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These release notes contain important information about Mifos version 2.0 (code name: Leila E) and higher. Mifos version 2.0.x is a release that includes ...TODO... new Question Group feature for data collection, ability to waive interest when repaying a loan, updated support for PPI, and architectural improvements. In addition to an overview of the major changes since the previous major release, known issues and other information are addressed here. Please read this document before you begin using Mifos.
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Mifos recommends using Firefox with this release. Mifos 1.6 supports the following browsers:
Firefox
- Firefox 3.0 and above.6
Internet Explorer
- IE 67.0 SP1
- IE 78.0
New Features and Enhancements
- Scalability to 1 Million clients
- Moratoriums
- Branch Level Holidays
- 2 additional standard reports
- Major fixes to clients, groups, and centers, and CSE areas.Question Groups
- PPI
- Ability to waive interest when repaying loan early
- Quartz Batch Job management
- Updated MPESA plugin for loan repayments and savings deposits
- Improvements to Savings calculations
Upgrade and Important Notes
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Mifos, please see see Mifos 2.0 Upgrade Instructions for 1 6 for important information that might impact your upgrade.
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- Minimum/Maximum days between disbursal and first repayment: These settings are not optional. Use the default values (1 for Minimum and 365 for Maximum) as a workaround. Issue 2005. MIFOS-2005
- Repaying complete loan and then applying adjustment on the transaction repeatedly on loans with misc fees and misc penalties causes erroneous behavior. MIFOS-4126.
- Fees applied during loan creation are not displayed in Account Preview or Preview Installment pages. MIFOS-4680. Fixed in 2.0.2.
- Redo Loan does not work with Question Groups enabled. MIFOS-4834 . Fixed in next release 2.1.
Memory and Performance
- Additional permanent generation space may be needed: The Mifos web application may require more permanent generation space than the default. See Perm Gen OutOfMemory PermGen Out of Memory for details.
- View Client/Group/Center pages do not display with 10+ concurrent users with large QG's. MIFOS-4950. Fixed in 2.0.3.
Reports
- Our standard reports assume a generic default database connection for the MySQL mifos database of user "mifos" and password "mifos". If your database is different than the default, you need to change your standard Mifos reports for them to connect to the right database. See Issue 2840 for MIFOS-2840 for more information.If you are installing Mifos for the first time on 1.6.x, the Detailed Aging Portfolio At Risk Report has a permission error when running the report. Workaround is to download, then re-upload the report into your Mifos instance with a new report name. Issue 3108
Other
- New funds could not be added. MIFOS-4425. Fixed in 12.60.1.
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- Holidays are not changeable: Once you add a new holiday to Mifos, it cannot be edited or deleted. Use caution with this feature. Issue 1398.MIFOS-1398
- Some translations are incomplete and will include some English. MIFOS-4264
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Use the following links to see which issues were fixed:
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- Features and Issues in Mifos version 1.6.0
- Features and Issues in Mifos version 1.6.12.0
- Issues Fixed in Mifos 2.0.1
- Issues Fixed in Mifos 2.0.2
- Issues Fixed in Mifos 2.0.3
Acknowledgements
The project owners would like to thank those who have been actively involved in the Mifos community. Your many contributions for this release help make Mifos a stronger solution for our users and their clients.
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