notshi
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3 years ago Hi @PetyaKangalova, many thanks for raising this.
- For most activities, this column displays 'Outgoing Commitments' but rather than have empty data where no Outgoing Commitment (2) are available, it falls back on Spend instead; ie. Disbursement (3) + Expenditure (4).
The numbers in brackets are the transaction-type @code (url).
From the Glossary we say:
The Glossary is only used for the search filters and does not apply to this page.
This is why the term 'Outgoing Commitment type transactions' is linked to the transaction-type @code list.
If you do use that particular outgoing commitment filter on the search page, the search would perform as expected.
The updated labelling of that column on the list of activities page comes from https://github.com/devinit/D-Portal/issues/462 The reasoning behind the bars comes from https://github.com/devinit/D-Portal/issues/434
We could update the the column name and FAQ when that is done so that this is more clear. If that is the case, what should the label of the column be?
On another note, Spend should probably also include other newer transaction-type @code but we are not sure which ones. When this was designed, we were on version 1.04 of the Standard so would appreciate any updated advice.
- The column, total-commitment is calculated as we have described in the FAQ and point 1 above.
‘Expenditure’ and ‘Disbursements’ for Spend columns/data. If there are neither, but ‘Commitment’ data exists, then the Commitment data will be shown.
This means that column will display the total of all Outgoing Commitment (2). If an activity does not have Outgoing Commitment (2), we will display the total of Disbursement (3) + Expenditure (4).
This is why some activities have the same total-commitment and total-spend data in the columns.
We have only used Outgoing Commitment (2) as d-portal was created during version 1.04 of the standard, before numerical values were added as codes.
Incoming Commitment (11) was only introduced in version 2.02 which also changed the previous naming of Commitment (C).
The FAQ text was supplied to us by IATI so it would be good to get an updated version of that.
PetyaKangalova
I received the below questions from a publisher:
From the Glossary we say:
Total Outgoing Commitment | Select the minimum and/or maximum sum of all Outgoing Commitment type transactions. -- | --It is true that in this example https://d-portal.org/ctrack.html?publisher=XM-DAC-45001#view=act&aid=XM-DAC-45001-B678, there are no outgoing commitments, only incoming commitment. @notshi and @xriss does d-portal take any commitment types for that column?
@notshi and @xriss can you confirm what the total commitment is picking up? Is it the sum of both incoming and outgoing commitments or just outgoing? I wasn't able to find in the FAQ.