The following list of new features, updates and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 23.08 release to the FEWS NET Data Platform.
New Features
Allow users to change column order in FDE
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Users can change the order of the columns in an FDE data series or data facts table (DATA-2574)
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Users can change the column order in an FDE data point table (DATA-2930)
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FDE User Profile Page (DATA-2187)
The new user profile page allows users to access information about their account details and settings, including the ability to reset their preferred column order.
Sign up screens for FDE2 (DATA-2362)
A new sign up flow allows users to create their own username and password. Users receive an email confirmation of their request, and an email to confirm that their account is ready.
Trade Partner Dependency Explorer (DATA-2668)
The new Trade Partner Dependency Explorer dashboard in FDW can be used to view products imported by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, as well as which countries export products to these two countries.
Updates
FDE Updates
Improvements to the FEWS NET Data Explorer were completed through the following tickets:
New filters for From Currency, To Currency, and Indicator are available for the Exchange Rate domain (DATA-2546)
Extracts for the Acute Food Insecurity Classification domain are more streamlined and include updated language (DATA-2595)
Users will see a new loading indicator on the data series tables when series are loading in response to user search criteria. A new updating indicator confirms when the data facts table and visualizations are updating in response to user selections or customizations. (DATA-2718)
Users can request to reset their password and change their password within FDE (DATA-2853)
Data usage policy and policy notes columns and UI elements are added to IPC domains (DATA-2931)Users are able to export data from Crop domain using industry-standard time series format (DATA-2938)
A metadata tab has been added to the Crop domain (DATA-2939) Adjusted the columns included in extracts from the Trade domain
Improved pagination on tables displaying data points (e.g., Crop domain) (DATA-29462970)
Investigate making the FDW homepage `popular links` section dynamically populate per user (DATA-2146)
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A pipeline automates the ingestion of conflict data from ACLED into FDW (DATA-2807)
Re-enabled the Comtrade pipeline to pull new data while accommodating the significant changes included in Comtrade’s new bulk API download (DATA-2948)
Created a new pipeline to ingest data from the Kobo market price form for Chad. (DATA-2945)
LandScan 2022 data has been added to FDW and can be used to calculate the population for all countries (DATA-2917)
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New Geographic Unit Set Versions uploaded to FDW automatically create a corresponding CKAN node containing resources for the shapefile as well as the GeoJSON and KML extracts.
Bug Fixes
FDE Bugs
Bug fixes for the FEWS NET Data Explorer were completed through the following tickets:
Improvements to the Saved Datasets workflows (DATA-2909)
Improved rendering of the logos for visualization PNG downloads (DATA-2968)
Adjusted the Crop domain’s geographic filter to behave like other FDE multiselect filters (DATA-2918)
Corrected the filter drawer in the Crop domain to allow the deselection of one filter (DATA-2919)
All filter selections in the Exchange Rate domain now show under the Selected Filters window (DATA-2921)
The FDE now works correctly when filters produce no results (DATA-2960)
Trying to create a source document with the same name an domain type results in 500 error (DATA-2915)
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