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A walkthrough of the IATI Registry
| What is it? | The home of IATI data: the place to download IATI data in the datasets as they are provided by reporting organisations. |
| Who is it useful for? | People wanting to download data in the way that reporting organisations have structured it in xml, or csv, which you can open in a standard spreadsheet application. For example, if you are a publisher wanting to see how other organisations have published their data. |
| Give me an example of what I can get hereā¦ | A CSV or XML file of Asian Development Bank Activity in Bangladesh. |
| Bear in mindā¦ | The data here is structured as provided by the reporting organisation ā this means it might well be too āsplit upā for your needs, unless youāre focusing on how donor organisations are publishing their data. If you want to look at, for example, all activities by a certain donor in a certain country, the CSV Query Builder below is a better option for you. |
| Where can I go for further guidance? | Using IATI data |
Note: āpublishing organisationā and āreporting organisationā are used somewhat interchangeably, to signifyĀ the organisation who is making the data available and publishing it to IATI. In both cases, itās normally a donor organisation ā ie. the organisation giving the money ā or an āimplementing organisationā ā ie. an organisation receiving the money from a donor and actually carrying out the project.
Quick usersā guide:
Go toĀ http://iatiregistry.org/datasetĀ ā here you have two options for how to specify what you want.
You can either type keywords yourself, in the top box, for example here: Bangladesh, to see all files that mention ābangladeshā.
With this search, 28 datasets come up.
Under each file, youāll see four options:
View Metadata:Ā see dataĀ aboutĀ the data ā for example, the date it was published, the identifier of the publishing organisation, how many activities it includes, and the date range that these activities cover.
Download:Ā clicking on this will give you the data in XML format, usually opening directly in your browser.
Preview:Ā this uses a tool built by AidInfoLabs to allow you to āpreviewā the data directly in your browser. It will bring up a screen that looks like this:
It can be a good idea to check on here before downloading big files to make sure theyāre the ones with the information you need.
CSV:Ā this will give you a download of the data in CSV format.
Another way of using this is through the drop down menus below; none of the fields are mandatory, and you donāt have to use them all, so just use the ones which are most relevant to what youāre looking for.
Remember though, the data here is structured and organised byĀ how the publishing organisation has published itĀ to IATI. Hereās a quick explanation of what the field names and options mean:
Source:Ā who is publishing the data
Primary source:Ā data which is published by the organisation which is carrying out the activities.
Secondary source:Ā data published by a third party about the activities of another organisation.
Secondary publisher: specify which secondary source youāre interested in.Ā You can ignore this field, unless youāre particularly interested in organisations publishing data about othersā activities.
Publisher:Ā specify which publishing organisation youāre interested in (primary source). This is a long list to choose from!
Publisher Country:Ā specify where the publishing organisation(s) should be based.
Organisation Type:Ā specify what kind of organisation the publishing organisation should be. See āJargon busting the Aid Worldā for an explanation of the different types of organisations.
Recipient Country:Ā specify in which country the activities should be taking place (ie. which country is āreceivingā the money, or the aid)
File type:Ā this specifies whether youāre interested in finding out data about the organisation itselfĀ (Organisation)Ā or about activities they have carried outĀ (Activity). If youāre not sure, you can always leave it blank.