Creating an IATI activity file requires you to do three things:
To make sure you can see all the IATI-specific fields and lists in Logframer, select the IATI activity view mode in the File toolbar. Most IATI specific settings can be found in IATI tab of the Project information window.
Other IATI-specific information can be found in other locations:
Whatever you do, do not forget to include the IATI registry code of your project in the IATI tab of the Project information window.
Apart from these special attention points, the only thing you have to do is design your project and press the Create IATI file button. Logframer will turn all the information of your project in a IATI activity file. However, do note that IATI activity files contain less information than Logframer files, so not all the information of your project will be included. For instance, IATI activity files do not register verification sources, risks, assumptions or dependences (third and fourth column of your logframe). Likewise IATI doesn't support the number of sub-activities or sub-indicators that Logframer does, so you will only find the top-level indicators and activities in your activity file.
Speaking of indicators, IATI activity files can only handle indicators with values or percentages - see the next topic for more information.
IATI activity files are limited in that can only handle indicators with values or percentages. Logframer transforms other types of indicators (yes/no indicators, multiple-choice, response scales, etc.) to value-based indicators, using the scores as values.
On the other hand IATI requires you to indicate both target values and actual values for each indicator. When you've selected the IATI activity view mode, you will therefore see that there are additional columns on the Targets tab where you can register the actual values:
This option is only available for indicators of question type 'Value' or 'Percentage', because these are the only indicator types that IATI supports. For other types of indicators you can't register an actual value for now.
Once your project is complete you can create the IATI activity file (xml file). Go to the File toolbar and in the Import & export section click on the IATI drop-down button.
Select the second option: Create an IATI file (xml)
Give your document a name and click Save.
You can also create an IATI activity file that contains multiple projects. All you have to do is open the Logframer projects that you want to include in this file. Then you click on the Create an IATI file (xml) button again, but because more than one project is opened, you will get to see the following dialogue:
Choose the second option if you want indeed to create a file containing all the opened projects. Below you can choose in what order the activities will be included in the file: ordered by start date, title (alphabetically), country (idem) or simply in the order in which they have been opened.