Understand AidStream’s publishing workflow

Understanding AidStream’s publishing workflow will help you get better acquainted with the system. It will help your process of data publishing be smoother and efficient. 

Following is the way to go to ensure you are able to publish your data on AidStream as well as the registry: 

1. Fill in the Publisher ID and API token in AidStream’s Publishing Settings. 
2. Complete all required fields in your activity. These elements are mandatory fields required by IATI: 
   1. 1. Title
      2. Description
      3. Participating Organisation
      4. Activity Status
      5. Activity Date
      6. Recipient Region or Recipient Country
      7. Sector
3. After the completion of data entry, mark your data in the draft stage. Then mark the data entry as complete and click on the ‘Mark as Completed’ button. 
4. A message about the activity being marked as completed will appear at the top of the page. The activity can now be ‘Mark as Verified’.Note: If the activity has any errors or is missing the required elements, a list of the errors/missing data will be provided. The activity can be marked as verified after rectifying the errors.

5. The next step is to publish the activity with the 'Mark as Published' button. 

6. A confirmation message will appear to ensure the next step. Click on 'Publish' to publish the activity. 7. It might take a minute or two for the activity to get published. After it has been published, a message will appear. Click on 'Continue'.

8. A 'Published on IATI' tag appears at the top right of the page (where the draft, completed, verified buttons previously was). It means that the activity is now available on your organisation's IATI Registry's dataset.

8. The activity dataset in which the activity has been updated is linked in the 'Published on IATI' tag.