Release Notes 1.7.0

Release date: Nov 18th, 2010

At a Glance

The primary new features of OpenMRS 1.7.0 are:

• Problem lists and allergy lists

• New user interface for location hierarchy and tagging

• A few new built-in theme options

• Improved handling of Concept Tags

• Support for Spring Framework 3.0

• Migrate boolean concepts to coded concepts behind the scenes

• Daemon user for background/system processes

• Added ability to browse + install modules from repository in the webapp

Data Model Changes

The following changes have been made to the data model of OpenMRS 1.7.0:

• Remove the concept_source.voided_by foreign key constraint

• Rename the concept_source.voided_by column to retired_by

• Adding not null constraint to users.uuid

• Dropping unused foreign key from notification alert table

• Dropping unused user_id column from notification alert table

• Adding sort_weight column to concept_answers table and initially sets the sort_weight to the concept_answer_id

• Adding "uuid" column to notification_alert_recipient table

• Generating UUIDs for all rows in notification_alert_recipient table via built in uuid function.

• Adding UUIDs to notification_alert_recipient table via a java class (if needed).

• Now that UUID generation is done, set the notification_alert_recipient.uuid column to not "NOT NULL"

• Change location_tag.tag to location_tag.name

• Changing the datatype of global_property.property for mysql databases

• Add an index to the encounter.encounter_datetime column to speed up statistical analysis.

• Add an index to the obs.obs_datetime column to speed up statistical analysis.

• Adding daemon user to users table

• Removing scheduler.username and scheduler.password global properties

• Create core order_type for drug orders

• Switch boolean concepts/observations to be stored as coded

• Drop Not-Null constraint from location column in Encounter and Obs table

• Changing the default value to 2 for 'message_state' column in 'hl7_in_archive' table

• Converting 0 and 1 to 2 for 'message_state' column in 'hl7_in_archive' table

• Removing the duplicate privilege 'Add Concept Proposal' in favor of 'Add Concept Proposals'

• Removing the duplicate privilege 'Edit Concept Proposal' in favor of 'Edit Concept Proposals'

• Create active list type table.

• Create active list table

• Create allergen table

• Create problem table

• Inserting default active list types

• Adding 'concept_name_type' column to concept_name table

• Adding 'locale_preferred' column to concept_name table

• Dropping foreign key constraint on concept_name_tag_map.concept_name_tag_id

• Converting preferred names to FULLY_SPECIFIED names

• Setting the concept name type for short names

• Converting concept names with country specific concept name tags to preferred names

• Deleting 'default' and 'synonym' concept name tags

• Validating and attempting to fix invalid concepts and ConceptNames

• Adding index to message_state column in HL7 archive table

• Moving "deleted" HL7s from HL7 archive table to queue table

• Restoring foreign key constraint on concept_name_tag_map.concept_name_tag_id

• Add an index to the person_name.family_name2 to speed up patient and person searches

The new data model diagram can be viewed from the OpenMRS Data Model page.

Thanks!

A huge thanks to the 50 people that contributed code to this release: ajanthan, aravindm, astelmashenko, batkinson, bmamlin, bwolfe, chenhf, christian.chircu, cnaut, diptanuc, djazayeri, dthomas, firzhan, hablutzel1, Harsha.cse, jimpu2, jkeiper, kennymac, Knoll_Frank, l0s, luzhuangwei, Manohar, mcunderlik, misha680, mogoodrich, mseaton, niranjan, nribeka, omar.verduga, PKirwa, porchamt, r0bby, raff, rfoecking, sapna, senthilvs, shazin, slorenz, sneha, sree, suneeth, syhaas, thilini.hg, tks423, uday_rayala, umashanthi, upul, vindyani, wyclif, zabilcm

Not to mention all the people that contributed in countless other ways to support this release and be a great part of the shaping of this release: pbiondich, mdowney

Download

OpenMRS 1.7 represents OpenMRS 1.7.0.16574

Download OpenMRS 1.7.0

Bundled Modules

This module is bundled with 1.7 and is marked as a core module (http://).  It can be upgraded, but cannot be removed:

• Logic Service 0.4

These modules are bundled with the 1.7 openmrs.war download. They will be started automatically and can be removed if they are not wanted.

• Data Entry Statistics 1.3

• Form Entry 4.5.4

• Reporting Compatibility 1.5.1.1

• HTML Form Entry 1.7.0.1

• Serialization 0.2.4

A more thorough listing of tickets closed for 1.7: http://tickets.openmrs.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10000&version=12561