Wow! This is a very impressive list of improvements! I want to thank everyone for all of the hard work which has clearly gone into this release. I can't wait to spend some time exploring these new features. DHIS just keeps getting better.
Mark -- Mark Spohr, MD 2011/12/27 Lars Helge Ă˜verland <larshe...@gmail.com> > Hi all, > > DHIS version 2.6 is released. We have a long list of improvements: > > 1. A new Web API module which provides read access to most objects in > the system and read access to data values and messages: All resources > are uniquely identified by URLs and have a rich set of representation > formats; currently HTML, XML, JSON and JSONP. The resources are linked > and navigable meaning that you can easily move between related > resources using hyperlinks (for instance from the list of data sets to > one particular data set, then to one particular data element). Certain > resources (map, chart, report, report table and resource) have a > special view of the aggregate data (rather than the meta-data info) > which can be accessed by appending /data to the URL. > > The primary purpose of the Web API is to make DHIS suitable as a > platform for third-party software clients and systems such as Web > portals, content management systems, dashboards and mobile device > clients. It provides a machine-readable API from where such clients > can retrieve the desired data over the well-known HTTP protocol, > without need for any knowledge of the DHIS internal technologies and > implementation. You can explored it here: > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/resources > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/charts/j1gNXBgwKVm > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/maps/H6jRsZXfDAp > > A small demo on how reports, charts and maps produced by DHIS can be > embedded in a Web portal can be found here: > > http://dhis2.org/portal > > A more detailed write-up of the purpose and context of the Web API can > be found here: > > http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/implementer/html/full.html#d5e1545 > > > 2. Saved charts in data visualizer module: After creating a chart and > data table you can now save it as a favorite by clicking on the > "Favorites" button in the top menu, then on "Manage favorites". This > makes it easy to later reload your chart and also put it on your > personal dashboard in the dashboard module. Favorites can be saved as > personal or system views (if user is authorized). This means that > users can create their own personal charts without affecting the list > of charts for other users. > > The old chart user interface in reporting module has been removed - > the data visualizer module is now the place to create charts. Please > note the new "Chart options" panel on the left menu - all options from > the old charts are there but at the moment only implemented in the > image version of the charts (accessible from the dashboard). We will > soon implement these options in the client-side charts in data > visualizer module in order to make both versions compatible. > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html > > http://dhis2.org/doc/snapshot/en/user/html/full.html#d927e2985 > > > 3. Anonymous events: The beneficiary module now provides functionality > for registering anonymous events. Use-cases for such events are birth > certificates, nutrition surveys and inpatient morbidity/mortality > registries. Data for any number of data elements can be defined and > registered for a single event (no attributes). > > Programs must be marked as "single event" and "anonymous" in > beneficiary module. Under "Event registration" in data records module > you can register the anonymous events. Start by clicking on "Create > new event", then fill the entry form before clicking "Complete data > entry". > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-caseentry/anonymousRegistration.action > > (Select e.g. the first facility in the tree, Ngelehun CHC.) > > > 4. Organisation unit group set analysis in data mart and report table: > The data mart engine now produces two new data mart tables for data > element and indicator data aggregated by organisation unit groups. In > more detail, for all organisation units there are records for all > organisation unit groups. This feature has currently been implemented > in the report table tool. You can include groups by clicking on > "Toggle organisation unit groups" in the add new report table screen. > We will implement support for groups in most analysis tools for next > release. Please note that only groups which are members of a group set > will be included. > > This feature is particular useful for doing analysis based on facility > classification such as type and ownership; for instance you can now > investigate the immunization rates in public, private and faith-based > facilities within a province and see how they compare. It can also > support scenarios where donors want to analyse and compare the > performance of their implementing partners. > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/reports/KlcaBsIqTV4/data > > > 5. I18n: The user interface is now completely translated into French. > This will be very useful for the upcoming DHIS implementations in West > Africa. Thanks to Jason Pickering for managing this process. > > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-settings/userGeneralSettings.action > > > 6. Image maps: Map views from the GIS module are rendered and served > as images (PNG fomat). This is useful when you want to easily embed > maps in external Web sites. These image maps can be retrieved through > the Web API. > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/api/maps/Y8dSQ3fH0Xe > > > 7. Chart download in data visualizer: Charts can now be downloaded as > image files in PNG format by clicking on the "Download as" button from > the top menu and selecting "Image (PNG)" from the menu. > > > 8. Data table in data visualizer: Data for the selected indicators, > data elements etc can now be viewed in a data table (in addition to > the chart). Simply click on the "Data table" button on the top menu to > show the table, then click again to hide. > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-visualizer/app/index.html > > > 9. Stable object identifiers: We have introduced a stable unique > identifier (uid) for all objects in the system. This is useful and > required for robust data exchange (rather than relying on identifying > objects by names or other attributes which can be modified by the end > user). These uids are used in the URLs in the Web API to uniquely > identify all objects. > > > 10. Scheduling: More options for scheduled tasks are now available. > First, you can set which period types to include in the data mart > tasks, which means you can now have e.g. bi-monthly and six-monthly > periods in the data mart tables. Second, you can set the data mart > export strategy, i.e. whether you want to have the system a) export > data for the last 12 months every night, or b) export data for the > last 6 months every night except Sunday then data for the last 6 to 12 > months every Sunday. The latter strategy will double the aggregation > capacity of the deployment, given that the time lag is acceptable. > Third you can set the lowest organisation unit level of aggregation > for the organisation unit group based data marts - please note it is > pointless to export organisation unit group data for the > facility/lowest layer. > > > http://apps.dhis2.org/demo/dhis-web-maintenance-dataadmin/viewScheduledTasks.action > > > 11. WMS support in GIS: A Web Map Service is a standard protocol for > serving georeferenced map images over the Internet. To create a WMS > layer, navigate to the GIS module and click the "WMS overlays" button > below the layer tree in the top right corner. In the URL textfield you > are supposed to enter the WMS resource url, e.g. > > http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.IRI/.Analyses/.CSMT/.Annual_Sum/X/Y/fig-+colors+-fig//antialias+true+psdef+/wmsfigmap > . The layer textfield expects the title of the layer so look for the > <title> tag in the WMS xml file. > > http://dhis2.org/sites/default/files/screenshots/wms.png > > 12. Performance improvements all over the system: The network usage > and load time for maps in the GIS module is down to approximately 1/3 > compared to version 2.5. The number of database connections required > to retrieve reports and charts has been greatly reduced which means > that the system will handle high user-concurrency better. Data mart > generation time is down approximately 20 %. > > > 13. Support for message notifications over SMS: Messages can now be > delivered to the users' mobile phones through SMS (in addition to the > DHIS inbox and e-mail). We will return with more info regarding > configuration later. > > > 14. PDF download: Dynamic attributes are now included in the PDF > download for data elements, indicators and organisation units. > > > --- > > WAR file, Live package, source code and demo database can be downloaded > here: > > http://dhis2.org/downloads > > Documentation and Javadocs are here: > > http://dhis2.org/documentation > > Source code branch page here: > > https://code.launchpad.net/~dhis2-devs-core/dhis2/2.6 > > > > > Happy new year and best regards, > > the DHIS developer team > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : dhis2-us...@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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