The metadata management Metadata Management module allows users with appropriate permissions to add new baseline data, or view, modify, and delete existing baseline data within the system. In addition, users can search and filter baseline data or export and download baseline data in various formats including CSV, XLS, XLSX, TSV, ODS, JSON, YAML and HTML.
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A free-text search box allows users to search for specific records from the log records in the database.
The filter option allows users to User can filter the data by one or more of the following:
Table name
Action
Username
table name, action, or username.
Auth Token
Auth Token > Tokens
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Start: Enter the first date this metadata is relevant.
End: If the text for a report is being revised, enter the end date on the current narrative metadata and create a new narrative metadata for the revision. This allows for preservation of previous versions.
Content type: Common | country should be used for country reports. Common | country group should be used for regional reports.
Object ID: Enter the code of the country or country group.
Narrative metadata type: Choose the type of narrative metadata.
Text fields: The Text field supports rich text and has a toolbar with formatting options. Users can view and edit HTML by clicking the Source button. The Text field should be used for English narrative. The other text fields should be used for their corresponding translations.
Common > Narrative metadata
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types
Displays the narrative metadata types that are available in the drop-down list when adding and editing narrative metadata.
Common > Classified products
Shows a hierarchical view of the individual From this page, administrators can:
Add a new narrative metadata type
Edit or delete an existing narrative metadata type
Common > Classified products
Shows a hierarchical view of the individual product data that have been entered into the system. It displays the more than 5,600 classified products that are currently available in the system, along with their corresponding higher-level categories that contain one or more products within them. To view a description, various naming conventions and aliases for each individual classified product within the database, simply select it from the column labeled CPC V2 column.
The classified products page allows users to perform the following actions:
Add a new product
Edit the attributes of an existing product
Delete one or more products from the list of available products
Export one or more products data into the following standard file formats: .XLS, XLSX, .TSV, .ODS, .JSON, .YAML, and .HTML
Note: Standard free-text search functionality is also available from this page.
Common > Countries
Displays the current list of countries available in the system and allows users to:
Add a new country
Edit an existing country information/attributes
Delete one or more country records
Import country records from a file in various formats, including .XLS, .CSV, .TSV, .JSON, and YAML
Search country data using free-text search
Filter by country group
Common > Country groups
Create Displays the country groups that are used to categorize countries based on their geographic locations or non-geographic attributes. Geographically based country groups (labeled as Geographic groups) are continents , and sub-continental regions and non. Non-geographic country regions that can groups may be based on the level of economic development or on whether the country is landlocked or not.
The country groups function in the system allows system administrators to Administrators can create country groups to which one or more countries can later be added. Country groups can be nested inside one another to form a hierarchy. For example, the country group East Africa is contained within the group Africa, which in turn is contained within the top-level group World.
The grouping of countries into such hierarchical levels is used within the Geographic filters to simplify the process of selecting multiple countries at once by users within the FEWS NET Data Explorer application.
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Add a new country group.
Edit an existing country group record.
Delete one or more existing group records.
Export all the country group records in the database.
Search and display the list of matching country group records using the open-text search functionality.
Common > Currencies
Provides the basic functionality used by administrators to add/introduce From this page, administrators can:
Add a new currency
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Edit or delete an existing currency
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Search existing currencies by a free text-style search
Common > Unit of measure conversions
Enable Provides administrators with the ability to set the equivalency between the various units of measures of the same category, so that one unit can be converted into the other using the a specified conversion factor set by the administrator. This allows system users to select a common unit of measure so that the results containing data from various sources , that use different units of measures, can be shown by the measure to be displayed in a common unit of measure selected by the user specified.
From this page, a user with administrative permissions administrators can:
Add a record with a conversion factor between two units of measurements
Edit or delete an existing conversion factor data
Import a list of unit of measures measure conversions from a file
Search existing units unit of measures measure conversion factors by a free text style search
Filter the conversion factor records by the unit type such as Weight, Volume(e.g., weight or volume), or by source and destination units the urom unit and to unit measures.
Common > Units of measure
Manage all standard and non-standard units of measures measure used in the system to record all the detailed data available for all domains. Administrators can specify a quantity for various items tracked in the system and the list includes , including units of measures for weights, volumes, packaging of items, area, and more.
From this page, a user with administrative permissions administrators can:
Add a new unit of measure
Edit or delete an existing unit of measure record
Import a list of unit of measures from a file
Search existing units of measures by a free text style search
Filter the records by the unit type such as Weight or Volume, etc.(e.g., weight or volume)
IPC
IPC > Scenarios
Enter new data, edit existing data, or delete existing IPC scenarios that are applicable either for Acute Food Insecurity Classification (FIC), Acutely Food Insecure Population Estimates (FIPE) or Humanitarian Food Assistance domains. The domain to which the scenario applies is specified in the Purpose column when adding a new scenario.
The possible actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new scenario.
Edit an existing scenario.
Delete an existing scenario.
Search scenarios using a free text search.
Filter scenarios by the purpose they are used (IPC FIC or FIPE domain).
