What are default values?
Default values are those values that can be set up in the beginning so that they appear in all of your activities.
Once you access the settings page and click on the default values tab, you will get a list of information as below that you then configure. The explanations for those fields are as follows:
Default currency: This is the default value of currency that is used for all currency related entries. There are some instances where aidstream asks for currency if default currency is present that the entry is in the default currency when currency is left ‘blank’.
Default language: Default language also acts in a similar manner. Default language is considered when any other languages are not specified.
Default Hierarchy: IATI allows for activities to be reported hierarchically (eg. parent - child ; programme - project - sub-project, etc). If you are reporting your activities in a flat, non-hierarchical structure enter a "1". If most of your activities are at a lower level you may enter that level here (Those activities with a different level can be edited as you are entering them.)
Default collaboration type: The type of collaboration involved in the activity’s disbursements, e.g. “bilateral” or “multilateral Default flow type: Whether the activity is funded by Official Development Assistance (ODA), Other Official Flows (OOF), etc
Default finance type: The type of finance (e.g. grant, loan, debt relief, etc). This the default value for all transactions in the activity report; it can be overridden by individual transactions.
Default Aid type: The type of aid being supplied (project-type intervention, budget support, debt relief, etc.). This element specifies a default for all the activity’s financial transactions; it can be overridden at the individual transaction level.
Default tied status: Whether the aid is untied, tied, or partially tied. This element specifies a default for all the activity’s financial transactions; it can be overridden at the individual transaction level.If an activity is partially tied it is recommended that tied and untied commitments are reported as separate transactions and that transaction/tied-status is used to classify them.
Humanitarian: To specify whether the organisation is a humanitarian organisation or not.
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