You can search by various criteria including:

• Data source document: name and organization

• Data series: name, description, and metadata

Learn more about search functionality in FDE.

You can filter the available data series using one or more of the following criteria:

• Period: Filters by the collection/reporting period.

  • Start date: Returns all data series starting on or before this date.

  • End date: Returns all data series ending on or after this date.

• Geographic: Filters by location of the FIC data. This filter aggregates items into a multi-level lists (e.g., admin 1 units are aggregated into countries, which are aggregated into regions). Selecting the higher-level item in the list will automatically select all the lower-level items in the list.

• Scale: Filers by the food security classification scale used, e.g., Integrated Phase Classification (IPC) scale versions 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1, and IPC Highest Household scale.

• Scenario: Filters by food security scenario (e.g., Best case in 3 months, Current scenario, Most likely in 12 months, Worst case in 6 months).

Once you have applied your search terms and filters, you will be presented with a list of all available data series that match your criteria. A data series is a collection of related data points from a single data source that are viewable as a single row within a table of data. They represent the change over time of a specific indicator. Data series are presented in table format where each row represents a single data series.

The IPC FIC domain data selection table includes the following columns:

• Country: The name of the country for which the FIC was determined.

• Geographic unit: A geographic area or point such as a portion of a country or other region delineated for a specific purpose, such as an Administrative Unit (Province, District, County, etc.), Livelihood Zone, or Market.

• Scale: The food security classification scale used.

• Scenario: The food security scenario that the data series represents, for example, “current situation” or “worst case in 3 months”.

• Assistance: Describes whether the analysis is including details for any food assistance that is being given. Yes means the analysis includes food assistance details; no means the analysis does not include food assistance.

• First: Period date for the first collection/reporting period in the data series.

• Last: Period date for the last collection/reporting period in the data series.

• Info: Hover over the information icon in a row to see more details including the data series ID, data source document, and data usage policy.

In addition to selecting data series, you can interact with the data selection table in the following ways:

• Selected data series can be viewed in the Selected tab.

• You can clear your selections using the Clear Selected button.

• By default the series are ordered alphabetically by country. You can click on the header of any column to sort by that column instead of by country.

• Selecting one or more data series creates a savable dataset. For more information on creating and saving datasets, see Create and Save Datasets.

Options within the IPC FIC domain allows for aggregation or conversion of the data. The available parameters are:

• Reporting Schedule: Provides reporting options on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual basis. The default reporting schedule is monthly.

The Table tab for the IPC FIC domain includes the following metadata:

• dataseries: The internal id for a Data Series.

• country: Represents the national, dependent territory, or special area of geographical interest level administrative unit, standardized to ISO 3166 naming.

• country_code: The ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 two letter code for a country.

• geographic_group: Grouping of countries or regions based on the United Nations Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical (UN M49) Classifications.

• fewsnet_region: Grouping of countries or regions based on the FEWS NET regional Classifications. They are similar to the UN M49 Groups but they use the M49 code values between 900 and 999.

• geographic_unit_name: The name of a geographic unit. For example, Kayes, which is a geographic unit found in Mali.

• fnid: FEWS NET ID, a unique code used to identify a specific geographic unit.

• classification_scale:

• scenario_name:

• is_allowing_for_assistance:

• start_date: The start date of a collection period. For monthly data, this is the first day of the month of the reporting period. For example, data from January 2021 have a start_date of January 1, 2021.

• period_date: The last day of the collection period. For monthly data, this is the last day of the month of the reporting period. For example, data from January 2021 have a period date of January 31, 2021.

• value: The value of the data point during the reporting period.

• description: Any extra information or detail that is relevant to the object. In the case of a source document, it can contain more information about the datasource including the name of document in the native language of the country the source document belongs to.

• scenario:

• collection_status: The status of a data collection (i.e., Draft, Submitted, Under Review or Published).

• dataseries_name: The name of a data series derived from the full set of metadata added at the time of creation.

• geographic_unit_full_name: The name of a geographic unit concatenated with the name of the country it belongs to. For example, Kayes, Mali, which is a geographic unit in Mali. For Units without countries, the full name might contain "International" in place of country.

• status: The status of a data point value (i.e., Collected, Not Collected, Not Available, Missing Historic Data, Calculated, and Interpolated) for a specific collection period.

• id: Unique identifier assigned by the system.

The Export tab includes the following options:

• Download as: Provides a download of a static dataset. This will export only the data series that you have selected. Downloads are available in the following formats:

  • Flat format CSV

• Refreshable link: Connects directly to the FEWS NET Data Warehouse database server, allowing Excel, your browser, or another application to automatically fetch data from the server whenever the link is accessed. Refreshable links are available in the following formats:

  • CSV

  • HTML

  • JSON

  • XML