Create a New Report
To create a new report:
After signing in to the CMS, hover over the Content button at the top left of the page.
Hover over Add content.
Click Report.
To add a translation to an existing report, follow the instructions found here.
Enter report information
Title
Copy and paste your report title into the text field. The character limit for the title field is 255 characters, including letters and spaces.
This text will show up on the green banner of the webpage and as the main report title in the web-generated PDF.
If a word in a report title needs to be italicized, such as gu, you will need to add <i> before the word and </i> after the word. For example:
For the title: Many households face difficult road to recovery despite good gu rains
Write: Many households face difficult road to recovery despite good <i>gu</i> rains
Report type
Report type is a FEWS NET report such as a Food Security Outlook or a Seasonal Monitor for example.
Search for the relevant report type by spelling it out in the search field or selecting it from the drop-down menu.
Select metadata information
The Metadata information input in the fields below determines where the report is displayed on the website. Carefully read the help text under each field before making selections as you build your report.
Language
The default language in the CMS is English. If your report is in another language, select the report Language from the drop-down menu.
Affected Regions and Primary Region
Make selections for these fields as applicable. See the table below to understand the correct selections for your report type.
Report Type | Affected Regions (Multiple selection) | Primary Region (Single selection) |
|---|---|---|
| Select the region and countries referenced in the report. | Select the single region or country that is the main focus of the report. |
Global Report:
| Select Global. | Select Global. |
Country Report:
| Select ONLY the country referenced in the report.* *For Afghanistan reports, select both Afghanistan and Middle East and Asia for the affected region. | Select the single country referenced in the report. |
Regional Report:
| Select ONLY the region referenced in the report. | Select the single region referenced in the report. |
Regional Report:
| Select BOTH the region and countries referenced in the report. | Select the single region referenced in the report. |
Regional RM/U | Select ONLY the countries referenced in the report. For the LAC RM report, you will select four items:
| Select the listed option (i.e., “El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua”) from the drop-down menu. |
Targeted Analysis | Select ONLY the country referenced in the report. | Select the single region or country that is the main focus of the report. |
Sector
Select the appropriate sector for the report per the chart below:
Report type | Sector |
|---|---|
All food security reports (e.g., FSO, FSOU, RM, KM) | Integrated Food Security Analaysis |
All Science partner reports (e.g., seasonal monitor, weather hazards) | Agroclimatology |
All M&T reports (e.g., Price Watch, Price Bulletin) | Markets & Trade |
Tags
You may be required to select tags for certain reports (see guidance below).
The selected tag will tell the CMS to display this report on specific web pages in addition to the main regional/country page.
All Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia food security reports should be tagged with Horn of Africa.
All Ukraine reports should be tagged with Ukraine Crisis.
All Gaza reports should be tagged with Gaza.
Add the El Niño tag to your country or regional food security report if this remains a driver of acute food insecurity even though El Niño is now dissipating.
For instance, the impacts of El Niño are expected to continue to drive AFI in much of southern Africa well into 2025 until the main 2024/25 harvest becomes available.
Add the La Niña tag to your country or regional food security report if La Niña-induced weather patterns will be a key driver or contributing factor to acute food insecurity in your country/region within the reporting period.
This is particularly relevant for Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and South Sudan, given concerns about flooding.
To remove/deselect Tags, press ctrl and left-click.
Partners
If this report is co-authored with a network partner, you will need to add the organization name in the Partners field:
Search for the partner acronym in the text field to make a selection.
To add multiple partners, select the Add another item button for each additional partner.
To order the partner logos, drag the blocks up/down using the gray arrows on the left of each block.
To remove a partner selection, delete the name/acronym entirely from the Partners field.
The logo of the partners selected in this field will be displayed on the website and web-generated PDF.
If helpful, you can reference the complete list of current partner logo options here. If you need to add a new partner to this list, please notify Nour/Laura in the Teams Channel.
Email distribution date to website subscribers
This field will automatically generate today’s date. This field is used to trigger a MailChimp email blast to website subscribers for this report once it is published.
If you publish a report the same day it is created, you do not need to change this date.
If you start a report and finish it on a different day, be sure to update this date to the day you publish the report.
To avoid sending a MailChimp email blast (i.e., to back-post a report), input a past date (e.g., change MM to the previous month).
Report date
See the table below to understand the correct MM/DD/YYYY selections for your report type.
Date selections under this field will determine the report dates displayed on the website and web-generated PDF. If needed, Nour can coordinate with the Hub to make any changes to the date display.
Report Type | Date Format Notes | Start and End Date | Date Display on Website and web-generated PDF |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input dates to reflect the projection period as shown in your report header (e.g., October 2022 to May 2023. Start Date: 10/01/2022; End Date: 05/01/2023) | Start: MM/01/YYYY End: MM/01/YYYY | Month Year - Month Year (e.g., October 2022 – May 2023) |
| Input the same date for the Start date and End date fields. The date should match the reporting schedule for this report type (e.g., December FSOU. Start Date 12/01/2022; End Date 12/01/2022). | Start: MM/01/YYYY End: Same as start date | Month Year (e.g., December 2022) |
| Input the same date in the Start date and End date fields indicating the MM/DD/YYYY as show in the report header. The Price Watch will always be the last day of the month. | Start: MM/DD/YYYY End: Same as start date | Month Day, Year (e.g., May 31, 2022) |
| Input the dates to reflect the report period as shown in your report header. | Start: MM/DD/YYYY End: MM/DD/YYYY | Month Day – Month Day, Year (e.g., January 06 – 12, 2023) |
Input an SEO description (Seasonal Monitor only)
An SEO description will be automatically generated for all reports other than the Seasonal Monitor. You will need to input an SEO description for the Seasonal Monitor in order for the system to allow you to save your report. If you do not do so before saving, the system will automatically pull you to the SEO description tab.
Select the Search Engine Optimization tab.
Copy/paste one of the following:
This Seasonal Monitor report provides updated meteorological information for [Region/Country], as of [Month Day, YYYY].
This Seasonal Monitor report provides an update on the progress of the [YYYY rainy season] in [Country] as of [Month Day, YYYY].
Don’t forget to replace any text in red brackets with relevant text for your report.
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