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__NOEDITSECTION__The country structure represents a gazetteer, or the political Auxiliary data provide supplementary or administrative divisions within a country. In IMSMA^NG, the country structure allows a mine action programme to link mine action additional information to areas [[Items Pane|'''items''']] and report statistics such as number of hazards per province include * Country Structure, * Assistance classification, * Cause classification, * Needs classification, * Ordnance classification, * Organisation,* Place. {{Note | [[Using_the_Tasking_Tool_in_IMSMANG|Tasks]] are not included in neither items or district. So the country structure should be set up before beginning auxiliary data entry. }}

Ideally, a mine action programme uses an It is important to standardise the Auxiliary data i.e. ensure that duplicates with different spellings are not created and that official, countrywide classifications for the Mine Action Programme / country structure that ensures mine action information are used in {{IMSMANG}}. Therefore it is compatible important to limit the number of users who have permission to change Auxiliary Data. As with other national datasetsall objects in {{IMSMANG}}, it is possible to add Custom Defined Fields ([[Custom Defined Fields | CDFs]]) to the Auxiliary Data. Implementing an existing gazetteer requires two steps:

* defining the levels of ==Country Structure==__NOEDITSECTION__The Country Structure represents a gazetteer, the political or administrative divisions within a country structure* defining . In {{IMSMANG}}, the Country Structure allows a Mine Action Programme to link Mine Action information to areas and report statistics such as number of the country structurevictims per province or district. The Country Structure should be set up before beginning data entry.

==Define the Country Structure Levels==__NOEDITSECTION__Defining the levels of the country structure includes defining the number of levels and the names of the levels. For exampleIdeally, a programme may wish to implement a four-level country structureMine Action Programme uses an official, while another programme wants to use a five-level country structure. The figure below shows an example of each optioncountrywide Country Structure that ensures mine action information is compatible with other national datasets.Setting up Country Structure in {{IMSMANG}} is done in two steps:

# defining the levels of the Country Structure# defining the nodes of the Country Structure ===Define the Country Structure Levels===__NOEDITSECTION__{{HowTo's|[[Hierarchy Manager#Add levels | Add levels]]|[[Hierarchy Manager#Edit levels | Edit levels]]|[[Hierarchy Manager#Delete levels | Delete levels]]}}Defining the levels of the Country Structure includes defining the number of levels and the names of the levels. For Country Structure the maximum number of levels are seven.  [[Image:AdminGuide_ExampleCountryStructures.png|center|500px400px|''Example Country Structures'']]

Both the number of levels and the name of each level can be customised to match the programme’s existing country structure. Ideally, the country structure Country Structure in IMSMA^NG{{IMSMANG}}, covers all levels of the existing country structureCountry Structure, from the country level down to a level that can be represented with a single point such as a town, city or village. If a Mine Action programme has special areas or districts levels such as Areas of Responsibility that are do not consistent with exists in the defined country structure levelsCountry Structure, the programme can insert artificial or unofficial areas to keep levels may be inserted into the country structure consistent across Country Structure in {{IMSMANG}}. ===Define the entire country.Country Structure Nodes===__NOEDITSECTION__

|[[Setup Add Country Structure Levels in a New Installation]]|[[Change a View and Edit Auxiliary Data | View and/or edit Country Structure Level Name]]|[[Remove a Delete Auxiliary Data| Delete Country Structure Level]]

{{Important|When To display a Country Structure node like a town or village on the country structure is establishedmap, it is not possible necessary to add intermediate levels within a geographic coordinate for the country structure, so careful thought must be given to correctly establishing the country structure prior to entering datanode.}}

{{note| To addIf information such as population, changenumbers of families and infrastructure information that is helpful in planning Mine Action activities, or remove country structure levels, you must have the this information may be collected and tracked either as CDFs to either Country Structure permissionor Location.

The country structure levels associated with the country structures are created using the Hierarchy It is possible to add Country Structure as [[Data Inventory Manager window| CDF to other items]] but should not be used instead of / duplication of reconciling to Location.

