Updated Articles

  1. Activity Metadata

    DevResults has introduced an updated activity index that allows users to visualize metadata for your activity portfolio. These tools let you create matrix reports and pie charts for counts of your activities by geography, status, mechanism, framewor...
  2. Renaming Terms in DevResults

    New DevResults users often ask about renaming terms on their DevResults platform. This article is a complete guide to what you can and can't change, and why.  Configuration vs. Customization : Our approach to tailoring our software Renaming ter...
  3. How is Data Table Information Assigned to Reporting Periods?

    When an indicator's results are calculated from a data table, rows of the data table get assigned to a reporting period based on:  The date in the data table row (in the column defined as the indicator's date column ) The activity referenced in ...
  4. Resetting an Activity Reporting Period

    Imagine a scenario where information was incorrectly added to an activity for a certain reporting period and you'd like to delete all of that information and return to a blank slate. For this, you can use the  Reset activity reporting period button...
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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...
  10. 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...