News articles
News articles > Sources
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Manage the list of journals where articles produced by FEWS NET-funded projects are published.
The possible actions that can be performed from this page are:
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Manage the list of FEWS-monitored organizations/operators that provide humanitarian assistance.
The possible actions that can be performed from this page are:
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Manage the multi-level administrative units existing in a specific country. From this page, administrators can perform the following actions
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new administrative unit in a country under a specified Layer.
Edit one of more existing administrative units.
Delete one of more existing administrative units.
Import administrative units from a file containing administrative unit data.
Export the current list of administrative units into a file.
Search the current list of administrative units by using a free text search criteria.
Filter by unit type (unit level) and country
View a map of selected administrative units.
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Manage Geographic features within a Layer. A feature is defined as a single entry among several records available within a Layer of a Geographic unit. For example, among a Water Bodies Layer, a single Feature can be a record for the Nile river. Features are hosted within a Layer, and Geographic Units can contain one or more Layers.
Using The actions that can be performed from this page , administrators can perform the following actionsare:
Add a new feature record.
Edit or Delete existing geographic features.
Import features from a file.
Export features into a file.
Search features using the free text search feature.
Filter by unit type and country.
View list of features by applying.
Spatial > Geographic unit relationship types
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For example, Admin 2 is contained within Admin 1 and Admin 0, or an Admin 1 geographic unit can be aggregated into Admin 0.
This page allows administrators to perform the following tasks on Geographic Unit relationship typesThe actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new Geographic unit relationship type.
Edit existing Geographic unit relationship types.
Delete existing Geographic unit relationship types.
Search existing Geographic unit relationship types using a free-text search criteria
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Manage the relationship between Geographic units. For example, geographic units often experience name changes as in the case of (e.g., Horo Guduru, Ethiopia updating its name is updated to Horo Gudru Wallega, Ethiopia). In such a case, the relationship type of the two units would be Successor.
From The actions that can be performed from this page , administrators can perform the following tasksare:
Add a new Geographic unit relationship.
Edit an existing Geographic unit relationship.
Delete an existing Geographic unit relationship
Import geographic unit relationships from a file.
Export geographic unit relationships into a file.
Search geographic unit relationships using a free text criteria.
Filter the geographic unit relationship records by relationship type, unit type, or country.
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Manage collections of geographic units for a specific country that have been obtained from a particular data source. For example, Ethiopia FEWS NET Admin Boundaries are a geographic unit set containing admin boundaries for Ethiopia, sourced from FEWS NET.
This page allows administrators to perform the following data management functions:
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The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new geographic unit set.
Modify an existing geographic unit set.
Delete an existing geographic unit set.
Filter and view existing geographic unit set data by countryCountry.
Spatial > Geographic unit set versions
Manage geographic unit set versions. A version of a geographic unit set used in the past , can be a different version than is different from the one used at present. As admin boundaries continue to change/evolve, new versions continuously become available. Geographic unit set versions have a start and end date to indicate their validity period. The most recent geographic unit sets have an empty end date, indicating that it is they are the most current.This page enables administrators to manage geographic unit set versions in the following ways
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new geographic unit set version.
Edit an existing geographic unit set version.
Delete an existing geographic unit set version.
View and manage layer details of the geographic unit set version.
Search geographic unit set version records using free text search.
Filter geographic unit set version records by country or unit type.
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Geographic unit types specify the categories for geographic units into different types such as the administrative level (Admin 0, Admin 1, …), border point, or market.
Administrators can manage the geographic unit types data by performing the following activities using this pageThe actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new geographic unit type
Edit or delete existing geographic unit type records
Search geographic unit type records using free text search
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Manage geographic units in the system. A geographic unit contains information about a geographic location such as a country or an admin unit along with its geographic feature that enables it to be presented on a map.
From this page, the administrator is able toThe actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new geographic unit to the system
Edit or delete existing geographic units in the system
Import one or more geographic units into the system from file
Export the existing geographic units into a file
Search and view geographic units existing in the system using free text search
Filter and view geographic units by country or unit type
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Manage livelihood zones in the system. Livelihood zones are geographic units in a country that are characterized by a single dominant livelihood activity. Using
The actions that can be performed from this page , administrators are able to:
Add a new livelihood zone
Edit or delete existing livelihood data
Import one or more livelihood zones into the system from a file
Export the existing livelihood zones into a file
Search and view existing livelihood zones existing in the system using free text search criteria
Filter and view livelihood zones by country or by zone type
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Management of livelihood zone types in the system. Livelihood The livelihood zone types list contains the values used to specify the dominant livelihood activity in a Livelihood zone. This is the page where administrators can add, edit, delete, search and display existing livelihood zone types data in the system.
Spatial > Markets
Manage the list of Markets that are available in the system along with related market attributes. The market record also contains a The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new livelihood zone type
Edit or delete existing livelihood zone types
Search and view existing livelihood zone types using free text search criteria
Spatial > Markets
Manage the list of Markets that are available in the system along with related market attributes. The market record also contains a geographic reference that allows the market location to be shown on a map.
