The home page of the FEWS NET Data Explorer (FDE) has several dynamic widgets that can make using the system more efficient.
Support Widget
The Support widget is actually available in the lower right hand corner of all pages of the FDE. You can use this widget to search for and read support articles and to submit help tickets without having to leave the site.
Dataset Quick Search
The Dataset Quick Search widget allows you to quickly search for and download datasets across all data domains. You will only see results for datasets you have permission to access.
This widget searches across domain, dataset name and ID, metadata, descriptions, visibility, and owner username.
You can refine your search using operators such as quotation marks, the word or, or a minus sign. See the Search and Filter page for details.
Clicking on the name of a dataset or the CSV download button will download a .csv file of the dataset.
My Top Pages
The My Top Pages widget allows you to quickly access your top three most visited domains and top three most visited datasets.
As a new user, you will see the most frequently visited domains and datasets across all FDE users. As you use the FDE, this widget will update accordingly.
Clicking on the name of a domain will bring you to that domain page. Clicking on the name of a dataset will load the dataset.
Data Updates
The Data Updates widget allows you to easily see new data series added to the FDE.
This widget will show updates based on the domains you use most frequently.
Each entry shows the name of the new data series, the date it was added, and the domain the data series belongs to.
This is a static widget. Clicking on the entries will not open the corresponding data series.