The Hierarchy Manager window displays {{Note|* If the map extent is set {{IMSMANG}} automatically zoom and centre the names of any defined country structure levels. If no country structure levels are defined, map when the window does not display any levels. When user clicks in the window initially displays, only Country Structure pane in the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.pngIMSMA Navigation Window | Main Navigation window]] button and .* For ease of reporting, it is recommended to associate the majority of the Done button are available. The [[Image:FieldViewIcon.pngLocation Summary Window | Locations]] with one of the levels in the Country Structure, normally the lowest level such as town or village. * Alternative names may be in different languages and [[Image:EcksButtonalphabets.png]] buttons become available after you select a country structure levelIt is also common to add P-code as an alternative name. The [[Image:EcksButton.png]] button will not become enabled if you select a country structure level that * It is not important to keep the Country Structure inside {{IMSMANG}} in synch with the lowest levelofficial Country Structure.}}

==Define {{New_6.0 | In order to facilitate updates of the Country Structure==__NOEDITSECTION__When defining , the Country Structure areas, it may be desirable ID has been made visible. Contact your [[Information Management Team | GICHD IM advisor]] if you would like to add only the areas for the portions of the country affected by mines rather than the entire official country structureupdate your Country Structure. This reduces the amount of data in {{IMSMANG}} to only that which is important, improving performance and usability when entering and searching for data.

{{IMSMANG}} provides several ways to add country ==Assistance, Cause and Needs classifications==__NOEDITSECTION__[[Image:Tree structure areas. png|200px|right]]These include manually entering the information starting with the country classifications are used in [[Assistance Summary Window | Assistance]] and working down through each level or importing the data from an [[Victim Summary Window | Victim]] items.XLS file using customised routines to import data automatically from an official gazetteer. To display * ''Cause'' for someone having become a country structure area like a town or village on victim* ''Needs'' that the map, it victim is necessary assessed to add a geographic coordinate for the area. Typically, a single coordinate is sufficient for displaying an area on have* ''Assistance'' that the map.victim has received

As with all data elements in {{IMSMANG}}, They are as the country structure supports the incorporation of CDFs to augment predefined Country Structure tree structures and should be set up before beginning 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 activitiesentry.

{{note|* For ease of accessIdeally, a Mine Action Programme uses official, it countrywide classifications that ensures mine action information is recommended to associate {{IMSMANG}} locations compatible with one level in the country structure, normally the lowest level such as town or villageother national datasets. Implementing these classifications requires two steps:* Setting # defining the preferred map extent for each area allows users to zoom and centre levels of the map automatically on classifications# defining the area from nodes of the main navigation window.* Adding alternative names for areas lets users incorporate official and unofficial names for areas as well as internationally recognized PCodes.}}classifications

|[[Hierarchy Manager#Add a Country Structure Arealevels | Add levels]]|[[Change a Country Structure AreaHierarchy Manager#Edit levels | Edit levels]]|[[Remove a Country Structure AreaHierarchy Manager#Delete levels | Delete levels]]

===Define the Classifications===__NOEDITSECTION__{{noteHowTo's|[[Add Assistance Classification]]|[[Add Cause Classification]]|[[Add Needs Classification]]To add, change, |[[View and Edit Auxiliary Data | View and/or remove country structures, you must have the Country Structure permission.edit classifications]]The country structure names displayed in the IMSMA Navigation window’s country structure pane are created using the Country Structure Manager window. |[[Delete Auxiliary Data| Delete classifications]]

In addition to establishing the Assistance classification, Cause Classification, Country Structure and Needs classifications in {{IMSMANG}}, information managers can establish other auxiliary Auxiliary data, including data for:* Ordnance Classification

===CauseWhile this information is easily updated during operational use of {{IMSMANG}}, Needsit is helpful to establish a baseline of information prior to proceeding with Data Entry Form template design and data entry. Many {{IMSMANG}} users already have a baseline set of information created for each of the Auxiliary data types, and Assistance===__NOEDITSECTION__either through the standard, predefined data available within {{IMSMANG}} or by migrating auxiliary data from a previous IMSMA version.

|[[List Window | Ordnance Classification List window]]|[[Filter Lists | Filter Ordnance Classification]]|[[Add an Assistance Ordnance Classification Level]]|[[Change an Assistance View and Edit Auxiliary Data | View and/or edit Ordnance Classification Level Name]]|[[Remove an Assistance Delete Auxiliary Data | Delete Ordnance Classification Level]]

Three auxiliary data types in {{IMSMANG}} directly pertain to victim [[Assistance Summary Window Note | Assistance]]:* The Other categories than ''CauseLandmines'' for someone having become a [[Victim Summary Window | victim]]* The have ordnance that belong to the subcategory ''NeedsAnti-Personnel'' that the victim is assessed so if you only want to report on AP-mines you need to have* The filter on both category '''and'Assistance'' that the victim has receivedsubcategory. }}

