The following list of new features, updates and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 22.09 release to the FEWS NET Data Platform.
New Features
FDE Refresh
The Data Explorer refresh is being rolled out to all users over the next month. Read more about what you can expect from the refreshed FDE. The refresh includes several new features added during this sprint, most notably:
the ability to view the data usage policy (DATA-1572)
a built-in tour (DATA-1698)
and new visual styles for price and trade tables (DATA-1824), (DATA-1822)
Updates
Data pipeline updates
IMF data and FEWS NET cross border trade data from KoBoTooolbox are now being automatically ingested into the FDW.
Test IMF Data Pipeline and Support EWT with Access to it (DATA-1611)
XBT Ingestion pipeline from Kobo toolbox (DATA-1669)
Shapefile updates
Updates were made to food insecurity geographic data to remove empty datasets and apply name changes.
Update IPC FIC Shapefile publishing to publish to data.fews.net and HDX as well as website (DATA-1721)
User permissions
A variety of updates have been made to user and group permissions in FDW, including adding new geographic unit import and export permissions.
Updates to existing user and group permissions (DATA-1635)
Add geographic unit import & export permissions to the list of permissions (DATA-1891)
Bug Fixes
Six market products in Yemen WFP upload file are not recognized (DATA-1856)
When uploading WFP data for Yemen, all data loaded except six Cooking gas entries. Since there were only a few, the prices were entered manually. Could you please check the attached upload file for issues and advise on how we can correct the file?
(awaiting confirmation from Agnes that this will be included in release)