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DHIS 2.28 Overview
Explore DHIS2 version 2.28, which includes many new features, apps, improvements, and bug fixes. On this page you can find information on this software version, including feature descriptions, links to technical documentation, and more
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Analytics Features

Measure criteria support in pivot tables
Pivot table app now supports measure criteria, meaning criteria to apply to the data being returned, such as a min and max value. Can be enabled in the Options dialog.
[ Demo][ Screenshot]

Multiple regression types in charts
Data visualizer and event visualizer apps now supports a new option for linear, polynomial and loess regression
types (trend lines). Can be enabled in the Options dialog.
[ Demo1 | 2 ][ Screenshot 1 | 2 ]

Remove gaps in bar/column charts
Data visualizer and event visualizer apps now support an option for displaying bar/column charts without gaps between the bars/columns. Can be enabled in the Options dialog.
[ Demo ][ Screenshot]

Daily relative periods in event analytics
Various daily relative periods are now supported in event reports and event visualizer.
[ Demo ][ Screenshot ]

Share favorites with users
Analytics favorites can now be shared with individual users in addition to user groups. This is useful for more flexible sharing and removes the need for always creating a group. Click
Share from the Favorites menu.
[ Demo][ Screenshot]

Favorite filter for “Created by me”
You can now easily filter your favorites with the new “Created by me”/”Created by others” filter, available in all the analytics apps.
[ Demo ][ Screenshot]

Sort favorites by created and last updated
Analytics favorites can now be sorted by the date they were created and the date they were last updated.
[ Demo][ Screenshot]

Combine totals and details in pivots
Total values and details (operands) can now be combined in pivot tables and charts.
[ Demo ][ Screenshot ]

Indicator totals in pivots
The pivot table app now calculates total and subtotal values in a better way, dividing the sum of numerator values with the sum of denominator values multiplied by the average of indicator factors.[ Demo][ Screenshot ]
Tracker Features
Tracker and event capture with time, datetime and URL value types
Tracker and event capture apps now support the “Time”, “Datetime” and “URL” data element value types.
[ Demo ]
General Features

Persist validation results
Validation results (violations) can now be persisted. You can also access validation results in the analytics API, meaning counts of validation violations.
[ Screenshot ] [ Docs]
Data element support for program stage notifications
Program stage notifications can now use available data elements in their templates.
[ Demo ]
Apps cloud storage
Apps will now be stored in your cloud storage if the instance is configured to utilize cloud storage. Existing apps installed locally will still work, but new apps will be installed in a different directory or in the cloud storage based on instance configuration. This is helpful in cluster setups for shared apps, as well as providing for unlimited storage of apps
Import group membership in CSV
Group membership for organisation unit group, data element groups and indicator groups can now be imported as CSV. Both group and member object must exist in the system.
[ Docs ]
Updated app store in app management
The app manager app in DHIS will now dynamically fetch apps available for installation from the new app store API.
You can find the new app store at play.dhis2.org/appstore.
[ Demo ]
API Features
AMQP/RabbitMQ for metadata change notifications
External applications can now subscribe and listen in real time to metadata changes by setting up and utilizing the RabbitMQ capabilities added to DHIS. These changes includes creation, updates and deletion of all metadata objects.
[Docs]
Creating, updating and deleting SMS commands
CRUD operations for SMS commands are now available in the API.
[ Docs]
Metadata export inclusionStrategy
The inclusion strategy parameter on metadata export allows for fine grained property inclusion control.
[ Docs]
Default category exclusion support
Default category objects can now be excluded on metadata export. The system will now handle the absence of default category objects during metadata import.
[ Docs]
Release Information
Click on the links in the table below for more information about this software release.
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Download release and sample database | Downloads |
Documentation and Javadocs | Documentation |
Upgrade notes | Upgrade |
Source code on Github | DHIS2 source code |
DHIS2 community | DHIS2 Community of Practice |