Key Concepts and Terminology
Understand logframes, indicators, evidence, and more.
| Term | Meaning in DonorDesk |
|---|---|
| Workspace / tenant | Your organisation's private space. Data is isolated from other organisations. |
| Project | One funded grant or programme (title, code, donor, country, dates). |
| Donor template | The donor's report structure and rules, extracted and approved by you. |
| Logframe | The results framework: Goal → Outcome → Output → Activity. |
| Indicator | A measurable result with baseline, target, unit and frequency. |
| Baseline / Target | Starting value and value to achieve. |
| Indicator update | The value for one indicator in one reporting period. |
| Disaggregation | A breakdown by sex, age group, disability, location or other. |
| Reporting period | One report cycle (for example Q3) with its own data, draft and exports. |
| Reporting profile | Language, tone, formatting rules and special requirements for a project's reports. |
| Activity | A field update: what happened, where, with how many participants. |
| Evidence | A file that proves something: attendance sheets, photos, reports. |
| Verification | A person's confirmation that evidence or an indicator value is right. |
| Confidentiality | Public, Internal, Sensitive or Highly sensitive label on evidence. |
| Compliance checklist | Live list of missing or weak items before a report can go out. |
| AI Reporter | The writer that drafts each report section from verified data. |
| Statement / claim | A factual sentence in the report that DonorDesk checks against data. |
| Flagged statement | A statement the evidence does not support; someone must decide on it. |
| Draft / version | Each report save is a version; older versions are kept. |
| Report gate | The check that runs before approval and export. |
| Snapshot | A sealed copy of the approved report used for donor submission exports. |
| AI credit | One successful AI report draft from your monthly plan allowance. |
| AI Writing Style | Optional preferences learned from your team's edits (style only). |
| Academy / demo project | Guided tour and sample project for learning. |
See the Report Writing Glossary for donor-reporting terms.