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September 2023 Release Notes

Owned by Zoe Wingate
Last updated: Oct 10, 2023
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The following list of new features, updates and bug fixes are included in the latest Sprint 23.09 release to the FEWS NET Data Platform.

New Features

Retain an FDE user’s last domain search until cleared (DATA-2984)

All FDE domain pages now retain the user’s most recent search criteria. Users will see their most recent search criteria applied after refreshing a domain page, moving between pages, and between FDE sessions.

Updates

Clean up XBT extracts (DATA-2946)

The cross border trade data API extracts have been refined by removing unnecessary fields and adding the common_unit field. The new set of fields are accessed with the query parameter ?fields=fde.

Update domain names in "My Top Pages" homepage widget (DATA-2981)

The My Top Pages widget on the FDE homepage was updated to align with the current domain page names.

ComTrade Pipeline

Updates to the ComTrade pipeline were completed through the following tickets:

  • The pipeline was re-enabled to ingest data into FDW using ComTrade’s new bulk API download (DATA-2948)

  • To accommodate reporting delays among different countries, data can now be fetched more than once, compared to the current data in FDW, and updated as appropriate. If the data has not been modified for 3 years, it will be published without requiring further checks of the data series. (DATA-2132)

Multi-Layer Conflict Maps

Updates to the multi-layer conflict maps available in FDW and via the API were completed through the following tickets:

  • Ensured the Sudan Conflict Map can serve static versions of the image (DATA-3005)

  • Added cross border trade data to the Sudan Conflict Map (DATA-3010)

  • Added conflict maps for Mozambique and Honduras to FDW (DATA-3106)

Create dashboard to report on failing celery tasks (DATA-3027)

A new dashboard in FDW helps monitor the data platform’s pipelines by showing the status of the required celery tasks.

ACLED API Support (DATA-3035)

Adjusted the ACLED pipeline to load all data for all countries into FDW and made it available via an API.

Investigate a database for storing scientific publications (DATA-3040)

FDW now has the ability to store and filter information on FEWS NET funded scientific publications.

Bugs

FDE Bugs

Bug fixes for the FEWS NET Data Explorer were completed through the following tickets:

  • Corrected the functionality of the built-in tour to launch automatically for new users (DATA-3031)

  • Adjusted the behavior of data series selection to correct an issue with all data series in the domain showing as selected after de-selecting all data series in the Selected tab, as well as an issue causing all data series in the domain to populate the preview and export panel after de-selecting all data series from the This Search tab. (DATA-3047)

  • Fixed an issue where the Select All button failed to select all data series. Users can now select a large number of datasets using the Select All option as expected. (DATA-3111)

  • Fixed an issue causing the user profile page to display a 404 error upon refresh (DATA-3064)

  • Updated account creation for Google SSO, as users could create an FDE account without getting access to any domains. Now, Google SSO accounts automatically receive public permissions. (DATA-3125)

Fix error with django import-export if the description of another object matches the identifier (DATA-3007)

Corrected an import error in FDW that resulted from the description of another object matching the identifier. The description field has now been removed from the search on import.