The IPC Classification Data template allows multiple data collections to be created from one upload. Food Security Area Classification, Humanitarian Food Assistance (HFA) and Internally Displaced People (IDP) data should be entered on separate tabs in the same Excel document. Separate data collections will be automatically created for Food Security Area Classification and HFA data.
The source document must align with the date range included in the template or data will not be uploaded. Data collections should be uploaded one month at a time. The collection date should always be the first day of the month.
The first month in the data collection period includes the CS (current situation), ML (near term projection three months), ML2 (medium term projection six months). The outlook collection date is the first date from the current state through four months. A new collection date begins after four months.