STAFF FIELD REPORT

Transforming Lives through Research

TO: Consulting Director IRC

CC: Mark Kiyaga, IRC
FROM: Baka Joshua –Consultant -IT (Expert).
REPORT DATE: 21st, July, 2023.
SITE: KARAMOJA

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:

Main Data collection for Food for Peace started in selected districts commenced on 12th July, 2023. This
trip was intended to provide IT Support and supervision, for all teams. The objective of the trip is being
achieved.

DATE CLUSTE IT/CAPI RELATED Solution Proposed/ Implemented

R Challenges
13 / 07/2023
th
111  Bluetooth
communication
between supervisor
tablet and interviewer.
 Non responsive
Anthro Module.
14th/07/2023 111 Anthro Module appearing and
flagging red on the both
Interviewer status report and
Cluster report when a female
respondent is pregnant.
Tablets freezing
Module L/F not opening for
interviews to go on
Reconfigured and serialized a different tablet
Contacted the programmer and updates were received
and it cleared.
 Revisited Module B, D, and E any required
corrections. Some cleared but have failed.
 Communicated to the Programmer to revisit the
tool logic.
 Cleared the process memory to free space
required
 Made correction on the entries and in module B
and it cleared.
 Communicated to the programmer and the tool
was enhanced to accommodate such

Minor headed household

15 /07/ 2023
th
273 Bluetooth communication Reconfiguration and serialization of another tablet and
failure between the Team retrieving the assigned work to this new tablet for
 supervisor and team
273 interviewer
 Anthro Module
appearing and flagging
red for non-eligible
250 households.
 Anthro Module
appearing and flagging
red for non-eligible
273 households.
 Clusters not closing
250
Failure cluster closing
16th/07/2023 Bluetooth communication
failure between the Team
supervisor and team
interviewer
0230 Anthropometry module
appearing in the status when
the respondent is pregnant
0230 Freezing of the tool
17/07/2023 218 Anthro Module questions
disappeared while entering
responses and finally the
module disappeared from the
tablet.
continuation.
Communicated to programmer for corrections in the
tool logic but still it has not yet cleared even with
several updates and attempts done.
After all troubleshooting failed, communicated to
programmer for corrections in the tool logic but still it
has not yet cleared even with several updates and
attempts done
Updated cluster and picked central office tool updates
and the cluster closed successfully.
Did all data cleaning edits but still Anthro module
failed the cluster closing, pending communication
from the programmer
Reconfiguration and serialization of another tablet and
retrieving the assigned work to this new tablet for
continuation
I revisited Modules B and D for any required edits, the
module still exists and I recommend the programmer
to revisit the tool logic as this is across different teams.
Cleared the processes memory to free up working
space for the tool.
Tried all possible troubleshooting alternatives but
could not solve the issues but advised the
anthropometry measurements be taken and kept to be
entered later when the module stabilizes.
 Anthropometry module
213 appearing in the status when Communicated to programmer for corrections in the
the respondent is pregnant, and tool logic but still it has not yet cleared even with
another household didn’t have several updates and attempts done
eligible members but it appears
on the status reports.

18/07/2023 0218 Household assigned to Anthro Had to Recover the Household from that Id for re-
measurer’s ID assigning
19/07/2023 260 Two tablets had low charge Configured two tablets and replaced to curb charge
retention after charging. issue
Bluetooth failure Had to reset the tablet now.
20/07/2023 260 Household assigned to Anthro Had to Recover the Household from that Id for re-
measurer’s ID assigning
Cluster closing
21/07/2023 208 Household assigned to Anthro Had to Recover the Household from that Id for re-
measurer’s ID assigning
278 Module E and D failed to open Have tried all troubleshooting but still pending some
for a minor headed household CAPI updates.

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