Testing DHIS2 v40

Owned by Rodolfo Melia
Last updated: May 13, 2024 by Carlos
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Testing PSI’s DHIS2 v40 upgrade is a collaborative effort between the DHIS2 global team and the DHIS2 country administrators. At the central level, the DHIS2 global team will conduct comprehensive performance tests to simulate user loads during common operations such as analytics generation, dashboard loading, web data capture and android synchronisation. This proactive approach aims to prevent issues similar to those encountered after the 2.38 upgrade. On this page, you will find details about what and how country administrators should test DHIS2 v40, along with guidelines for reporting any identified errors.

What to Test in DHIS v40?

Below the list of items that you need to focus your testing:

  1. Capture App for tracker: the tracker capture app can be still be used, but it is now considered legacy. You should be using the new Capture App, and you should ensure that all your program rules fired as expected.

  2. Dashboard loading time when they use Program Indicators: we are aware that some dashboards/ visualisations containing Program Indicators can severely slow the system. Test all your dashboards and visualisations that include Program Indicators. Inform us if you see a degradation on the time of loading when compared to the same dashboard/ visualisation in v2.38.

  3. New user roles: we have implemented streamlined user roles for DHIS2 v40, in line to the revised authorities on that release. Please make sure that your users have the expected access to DHIS2 functionality.

How to test - v40 Testing Bed: 240.psi-mis.org

The main testing environment runs at 240.psi-mis.org. The database on this environment is a copy of production, which we refresh based on the schedule below.

Refresh

DHIS2 version

Planned/ executed date

Status

Refresh

DHIS2 version

Planned/ executed date

Status

Late March

2.40.3

 March 22nd

DONE

Refresh late May

2.40.4 (expected)

 May 30th

PLANNED

Refresh mid June

2.40.?

 June 15th

PLANNED

DECOMISSIONING

 

July 5th

PLANNED

Reporting Issues with DHIS2 v40

please submit a ticket at PSI Helpdesk with the following information:

  • URL of server presenting the issue.

  • username that experienced the issue.

  • Name of dashboard/ visualisation/ dataset/ tracked entity. If possible, UID of affected DHIS2 object.

  • Screenshot INCLUDING full URL.

  • if the issue involves a multi-step process, please include a short video.