dhis2-releases

2.33 Upgrade Notes

:warning: Please ensure you have read the upgrade notes from the PREVIOUS RELEASE, if upgrading from an earlier version

Browser support

• Support for Internet Explorer 11 has been dropped.
• Supported web browsers are now Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge.

Configuration / dhis.conf

• A new property server.https is introduced. This setting is highly recommended to enable when deploying on HTTPS as it provides additional security (set server.https = on to enable). See install docs for details.
• The property connection.schema no longer has any effect and can be removed.

Data model

• Property programScope of object TrackedEntityAttribute is removed. Correspondingly column programscope of table trackedentityattribute is removed.
• Column tracedentityattributeid of table program_attributes is made non-null.
• Column programstageid of table programstagedataelement is made non-null.

Application

• The Reports legacy web module is removed from the system, and is replaced by the a new Reports React web app. The system uses the same authority as before, the app name is the same, and there is no action required.
• The Approval part of reports web module has been turned into a new web module. A new React-based app is in the works to replace it.
• The Classic Data Visualizer app is removed. This app is superseded by the new Data Visualizer app.
• The GIS app is removed. This app is superseeded by the new Maps app.
• The system setting Lock user account temporarily after multiple failed login attempts (with API key keyLockMultipleFailedLogins) is now enabled by default.
• The system setting Skip zero data values in analytics tables (with API key keySkipZeroValuesInAnalyticsTableExport) is now enabled by default.

Process

• Remember to drop SQL views from Apps > Data administration > Maintenance > Drop SQL views before upgrading, to avoid database integrity issues during the upgrade process, then recreate them after the upgrade is completed.

Patch-specific Changes

2.33.8 Database Schema

• The trackedentityattributevalue.value column is changed to hold 1000 characters maximum. In addition, we add a new index for this column to speed up the lookup time for values. More information can be found in this community post.