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  1. Archive and Export Options

    Many DevResults users want to or are required to export and download copies of their data, either to conduct offline data analysis, purely for archival purposes, or something in between. This article provides an overview of the options available, ...
  2. Project Metadata

    DevResults allows users to visualize metadata for your project portfolio. These tools let you create matrix reports and pie charts for counts of your projects by geography, status, mechanism, framework, sector, tag, user, organization, and other p...
  3. Which Administrative Division Levels Should I Use?

    In DevResults, Administrative Divisions refer to areas on a map, represented by shapes. These generally include the national borders of the country/countries for your site, and may include several additional layers of smaller, nested administrat...
  4. Submitting Help Tickets

    DevResults supports users via a Helpdesk, a shared platform that is staffed by one engineer and one data team member at all times. You can read more about our Helpdesk on our blog. On this page:  How to submit help tickets How to write go...
  5. Get New Password

    Whether you're forgotten your password or need to set up a new password, you can do both from the login page. First, navigate to your DevResults site (____.devresults.com). Click on the Reset password button. (You no longer need to enter your e...
  6. Define a Reporting Period

    DevResults offers several tools for defining reporting periods: Create or edit a single reporting period Create or edit multiple reporting periods using an Excel upload Note:  Any user whose group includes View & Edit permission...
  7. Data Submission & Approval Process

    DevResults has a built-in submission and approval process for each reporting period, for each project. Each of a project's reporting periods will move through five statuses: No Data:  This is the initial status for each reporting period for e...
  8. Change Management Toolkit

    Change management is hard. We've developed a range of tools to help with the people-side of implementing DevResults. Principles and best practices Responsibilities matrix Permissions matrix Roadmap for data management ...
  9. Geography Glossary

    Geographies define where  projects take place and results are achieved. All DevResults indicator data must be associated with a geography. In this article: What Are Geographies? How Are Geographies Used? How Do I Map Other Geographic Da...
  10.  Video Tutorial: Entering Data

    Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Key points from the video Context Whether your job is to enter data or review it, the same DevResults pages and tools apply. This video covers how to enter indicator results for "direct entry" indi...