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==Define the Country Structure Areas==__NOEDITSECTION__When defining the country structure Country Structure areas, it may be desirable to add only the areas for the portions of the country affected by mines rather than the entire official country structure. This reduces the amount of data in IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} to only that which is important, improving performance and usability when entering and searching for data.

IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} provides several ways to add country structure areas. These include manually entering the information starting with the country and working down through each level or importing the data from an .XLS file using customised routines to import data automatically from an official gazetteer. To display a country structure area like a town or village on the map, it is necessary to add a geographic coordinate for the area. Typically, a single coordinate is sufficient for displaying an area on the map.

As with all data elements in IMSMA^NG{{IMSMANG}}, the country structure supports the incorporation of CDFs to augment predefined data fields. These fields can be used to collect and track information such as population, numbers of families and other socioeconomic and infrastructure information that is helpful in planning mine action activities.

* For ease of access, it is recommended to associate IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} locations with one level in the country structure, normally the lowest level such as town or village.

In addition to establishing the country structure Country Structure in IMSMA^NG{{IMSMANG}}, information managers can establish other auxiliary data, including data for:

*organisationsOrganisations*places Places *ordnanceOrdnance Classification*causeCause Classification*needsNeeds Classification*assistanceAssistance Classification

While this information is easily updated during operational use of IMSMA^NG{{IMSMANG}}, it is helpful to establish a baseline of information prior to proceeding with Data Entry Form template design and data entry. Many IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} users already have a baseline set of information created for each of the auxiliary data types, either through the standard, predefined data available within IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} or by migrating auxiliary data from a previous IMSMA version. Auxiliary data can also be augmented by creating CDFs to track additional information.

Three auxiliary data types in IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} directly pertain to victim assistance[[Assistance Summary Window | Assistance]]:* The ''Cause'' for someone having become a [[Victim Summary Window | victim]]

As with a programme's Country Structure, you can use the Hierarchy Manager to add sub-level itemslevels. Each data type of these Classifications (Cause, Needs, Assistance) may have up to ten levels.