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  1.  Video Tutorial: Create a Project

    Your browser does not support HTML5 video. Key points from the video Context Preparing a project for reporting requires assigning reporting periods, indicators, and geographic places. Partner users must either share an organization with the...
  2. Form Templates: Project

    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...
  3. 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,...
  4. Define a Project

    DevResults offers several tools for defining projects: Create or edit a single project Create or edit multiple projects using an Excel upload Edit multiple projects from the project index Note:  Any user whose group includes ...
  5. Data Model

    DevResults is organized around the concept of a 'Project', and each Project is associated with who , what , when , and where : who  does the work, what  is being measured, when  to report data, and where  the work is done.  Note...
  6. Interacting with Data Tables

    Most users work with several thousand records in individual data tables. Much like Excel, DevResults allows you to interact with data tables to search for specific records, filter columns for specific information, and sort columns to group certain...
  7. 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 i...
  8. Money

    Financial and budgetary information for all projects can be viewed, organized, and analyzed on the Money page. Create a Financial Report You can find Money  under the Data menu on any DevResults page. All project finances are ...
  9. Discussions

    Each project in DevResults comes with a built-in discussion tab, as well as discussion tabs for each of its reporting periods. Users can add threaded comments, and collaborators on the project are notified about these comments.  Project Discuss...
  10. Report 'Data Table' Data Online (Partners)

    There are two ways to enter data into data tables: Entering data online (as shown on this page) Uploading a spreadsheet containing all your rows of data Mix and match data entry:  You can use a combination of entering data online or upload...