Using The actions that can be performed from this page , administrators are able to perform the following tasks:
Add a new market in a country
Edit or delete existing market data in the system
Import market records from a file
Export market records into a file
Search and view market data in the system by using a free text search criteria
Filter and view existing market data in the system by specifying a country
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Management of seasonal crop activity dates (e.g., harvest start day and harvest end day) for a given season, data source document, and product. Administrators can add, edit, delete, search, and filter
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add new seasonal crop activities
Edit or delete existing seasonal crop activities in the system
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Search and view seasonal crop activities by using a free text search criteria
Filter and view existing seasonal crop activities by product or country
Spatial > Seasons
Management of the list of seasons that exist in the system for each country. Administrators can access the standard system functions to add, edit, delete, import, export, search, and filter existing season data in the system.
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new season
Edit or delete existing seasons in the system
Import seasons from a file
Export season records into a file
Search and view seasons by using a free text search criteria
Filter and view existing seasons by purpose or country
Survey
Survey > Localities
Manage the list of localities data in the system by providing the standard system functions to add, edit, delete, import, export, search, and filter existing locality records localities data in the system. A locality is a geographic location with additional information of on the population group, dominant livelihood zone, and a description.
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new locality
Edit or delete existing localities in the system
Search and view localities by using a free text search criteria
Filter and view existing localities by country
Survey > Surveys
Displays the list and allows for management of survey records in countries that are the original sources for the various data source organizations that provide data to FEWS NET. This page allows administrators to perform the following tasks
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new survey data in into the system
Edit or delete existing survey data in the system
Import surveys from a file
Export surveys in the system into a file
Search and view survey records using a free text search criteria
Filter and view survey records by data domain
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There are three data usage policies in the system. Others may have to be added in the future as needed. This page allows administrators to perform the following action in the system
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
View existing data usage policies in the system
Add a new data usage policy
Modify the descriptions of an existing data usage policy
Delete one or more data usage policy in the system
Search data usage policies in the system
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Manage the list of data usage policy reasons in the system. Data usage policy reasons are attached to data source documents as an explanation about why a specific data usage policy has been assigned to the data source document.
From The actions that can be performed from this page , administrators are able to the following actions:
Add a new data usage policy reason
Edit existing data usage policy reason description
Delete one or more data usage policy reason description
Search data policy reason records using a free text search criteria
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In addition to the data domain, the system further classifies the data in the database by using document types. The document type indicates the last detail the system needs when data is imported into the database. For instance, under the population domain, the data is further divided into either a census data or a population estimate data.This page enables administrators to manage the document types under each domain as necessary and administrators can
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new document type under the desired data domain
Edit and delete document type data as necessary
Search existing data using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing document type data using by the following attributes: data domain, contains forecasts, or calculate facts.
Warehouse > Indicator groups
Indicator groups provide a way of categorizing one or more indicators into a single category and indicator groups are used in reporting or summarizing information in the system. Indicator groups are specified under a data domain and indicators are classified into belonging to an indicator group.This page allows administrators to manage a list of indicator groups by enabling them to
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new indicator group to a data domain
Edit or delete existing indicator group
Search existing indicator group data using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing indicator group data using by data domain
Warehouse > Indicators
Indicators are the most important attributes of the numeric data stored in the system. For example, for data under in the crop domain, there are several indicators which accompany the imported data that is imported into the system: the area planted, area harvested, quantity produced, and yield.Administrators use this page to manage the current list of indicators for each domain. The specific functionalities of , quantity produced, and yield.
The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Adding Add a new indicator in a data domain, by specifying the indicator group and other attributes.
Edit or delete an existing indicator data in the system
Search existing indicator data using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing indicator data using the following indicator attributes: data domain, has confidence interval, has high value, or default indicator.
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A data source document license tells us specifies what rights the FEWS NET project, and other users if applicable, have to use the data in the source document.
Administrators use this page to manage the current list of usage licenses. The specific functionalities of The actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new license
Edit or delete an existing license
Search existing licenses using a free-text search criteria
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Manage the current list of data source documents in the system. One or more data source documents with a specified data usage policy and document type are created for each data source organization that provides data to FEWS NET.
The functionalities available actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new data source document to the system
Import new records of data source document from a file
Edit or delete an existing data source document
Export the current list of data source document into a file
Search existing data source document using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing data source organization by data usage polity, data domain, country, or web service.
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Manage the current list of data source organizations in the system. Data source organizations are organizations in different countries that provide data for a specific document type in a domain for a country.
The functionalities available actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new data source organization to the system
Import new records of data source organizations from a file
Edit or delete an existing data source organization record
Export the current list of data source organizations into a file
Search existing data source organization using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing data source organization by country
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Manage the list of web services used to import data into FDW.
The functionalities available actions that can be performed from this page are:
Add a new web service
Edit or delete an existing web service record
Search existing web services using a free-text search criteria
Filter existing web services by name