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  1. Enter 'Data Table' Data

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Entering Data
    On this page: Add new information to data tables (online) Add new information to data table (via Excel) Update information in data table (via Excel) Managing very large data tables (over 50,000 rows) Add new information to data ta...

  2. How are Activities Linked to Data Tables?

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Data Tables
    When a data table is 'linked' to an activity, it appears in the data table dropdown menu for an activity's reporting period. This allows the activity — and especially the activity's partners — to report information in the data table. Data structu...

  3. Indicator Guidebook

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Indicators
    Indicators must be precisely defined so that results can be compared between locations, reporting periods, and activities. We've studied performance data and designed DevResults to enforce indicator definitions that make data useful and meanin...

  4. Indicator Data Sources

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Indicators
    Indicators measure progress toward objectives. This page describes the three sources for an indicator's results in DevResults.  Direct Entry : for entering numbers each reporting period (e.g. once per quarter, per year, etc.) Strengths & us...

  5. Assign an Indicator to an Activity

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Projects and Organizations
    For an activity to report on an indicator in DevResults, the indicator must be assigned to that activity. Assign Indicators to an Activity Assign a Set of Indicators to Multiple Activities Assign Indicators to Activities using an Excel Te...

  6. Data Submission & Approval Process

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Enter Data Submission and Approval
    DevResults has a built-in submission and approval process for each reporting period, for each activity. Each of an activity's reporting periods will move through five statuses: No Data:  This is the initial status for each reporting period fo...

  7. Define a Results Framework

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Results Frameworks
    DevResults uses Results Frameworks to organize indicators into hierarchies of results. Some organizations use other terms for a results framework, like 'logframe'. Some might call their results 'goals', 'objectives' or 'sub-objectives'. The over...

  8. Resetting an Activity Reporting Period

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Troubleshooting
    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 butt...

  9. Use Logic Checks

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Tools Logic Checks
    On this page: What is a logic check? Create a logic check View warnings When do logic checks run? Do logic check warnings prevent submission of indicator data? How do I resolve a logic check? What is a logic check? Logic ...

  10. Define a Reporting Period

    Last Updated: 07/08/2025 in Program Information Reporting Periods, Reporting Cycles, and Fiscal Years
    DevResults offers several tools for defining reporting periods: Create or edit a single reporting period Create or edit multiple reporting periods using an Excel upload Note:  Any user whose group includes View & Edit permission...