Updated Articles

  1. 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 incl...
  2. 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 ...
  3. 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 th...
  4. Projects and Organizations Overview

    Projects and organizations define who carries out a project, reports indicator data, or is associated with specific results.  In this article: What is a project? What is an organization? How should I organize my projects and organizati...
  5. Resetting a Project Reporting Period

    Imagine a scenario where information was incorrectly added to a project 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 project reporting period button....
  6. Project Metadata

    DevResults allows users to visualize metadata for your project portfolio. These tools let you create matrix reports and pie charts for counts of your projects by geography, status, mechanism, framework, sector, tag, user, organization, and other p...
  7. Manage Custom Fields for Projects

    Every project overview page includes a Description section that enables you to add written information about a project. By default, the fields in this section include:  Context Objectives Summary Expected Results Beneficiary Description D...
  8. Assign a Reporting Cycle to an Indicator for a Project

    When an indicator is assigned to a project, the assignment comes with that indicator's default reporting cycle . For example, you might have an indicator that is reported quarterly by most projects (so "quarterly" is the indicator's default repor...
  9. Assign a Reporting Period to a Project

    For a project to report results in DevResults, the reporting period that the project's indicators report on must be assigned to that project. There are two ways in which reporting periods can be added to a project: Add reporti...
  10. Assign a User to a Project

    Assigning users to projects provides three main benefits: Provides a shared record of who is involved with a project, both internally and externally Ensures that associated users get notifications about project discussions and data submission/a...