Rules for inheriting a results framework (from a lead project)

What happens to an inherited results framework when you change the results framework at the parent level?

What changes automatically?

• Any changes to Result fields: Title, Type and Aggregation status are copied to all child results. The description field is copied if the field is empty on the child
• Changes to Indicator fields: Title, Description, Baseline year, Baseline value, Baseline comment, Dimension and/or Dimensions value are copied to the children if the field is empty on the child
• Changes to Indicator Period fields: Target value, Target comment and Actual comment are copied to the children if the field is empty on the child

NOTE: The above rules mean that if, for example the title of an existing indicator is changed on the parent, but the children have value fields already populated, the change will not propagate to children that have imported the framework even if the title has not been changed after the import, meaning that it is the same as on the parent before the edit.

This mean that you can't change a misspelled indicator or indicator period field on the parent and have it propagate to the children because the respective value field on the child project is already populated.

When you inherit a parent/core results framework do you also inherit targets?

No

When do you need to re-import the parent results framework?

When new results have been created on the parent project

What are the consequences of re-importing a results framework: e.g. Actual values that were previously submitted? Do child project specific indicators remain (i.e. will they vanish)? e.g. do you need remove non-applicable indicators again?:

When re-importing a results framework, only results on the parent that don't exist on the child will be imported. Existing results and their child indicators, etc. will not be affected by the (re)import. In other words, you cannot affect existing indicators or their data by re-running the import.

Should you not change or remove indicators that you’ve already collected data for? If you do, what happens?

See previous answer

Are your disaggregations inherited with the rest of the results framework?

Yes

How does re-importing a results framework effect disaggregations?

Changes or additions made to disaggregation titles and/or disaggregation value names on a parent results framework are automatically changed in the children.