes can now be defined
> for programs from data administration > attributes.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/program-attribute.png>
>  | Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/showAddAttributeForm.action>
>
>
> Remove expired invitations: A new maintenance function has been added
> under data administration > maintenance for deleting users which represent
> user account invitations which now have expired. This is useful when you
> send out a lot of user invitations and need to clean up after some time.
>
> Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/ch21s03.html> | Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/displayMaintenanceForm.action>
>
>
> Infrastructural indicator data in GIS: You can configure an indicator
> group as “infrastructural” under general system settings, which will
> subsequently show up with indicator data in a dialog when left-clicking on
> an area or point in GIS.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/infrastructural-indicators.png>
> | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-mapping/index.html>
>
>
> Instant validation in event capture: In event capture, you will now get
> instant feedback if you type values of the wrong type in input fields.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/event-capture-validation.png>
> | Demo <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-event-capture/index.html#/>
>
>
> Multiple message “mark for follow-up”: You can now mark multiple messages
> for follow-up in one go under messages.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/followup.png> |
> Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/message.action>
>
>
> Data set sections in context menu: Form sections are now accessed by
> clicking on data sets to open the context menu. This allows for faster
> navigation.
>
> Screenshot
> <https://www.dhis2.org/sites/all/themes/dhis/images/218/sections.png> |
> Demo
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataset/dataSet.action>
>
>
> --- Web API features
>
>
>
> PDF, Excel, CSV support for meta-data: You can now get lists of meta-data
> as PDF, Excel and CSV files directly from the Web API through the normal
> “.pdf”, “.xls” and “.csv” URL extensions or through accept headers.
>
> Docs
> <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s05.html#d5e657>
> | Demo PDF <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.pdf> | Excel
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.xls> | CSV
> <https://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/dataElements.csv>
>
>
> New filters: The meta-data filter function now supports startsWith,
> endsWith, nlike (not like), which allows for greater flexibility when
> filtering meta-data.
>
> Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s06.html>
>
>
> Email: A resource for sending emails for system notifications and testing
> has been added. This is useful e.g. when you have developed external
> scripts that need to send email messages to the system administrators.
> Requires that an email SMTP server has been configured.
>
> Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s38.html>
>
>
> PATCH support: You can now do PATCH requests in order to do partial
> updates of meta-data. You can e.g. update only the name of a user group.
> This is useful to avoid sending very large payloads just to make a change
> to a simple property.
>
> Docs
> <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s08.html#d5e1074>
>
>
> Better user query: The user query function has been made more flexible
> and allows for querying for users that can be managed by the current user,
> last login, inactivity, self registration, invitation status and more.
>
> Docs
> <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s27.html#d5e3496>
>
>
> Import strategy for tracker data: You can now define whether to only
> create or create and update entities when importing tracked entity
> instances, enrollments and events.
>
> Docs <https://www.dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/developer/html/ch01s36.html>
>
>
> ---
>
> You can download Live package, WAR file, sample data and source code here:
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/downloads
>
>
> You will find documentation and Javadocs here:
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/documentation
>
>
> You can read the upgrade notes here:
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/218-upgrade
>
>
> The demo application can be found here:
>
> https://apps.dhis2.org/demo
>
>
> Full list of features can be found at the Launchpad page:
>
> https://launchpad.net/dhis2/+milestone/2.18
>
>
> Instructions for signing up for the DHIS 2 mailing lists here:
>
> https://www.dhis2.org/contact
>
>
>
> Enjoy the new features.
>
>
>
> best regards,
>
> the DHIS 2 development team
>
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