Hi all,
We've been working hard the past few months to improve CommCare. Here is a
summary of some new CommCare mobile and web (HQ) features.
As always, please email the commcare-users google group if you have any
questions or feedback.
CommCare Mobile
We just released CommCare 2.2! Your Android phones will automatically
update to version 2.2. For Nokia and other J2ME phones, version 2.2 is now
an option in the CommCareHQ app builder. We have been releasing a new
mobile version of CommCare every month, and plan to continue monthly
releases for the foreseeable future.
CommCare 2.2 has several bug fixes to improve stability. It also has some
new features:
Nokia phones (J2ME)
- Question audio stops playing automatically when you move to the next
question
- Moved common superuser tools (Network test, check for updates, etc) to
a tools menu accessible from the login screen. These tools used to be
accessible only to admin users.
- Revised OTA Restore/Sync screens: we reworked this screen to give you
a better indication of what the restore is doing
- Major speed improvements to handling fixture fetches and itemsets
inside of forms
Android phones (CommCare ODK)
- Improved style and readability for the case details screen: we
reformatted the case list and details screen to display information more
clearly and cleanly
- Login screen now remembers last logged in username, so the user only
has to type in their username the first time they log into that phone.
- Improved resume: If you navigate out of the CommCare application,
CommCare now is much better at restoring your place in the app when you
return to the application during the same session
- Removed "Sync with Server" checkbox from home screen: Auto-syncing is
now handled more robustly, and the offline login process works more
consistently.
- Improved loading of long case lists: For longer case lists, the case
list screen loads initially with a loading icon in the list area. This
allows you to press back, type a search, etc without having to wait for the
case list to load first.
CommCareHQ
It has been a while since we last updated you on the new CommCareHQ
features. Going forward, we plan to give you a feature update every month.
Here are the main new features you may have noticed recently on CommCareHQ:
- Saved reports: You can now save certain reports that you view
frequently as "favorites". HQ will remember the report as well as the
filters you set up, and set up an easy to access link to this report from
CommCareHQ's main Reports page.
- Email reports improvements: you can now configure email reports from
most of your saved reports. New advantages:
- ability to configure emailed reports filtered by mobile user group
- greater flexibility with email report date ranges
- ability to configure email reports to be sent to other web users, not
just yourself
- Form Designer Redesign: redesigned the layout of our form designer
(vellum) to take better advantage of available screen space
- Application Summary button: Now on the application page there is an
"application summary" button that outlines the question content in your
application.
- Export form contents improvements: You can export an excel
specification of the form by going to "advanced" in the form designer.
We've often found this useful when communicating application content to
team members who may not be familiar with CommCare. We have made this
specification more comprehensive and user friendly.
- Usernames on build comments: Now when you make a new build in the
release manager, it is tagged with your web user name.
- Reports filters redesign: Now your worker monitoring/data inspection
reports load with no data initially. You choose your desired filter and
then hit "apply". We did this so that if you have a lot of users
submitting data, you don't have to wait for the whole report to load before
choosing the filter you are interested in.
- Pending web user invitations: After you invite a web user to HQ, we
show them as "pending" until they accept.
- Itemset support: Our form designer Vellum now supports hand-writing
xml itemsets into your form. This means Vellum now recognizes the question
that allows a user to assign a case to one of the many groups they're in.
(This is useful for the "supervisor" use case where your supervisor also
creates cases!). You still have to insert this question by hand, though.
See documentation here:
Assigning cases to one of multiple groups - CommCare Public - CommCare Public
- Case list display format additions: the case list/detail configuration
now includes the display format "time since date". You can configure a
date in your case list or detail screen to show up as however many days,
weeks, months, or years ago the date was from today.
- SMS install for CCODK: You can now install via SMS on CommCareODK!
(Under the same menu for install on J2ME). This only works for builds you
made recently, and may not work in some countries.
- completion vs submission time report: We have a new report that
compares the submission time to completion time to help you evaluate any
delay between form completion and submission.
- Bulk form/custom export: You can now download multiple form submission
or multiple custom exports at once rather than one at a time
- Sort case list by date on the phone: We added a feature on HQ that
will ensure you can sort your case list by date correctly on the mobile
phone
Happy November,
Amelia
Hi all,
A clarification on how to update to the latest version 2.2 of CommCareODK
(for Androids).
Most phones will update to the newest version automatically. Some phones
may have automatic update disabled.
