The following list of features, updates, and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 24.11 release to the FEWS NET Data Platform.

New features

Update FDW to allow Data Collections to be used as an inventory of files (DATA-4189)

The FDW data model can now be used as a flexible data inventory of resources such as files or URLs. Resources can be associated with Data Collections without requiring Data Series or Data Points.

Updates

Add TopoJSON and FDW-generated Shapefile as FDE spatial domain export options (DATA-3500)

The TopoJSON and FDW-generated Shapefile formats supported in the FDW API are now available as export options for spatial data in FDE.

Add submitted_by field to HTML metadata endpoint (DATA-4089)

Added the submitted_by field to the HTML endpoint of the API as it was only appearing in the JSON format. The field was also added to the Data Point extracts as an additional field for Crop Production Indicator and facts.

More descriptive column names in FDE Data Series tables (DATA-4178)

Three columns in the Data Series table in FDE were renamed to clarify their meaning. The First, Last, and Count columns are now renamed to First collection date, Last collection date, and Data Point count.

Key Drivers Map updates

The following updates were made to the Key Drivers Map visualization:

• A new layer of IOM migration data is available for selection (DATA-4115)

• The time slider now indicates which period dates contain data for the selected layer (DATA-4193)

Upload 2023 Landscan population data (DATA-4195)

LandScan 2023 data has been added to FDW and can be used to calculate the population for all countries.

Bugs

Fix API for extracting Shapefiles for global LHZ boundaries (DATA-3874)

The global LHZ spatial boundaries could be extracted in KML and GeoJSON, but failed for Shapefiles due to a character restriction for the column names. The API can now generate a global LHZ Shapefile with column names that match the columns in the global Shapefile on the FEWS NET website.

Fix duplicate and incorrect permission types (DATA-3962)

Removed duplicate permission types and corrected several permission type names in FDW.

FDE bugs

• Corrected an issue where the saved Datasets and visualizations pages would not refresh (DATA-4179)

• Corrected an issue where a saved search could not be retrieved (DATA-4223) 

• Corrected an issue where the eggs product category was excluded from Prices data by adjusting the way data is included in the Product filter (DATA-4224)

• Fixed the Select All button to allow for the selection of more than 200 Data Series (DATA-4244)