MERMS User Guide
Report Submission Page
USING MERMS > Report Submission Page

After clicking Select corresponding to the desired report, on the Report Selection page, it opens the Report Submission page, as displayed by the image below;

 

The Report Submission page contains the following items;

Below this area is a series of eight tabs where various types of data is captured. The tabs work as follows;

The Performance Indicators tab

The image below displays the Performance Indicators tab;

The Performance Indicators tab is a grid that contains all the indicators in the report

To start capturing here, first select the indicator you want to work on (as described in the Indicator Description field/column in the image above) by simply clicking anywhere on the row that contains the desired indicator. The selected indicator row then turns orange in colour. Then;

When you cannot see the full indicator description in the Indicator Description , just hover/place your mouse pointer above the indicator description (without clicking) and the full description will be shown

The Qualitative tab

The image below displays the Qualitative tab;

The Qualitative tab has three text boxes, as displayed in the image above. To work on an indicator in the Qualitative tab, first select the desired indicator from the Performance Indicators tab

The Due Target text box is a read only  text box that displays the text target for the current reporting period for the selected indicator.

The Annual Target text box is also a read only text box that displays the annual target for the selected indicator.

The text box below is the Actual Deliverable text box. This is where you put in the indicator performance results in text/words.

  • It is compulsory to populate the Qualitative Performance text box for Text indicators.
  • Verifiers and Approvers also have permission to give input/make amendments in the Notes and the Qualitative Performance text boxes
  • The Notes and the Qualitative Performance text boxes allow a maximum of 2000 characters

After giving your input in the Actual Deliverable text box, click Save, to capture your input

The Narrative/PoE tab

The two images below display the Narrative/PoE tab. The first image displays the Narrative/PoE tab when the selected indicator's target is achieved or over achieved;

 

When the target is over achieved, the system automatically opens the Narrative/PoE tab immediately after you save the Numeric Actual in the Performance Indicators tab, as displayed above. Just below the selected indicator description is the Reasons for Achievement text box. Here you must explain how or why the target was over achieved.

For an indicator whose Numeric Actual is equal to the Numeric Target, i.e., just achieved, it is optional to explain why or how the target was achieved, and therefore the system does not automatically open the Narrative/PoE tab after you have saved the Numeric Actual. You must then open the tab yourself to supply the explanation.

The second image below displays the Narrative/PoE tab when the selected indicator's target is not achieved;

When the target is not achieved, the system once again automatically opens the Narrative/PoE tab immediately after you save the Numeric Actual in the Performance Indicators tab, as displayed above. Just below the selected indicator description are the Deviation and the Corrective Measures text boxes. In the Deviation text box you must explain how or why the target was not achieved. In the Corrective Measures text box you must supply the suggested corrective measures to improve the performance results.

To upload an evidence file, simply click the Choose File button, then in the pop-up window that appears, navigate to the evidence file location and select the evidence file (by double-clicking on it, or by clicking on it and clicking the Open button ).

If the evidence file is located in the web - e.g., in Dropbox, simply copy the file link/url and paste it in the URL field, just below the Choose File button. After uploading the evidence file, that gets displayed by "Evidence File Uploaded" at the bottom part of the page - label 1 above. This is also a link that opens the uploaded file. When there is no evidence file uploaded, this displays "No Evidence File Uploaded" in bold red

You may also remove the evidence file by clicking the Clear Evidence file Button - label 2 above

  • You can only upload one file per indicator. However, if you have more than one file to upload, first put the files in the same folder, then zip them, and then upload the zip file
  • Verifiers and Approvers also have permission to give input/make amendments in the Narrative/PoE tab, including uploading the evidence file(s)
  • Each text box allows a maximum of 2000 characters

When you have supplied all the required input for this tab, click the Save/Upload button to capture your input

The Rejection tab

The image below represents the Notes tab;

The Rejection tab is where the Verifier and the Approver put in their rejection reasons when they reject a report. At the Verification workflow stage, the Verifier Notes text box (1 above ) is enabled, and the Approver/M&E Notes text box (2 above ) is disabled and grayed out, and it's vice versa at the Approver and the SOS workflow stages.

When the Verifier or Approver rejects one or more indicators in the Performance Indicators tab, the system will not allow them to submit without supplying the rejection reason(s) in the Rejection tab.

After supplying your rejection reason(s) in the relevant text box, click Save to capture your input

The Executive Summary tab

The image below displays the Executive Summary tab;

This is where the you supply the executive summary, in the Executive Summary text box displayed in the image above. The Executive Summary text box takes up to 6000 characters.

After supplying the Executive Summary, click Save to capture your input

Verifiers and Approvers also have permission to give input/make amendments in the Executive Summary tab.

The Final Comments tab

The image below represents the Final Comments tab

The Final Comments tab is where the Approver and the SOS team put in their final comments, if any, regarding the selected indicator.  At the Approver workflow, only the Approver Comments text tab is enabled, and at the SOS Approval workflow stage only the M&E Comments text box is enabled, for the respective users to provide their input.

The PoE Guide tab

The image below represents the PoE Guide tab;

As displayed in the image above, the PoE Guide tab contains two read-only text boxes, the PoE Guide text box and the Submission Guide text box

The History tab

The image below represents the History tab;

 

As displayed by the image above, the History tab displays the selected indicator's performance history up to two fiscal years back.

It displays the Numeric Actual and the Actual Deliverable - performance results in text - for each reporting period in the past, up to the current reporting period.

The History tab also contains the link that opens the Evidence File that was uploaded for the selected indicator - "View PoE".