To manage your update, open the Google Play app and open settings -> My
Apps -> CommCare ODK v2. Here you can click "update" manually, or
enable/disable automatic updating.
Thanks, and apologies for any confusion,
Amelia
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On Wed, Nov 7, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Amelia Sagoff wrote:
Hi all,
We've been working hard the past few months to improve CommCare. Here is
a summary of some new CommCare mobile and web (HQ) features.
As always, please email the commcare-users google group if you have any
questions or feedback.
CommCare Mobile
We just released CommCare 2.2! Your Android phones will automatically
update to version 2.2. For Nokia and other J2ME phones, version 2.2 is now
an option in the CommCareHQ app builder. We have been releasing a new
mobile version of CommCare every month, and plan to continue monthly
releases for the foreseeable future.
CommCare 2.2 has several bug fixes to improve stability. It also has some
new features:
Nokia phones (J2ME)
- Question audio stops playing automatically when you move to the next
question
- Moved common superuser tools (Network test, check for updates, etc)
to a tools menu accessible from the login screen. These tools used to be
accessible only to admin users.
- Revised OTA Restore/Sync screens: we reworked this screen to give
you a better indication of what the restore is doing
- Major speed improvements to handling fixture fetches and itemsets
inside of forms
Android phones (CommCare ODK)
- Improved style and readability for the case details screen: we
reformatted the case list and details screen to display information more
clearly and cleanly
- Login screen now remembers last logged in username, so the user only
has to type in their username the first time they log into that phone.
- Improved resume: If you navigate out of the CommCare application,
CommCare now is much better at restoring your place in the app when you
return to the application during the same session
- Removed "Sync with Server" checkbox from home screen: Auto-syncing
is now handled more robustly, and the offline login process works more
consistently.
- Improved loading of long case lists: For longer case lists, the case
list screen loads initially with a loading icon in the list area. This
allows you to press back, type a search, etc without having to wait for the
case list to load first.
CommCareHQ
It has been a while since we last updated you on the new CommCareHQ
features. Going forward, we plan to give you a feature update every month.
Here are the main new features you may have noticed recently on CommCareHQ:
- Saved reports: You can now save certain reports that you view
frequently as "favorites". HQ will remember the report as well as the
filters you set up, and set up an easy to access link to this report from
CommCareHQ's main Reports page.
- Email reports improvements: you can now configure email reports from
most of your saved reports. New advantages:
- ability to configure emailed reports filtered by mobile user group
- greater flexibility with email report date ranges
- ability to configure email reports to be sent to other web users,
not just yourself
- Form Designer Redesign: redesigned the layout of our form designer
(vellum) to take better advantage of available screen space
- Application Summary button: Now on the application page there is an
"application summary" button that outlines the question content in your
application.
- Export form contents improvements: You can export an excel
specification of the form by going to "advanced" in the form designer.
We've often found this useful when communicating application content to
team members who may not be familiar with CommCare. We have made this
specification more comprehensive and user friendly.
- Usernames on build comments: Now when you make a new build in the
release manager, it is tagged with your web user name.
- Reports filters redesign: Now your worker monitoring/data inspection
reports load with no data initially. You choose your desired filter and
then hit "apply". We did this so that if you have a lot of users
submitting data, you don't have to wait for the whole report to load before
choosing the filter you are interested in.
- Pending web user invitations: After you invite a web user to HQ, we
show them as "pending" until they accept.
- Itemset support: Our form designer Vellum now supports hand-writing
xml itemsets into your form. This means Vellum now recognizes the question
that allows a user to assign a case to one of the many groups they're in.
(This is useful for the "supervisor" use case where your supervisor also
creates cases!). You still have to insert this question by hand, though.
See documentation here:
https://confluence.dimagi.com/display/commcarepublic/Assigning+cases+to+one+of+multiple+groups
- Case list display format additions: the case list/detail
configuration now includes the display format "time since date". You can
configure a date in your case list or detail screen to show up as however
many days, weeks, months, or years ago the date was from today.
- SMS install for CCODK: You can now install via SMS on CommCareODK!
(Under the same menu for install on J2ME). This only works for builds you
made recently, and may not work in some countries.
- completion vs submission time report: We have a new report that
compares the submission time to completion time to help you evaluate any
delay between form completion and submission.
- Bulk form/custom export: You can now download multiple form
submission or multiple custom exports at once rather than one at a time
- Sort case list by date on the phone: We added a feature on HQ that
will ensure you can sort your case list by date correctly on the mobile
phone
Happy November,
Amelia