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  1. Remote Training

    Remote Training Considerations Our goal is that DevResults users have the proper training and support. We've always aimed to make our trainings participatory conversations rather than lectures. As the world adjusts to more and more remote work, ...
  2. Manage Fiscal Years

    Defining fiscal years will let you create reports that aggregate results by year where the year might start on an arbitrary day, like October 1st. Every reporting cycle is associated with one fiscal year. Most programs operate with one fiscal year ...
  3. Administrator Exam

    DevResults has developed a standard exam as a tool for training users with administrative responsibilities in the DevResults site. If you provide training to other users on these skills, we advise offering the exam to your trainees to test understan...
  4. Tags and Sectors

    DevResults offers two multi-purpose tools for organizing, sorting, and filtering information: tags  and sectors defined by users.  Tags  enable users to filter activities, data tables, indicators, locations, organizations, and photos (as well ...
  5. Adopting DevResults

    Before launching your DevResults site , our goal is to acquire a set of program information to set up a site that is fully functional for reporting indicator results. The better organized this data is, the faster a client will be ready to launch. ...
  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.  Webinar: Matrix

    Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Key Points from the Video Context This video is a recording of a live webinar hosted on 30 April 2019 about the Matrix feature. Matrix is a powerful query tool for creating reports. Find Matrix in an...
  8. Getting Support

    DevResults endeavors to provide user-friendly data and program management tools. If you run into any issues using the software, we're here to help. Main Reasons to Seek Support You have a question about using the site ( e.g. why am I not ge...
  9. Mapping Functionality

    What mapping tools and features are offered in DevResults? DevResults mapping features are designed to enforce good data management practices by requiring that all indicator results are associated with a place, whether that place is a single facili...
  10. 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...