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  1. Assign a Reporting Period to an Activity

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Reporting Periods, Reporting Cycles, and Fiscal Years
    For an activity to report results in DevResults, the reporting period that the activity's indicators report on must be assigned to that activity. There are two ways in which reporting periods can be added to an activity: Add r...

  2. Enter 'Direct Entry' Data

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Entering Data
    There are several ways to add or view indicator results. This page describes the best place to edit or review indicator results (or an activity's data entry status) for a particular reporting period. Enter data online Enter data offline (via...

  3. Report 'Direct Entry' Data via Excel (Partners)

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Entering Data: Partners
    There are two ways to enter indicator results: Using an Excel template (as shown on this page) Entering data online Mix and match data entry:  You can use a combination of entering data online or in an Excel template. For example, you mi...

  4. Report 'Direct Entry' Data Online (Partners)

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Entering Data: Partners
    There are two ways to enter indicator results: Entering data online (as shown on this page) Using an Excel template Mix and match data entry:  You can use a combination of entering data online or in an Excel template. For example, you mi...

  5. Link Data Tables

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Linked Tables
    Linked data tables allow you to connect one or more tables by information common to both. For example, you can have one table of schools that contains all the categorical information about each school (location, size, level, urban v rural, etc.) a...

  6. Data Source: Populate from a data table

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Indicators
    After you have created a data table , you can design indicators that pull results directly from the data table. This article covers how to:  Define a data table indicator Configure one of four calculation types: Count all Count unique s...

  7. Create a Data Table

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Indicators
    Data Tables in DevResults allow you to directly upload spreadsheets of individual-level records and other raw data like tables of organizations, policies, and events. Data tables can have as many columns as you want, including text fields th...

  8. Data Source: Populate from a Linked Data Table

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Linked Tables
    Once you've linked data tables to one another, you can design indicators that pull results directly from those tables. The options to design indicators from linked tables are exactly the same as when you populate from a single data table . Plea...

  9. IATI Hub: Generate IATI files

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Tools IATI
    More and more organizations are realizing the benefits of publishing open data on their activities, funding streams, and results using the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) data standard. Many donors now require that grantees and ...

  10. IATI: Configure your site for IATI exports

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Tools IATI
    All of the world's major donors have agreed to publish their data using the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) standard. Many now require that grantees and recipients report back to them in IATI format. DevResults supports one-clic...