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Uploading a DevInfo Data Entry Spreadsheet to create a thematic DevInfo database (for example, UNDAF) Updating map files from the DevInfo Digital Map Registry server
All the utilities contained in the Data Exchange module are stand-alone, independent applications which are developed and updated according to global user requirements. As such, new data exchange utilities can be continually added to the DA 6.0 application by copying them into the Data Exchange folder at C:\DevInfo\DevInfo 6.0\DevInfo 6.0 Data Admin\Exchange. Each of these data exchange tasks will be explained below.
Converting data from other applications or standard reports into DevInfo Data collected from census surveys, Demographic and Health Surveys and other such data collection initiatives are processed using special software applications such as CSPro, EpiInfo, SPSS, REDATAM, or Stata. Naturally, data processed using these special applications are in a file format different from DevInfo. Moreover, processed data are often subsequently included in standard international publications such as the Human Development Report (HDR) or the State of the World’s Children Report (SOWC), in which the data is again in a format different from DevInfo. However, using the various utilities contained in the Data Exchange module, you can automatically convert data from these varied file formats into a DevInfo-compatible file format to create a DevInfo database. Each of these utilities consists of the same standard data exchange steps, which are the following: • • •
Step 1 - Select the input file Step 2 - Select a DevInfo template or database Step 3 - Map t he c ontents of the input f ile t o the da tabase elements c ontained i n t he DevInfo template or database
Each of these utilities use the same standard methods of mapping the contents of the input file to the database elements contained in the DevInfo template or database. At the time of content mapping, you can either create new DevInfo database elements or import them from an existing DevInfo template or database or from the DevInfo Registry.
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