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  1. Define a Reporting Cycle

    Reporting cycles let you establish the frequency with which different activities report on different indicators. For example, imagine that your DevResults site has only annual and quarterly reporting cycles, but you have a new indicator that should...
  2. Calculating Averages

    Weighted Averages Averages of indicator results should be properly weighted when you aggregate data by activity, time period, disaggregation, or geographic place. DevResults facilitates this with formula indicators .  Let's look at an example. Sa...
  3. Training Sites

    For every devresults.com site that we create, we also create a training site. This is a "sandbox" environment where you can try out new settings, changes, etc., without impacting your live site. Information never moves from your training site to y...
  4. API Use Examples

    DevResults' API allows you to pull information from your DevResults site to use or display in another application or website. You can find a complete guide to our API documentation, either at https://www.devresults.com/api-help or at [your_site].d...
  5. Define a Location

    DevResults offers several tools for defining locations: Create or edit single location Create or edit multiple locations using an Excel upload Edit multiple locations from the location index Notes: Any user whose group includ...
  6. Update Administrative Divisions

    DevResults generally acquires maps for your country or countries from the publicly available files at gadm.org . If the information we have provided is inaccurate or out of date, your team would need to provide the geospatial files (KML or KMZ form...
  7. 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 good...
  8. Activities and Organizations Overview

    Activities and organizations define who carries out an activity, reports indicator data, or is associated with specific results.  In this article: What is an activity? What is an organization? How should I organize my activities and orga...
  9. Assign a User to an Activity

    Assigning users to activities provides three main benefits: Provides a shared record of who is involved with an activity, both internally and externally Ensures that associated users get notifications about activity discussions and data submissio...
  10. Baselines

    Topics in this article When does an indicator have a baseline?  How do I enter baselines?  How are baselines used?  Why is there no separate field for baselines? Note: This page applies only to sites that have IATI reporting enable...