dhis2-kenya team mailing list archive

[Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>]

Great!

It is obvious that end-user training should focus quite a bit on how to
clear the cache in various browsers ;-)

Knut

On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Lars Helge Øverland
<larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>
> we have now updated hiskenya.org with a Beta version of DHIS 2.3. The
> stable release will be out on this Friday.
>
> It is recommended to clear the browser cache to see the latest changes. On
> chrome paste this into the address field and click "clear browsing data":
>
> chrome://settings/advanced
>
>
> A quick summary of the new features:
>
> - Improved speed: We have generally made most operations in the system
> faster (in technical terms: we have added caching, asynchronous loading of
> lists and use of in-memory databases to speed up the system).
>
> - Removed all popups and replaced them with dialogs (which block the user
> from doing something else before closing). We have learned that popups are
> confusing for inexperienced users so we have removed them. E.g. try clicking
> on one of the charts in the dashboard:
>
> http://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action
>
> - GIS module has a new Symbol layer. Go to GIS -  then click "Symbol layer"
> at the right bottom, then e.g. boundary and select "Coast" and "Facility
> level", then select "Ownership" as the group set, then zoom in on the map to
> Coast region. It will display one icon for each type of ownership for all
> the facilities. Which icon belongs to each type (group) can be seen under
> the selection boxes in the left panel. (Note you must have cleared the
> browser cache!)
>
> http://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-mapping/mapping/index.html
>
> - District users can now assign organisation units to groups themselves.
>
> - District users are allowed to create new users with less authorities than
> themselves.
>
> - Last login date is registered for users and can be seen in the details
> window in the user list.
>
> - You can now create charts directly based on data elements. This is useful
> for pie charts, as an example have a look at the "Family Planning Methods"
> chart:
>
> http://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-reporting/viewChart.action?id=57491
>
> - Dataset Report can be exported to PDF and Excel. In the Excel workbook
> each section gets its own sheet:
>
> http://hiskenya.org/dhis-web-dashboard-integration/index.action
>
> - The indicator formulas can contain "number of days in aggregation
> period", which is useful e.g. for bed utilization analysis.
>
> - Data entry forms can have running totals by including indicators in the
> data set, this will also be available in the data set reports.
>
>
>
> Its good if you can have a look at the new functionalities, I have put the
> Beta version on the server now so we have time to incorporate changes based
> on your feedback:)
>
>
> regards, Lars
>
>
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-- 
Cheers,
Knut Staring