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  1. How to Use Forms

    The "Forms" tab in DevResults offers some basic tools to help you create reports, briefings, letters, forms, or other paperwork in Microsoft Word. Forms in DevResults work like Microsoft Word's Mail Merge. First, you create a template document that...
  2. Setup Instructions

    Overview DevResults sites are structured by sets of program information (like indicators and projects) and the relationships between those sets (like which project reports on which indicators). The process of setting up a new DevResults s...
  3. Form Templates: Reporting Periods

    The Forms tab in DevResults offers some basic tools to help you create reports in Microsoft Word (or PDFs). You can create form templates for projects, for a single reporting period/project combination, and for indicators. This page provides pla...
  4. Custom Queries

    Custom queries are reports designed by users and built by DevResults staff to provide folks with additional ways of organizing program information. While DevResults offers many built-in tools for examining program information, there might be some ...
  5. Assign a Geography to a Project

    In this page: Assign Geographies to a Project Assign Geographies to Projects using an Excel Template Advanced Geography Settings Assign Geographies to a Project All indicator data in DevResults is associated with a geographic place,...
  6. MultiMatrix

    MultiMatrix  is a powerful query tool for organizing and analyzing data for multiple indicators. MultiMatrix works just like Matrix , but for more than one indicator. MultiMatrix reports can be saved to a list of reports or as a dashboard.  C...
  7. Link Data 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...
  8. Targets

    DevResults enables users to set targets for indicator results. Targets define goals per indicator, per reporting period, and (optionally) per project. When targets are entered in DevResults, the system automatically includes progress-to-...
  9. Integrating Mobile Data Collection Tools

    DevResults can work with any mobile data collection tool (MDCT) to import raw data, survey responses, and other information directly into a DevResults data table. Once imported, DevResults handles indicator calculations for this external...
  10. 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...