Platform User Manual
[Legacy v3] User Manual
[Legacy v3] User Manual
  • [Legacy v3] Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • Navigating the Ushahidi Platform User Manual
  • About Ushahidi
  • Overview of Ushahidi Platform v3.0
    • Technical Specifications
  • 1. Installing Ushahidi Platform
  • 2. Setting up a deployment
    • 2.1 Upgrading/Downgrading your deployment plan
  • 3. Configuring your deployment
    • 3.1 Accessing your deployment
    • 3.2 General Settings
    • 3.3 Surveys
    • 3.4 Data Sources
    • 3.5 Categories
  • 4. Managing People on your deployment
    • 4.1 Roles
    • 4.2 Users
  • 5. Modes for visualizing and managing data on your deployment
    • 5.1 Map View
    • 5.2 Data view
    • 5.3 Activity view
  • 6. Managing Data in your deployment
    • 6.1 Viewing Posts
    • 6.2 Filtering Posts
    • 6.3 Adding Posts
    • 6.4 Editing Posts
    • 6.5 Translating Posts
    • 6.6 Publishing Posts
    • 6.7 Deleting Posts
    • 6.8 Importing Data
    • 6.9 Exporting Data
      • 6.10 HDX integration
  • 7. Managing your Donations
    • 7.1 Donations
  • 8. Analysing Data on your deployment
    • 8.1 Saved Searches
    • 8.2 Collections
  • 9. Additional Links
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2. Setting up a deployment

Previous1. Installing Ushahidi PlatformNext2.1 Upgrading/Downgrading your deployment plan

You can create a new deployment in two ways:

From the homepage on

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  • Click on details to have a basic understanding of what each cookie entails before selecting, and click on About to learn more about cookies.

  • Click on Deny or Allow Selection or Allow All when done.

  • Filling out your deployment details:

    • Deployment Name: You can give your deployment any name

    • Deployment URL: Each deployment will have a unique web address. No two deployments can have the same web address. Once created, this CANNOT be changed, so be sure to countercheck the web address set is one you’re okay having permanently.

    • Once you’re done, click on Continue.

  • Filling out the organization detail fields:

    • Organization name: This is the name of your organization, assuming it's different from the name of your deployment

    • Size of the organization: How many people are working with you in your organization?

    • What are you using Ushahidi for: Select the appropriate category that matches what you will be using your deployment for

    • Once you’re done, click on Continue.

  • Fill out your account details

    • Name: This will appear alongside your activity on the deployment

    • Email address: You’ll use this email address to log into your deployment and receive notifications

    • Set a secure password that will be used to access this deployment.

  • Once you’re done, click on “Create Deployment”

  • You will be taken on a brief tour of the user interface and main features of Ushahidi. If you’d like to skip this tour, click on “Skip” at any time.

You may see a warning "Your deployment is not ready yet. Please try again later" when you access your deployment url for the first time after creating it. If that happens, it will be available in a few minutes.

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CONTINUE and SKIP buttons highlighted while in the Ushahidi tour page.
Error message when a deployment is not yet ready to be used after creation.