This suggestion addresses Principle 4 from a consultation driven by Monitoring and Evaluation experts from UK CSOs Jan – Mar 2017 – (per Results: discussion space and TAG 2016/17 path ) - see attached document Results_allowDisaggregationLINKADDED.docx (14.8 KB)
Agree that the dimensions for disaggregation should be exactly the same for baselines, actuals and targets. Doesn’t that mean that if dimensions are used that it is mandatory to use exactly the same dimensions for baselines actuals and target? In other words, the disaggregation dimensions should always be the same in order to make baseline, actuals and targets comparable. So different levels of disaggregation within the same indicator are not allowed.
Technical suggestion:
- Change cardinality of “target” and “actual” from 0…1 to 0…*
- Implement suggestions relating to Principle 7.2 (see Results: discussion space and TAG 2016/17 path ) so that baselines can also be disaggregated
- Update iatistandard.org to note that multiple target and actuals should only be used per period for disaggregation.
In other words: each combination of dimension values should be unique within one period of an indicator.
Including link to google doc version of proposal document per @Herman’s suggestion with indication of the minimum suggestions raised at the technical standards day of the IATI TAG 2017. Please use this google doc instead of the word document: Results: allow disaggregation