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==Reconcile==__NOEDITSECTION__
Reconcile means "to make two sets of numbers add up to the same total" which with IMSMA terms is the process of getting all different subsets of Mine Action information in a country (e.g. operators' clearance information) to a correct and coherent national database.
=== New or existing item ===__NOEDITSECTION__
Before a data entry may start, both at data providers such as operators and at National Mine Action Authority, the first and very important task is to determine if the piece of information that is received on a paper or as maXML, does it already exist exists in the database or not? .
New information are can be of two different types:* information about a new item : For example a Land or a Victim that is previously not reported/entered into {{IMSMANG}}. The Land might have been contaminated 10 years ago or the Victim injured 5 years ago but from our {{IMSMANG}} perspective it is '''new''' due to it is '''not''' in the database.* new information about an existing item: For example a polygon of an existing Land that previously did not have that recorded in the database or a correction of date of birth for an existing Victim.
The report that is received in both cases may not look any different so it is vital that the process of new information classification is thorough. Read more about Summary items and Data Entry Forms '''[[Understanding IMSMA Information Model#Data Entry Forms and Summaries | here]]'''.
=== Select Data Entry Action ===__NOEDITSECTION__
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Depending on which Action you choose the Reconciliation tab of the Data Entry Form will be populated different. The Actions in the ''From Summary window'' and ''Other Actions'' automatically populates the Reconciliation tab.
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'' Example of Reconciliation Tab ''
</div> Depending on which Action you choose the Reconciliation tab of the Data Entry Form will be populated different. The Actions in the ''From Summary window'' and ''Other Actions'' automatically populates the Reconciliation tab.
{{New_6.0 | Add, Update and Delete from Summary window were added in version 6.0.}}
==Data Entry ==__NOEDITSECTION__
=== Data Entry itself===__NOEDITSECTION__
For more information on how to do data entry, see [[Use the Data Entry Form Editor Window]].
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{{Warning | When updating information the updating Data Entry Form's Date of information must be a later date than the Data Entry Form(s) that created the information since the calculation of the Summary item is based on Date of Information. If the date is earlier or the same, no change of the Summary items occur.}}
=== Links? ===__NOEDITSECTION__
The last step of the Data Entry is to specify on the Reconciliation tab if the item should be linked to another item. In {{IMSMANG}} the links implicate a relationship between the items. For example:
* a link between an Activity and a Victim means that the Victim is a Demining Victim;
* a link between two Victims means that they are family.
[[Image:Understanding IMSMA Information Model - Example Relationships Among Items.png|center|550px|''Example Relationships Among Items'']]
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=== Save===__NOEDITSECTION__
The first step in the Approval workflow is done by the Data Entry staff and saves the Data Entry Form. It may now be found in the Workbench. Until a Data Entry Form is approved, it exists only in the Workbench and does not update any Summary items. The report can still be modified or deleted.