As with a programme's Country StructureFurthermore, you programmes can limit which ordnance can be used for data entry by making ordnance inactive. To making only the ordnance that may be found in the country facilitates both data entry and data quality. {{note|*Before beginning data entry, standardise the ordnance available for use to ensure data consistency of reports. *When adding an ordnance to the database, determine if the ordnance already exists in {{IMSMANG}} and the correct classification.}} {{New_6.0 | # '''[[IED Classification | IED]]''', Less-lethal weapons, Light weapons, MANPADS, Small Arm Ammunitions and Small Arms are new Categories. # The new models belonging to the Hierarchy Manager above categories are ''Inactive''.# The new field ''Statistic Group'' has been added in order to add subfacilitate flexible reporting. }}If the new field ''Statistic Group'' is not used the below table shows how ''category'', ''subcategory'' and ''model name'' may be used as grouping criteria for statistics by ordnance. {| class="wikitable"! Grouping !! Criteria|-levels| AP||Category = Landmines AND Subcategory = AP|-| AV ||Category = Landmines AND Subcategory = AT|-| Country specific e.g. Each of these Classifications (CauseRoadside, NeedsAnti-group, Assistance) may have up to ten levels.Trip-ware||1-10 models|-| Cluster||Category = Scatterable munitions + Clusters and dispensers|-| IED||Category = IED|-| UXO||Category = Bombs + Grenades + Guided Missiles + Projectiles + Rockets|-| SALW||Models from the other categories + SALW Categories|-| UNK||Category = Unknown|-| Other||Category = Pyrotechnics and Flares + Misc Nonexplosive Devices + Misc Explosive Devices + Naval Mines|-|}

IMSMA<sup>NG<{{HowTo's|[[List Window | Organisation List window]]|[[Filter Lists | Filter Organisatons]]|[[Add Organisation]]|[[View and Edit Auxiliary Data | View and/sup> or edit Organisations]]|[[Delete Auxiliary Data | Delete Organisations]]}}{{IMSMANG}} provides the ability to track information about organisations Organisations participating in mine actionMine Action. Organisations can be categorized categorised by type and assigned “work areas” based on the country structureCountry Structure. To display organisations Organisations on the map, users can provide they must have geospatial data for each organisation(minimum one set of coordinates).

Additionally, IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} supports the creation of parent-child relationships with organisations so that information managers can create hierarchies of organisations. For example, a mine clearance organisation may be responsible for several clearance teams within a country. As shown in the figure below, this relationship can be mapped by creating one organisation for the mine clearance organisation (NGO1) and one organisation for each team (TeamA, TeamB and TeamC), then specifying the parent organisation of each team as NGO1.

[[Image:AdminGuide_ExampleHierarchyOfOrganisationsAdminGuide_ExampleHierarchyOfOrganisations2.png|center|400px200px|''Example Hierarchy of Organisations'']]

IMSMA^NG {{IMSMANG}} also supports the tracking of competencies and accreditations for each organisation. The lists of specific competencies and accreditations can be managed in the Data Inventory Manager.{{HowTo's|[[Organisation List window]]|[[Filter the Organisation List]]|[[Add an Organization]]|[[View and/or change an Organization]]|[[Deactivate an Organization]]}}{{note| To view the list of organisations in the Organisation List Window, you must have read-only access to the Organisations permission. To add, change, or remove organisations, you must have read and write access to the Organisations permission. Organisations are government, non-government, military, civilian, commercial, or non-profit groups who are responsible for performing activities on, monitoring ongoing activities on, or recording the existence of locations, lands, activities, and/or events.}}

===Places===__NOEDITSECTION__IMSMA^NG offers the option It is possible to track information about specific places or infrastructure elements within a country that are relevant to mine action. These can be airports, water sources, hospitals, community centres, refugee camps or any other structures or buildings which designate a political, economic, social, and/or logistical value. {{HowTo's|add Organisation as [[Place List window]]Data Inventory Manager |[[Filter the places displayedCDF to other items]]|[[Add a Place]]|[[View and/or change a Place]]|[[Remove a Place]]}}In IMSMA^NG, places can be linked to education activities to represent the location of the activity or they can be linked to other land areas and activities to represent the nearest medical facilities.

As with other {{Note | The Organisation ''IMSMA^NG data, places can be customised using CDFs and represented on '' is normally used for indicating that the map by adding geospatial informationData Entry Form template is general i.e. not a special made template for one organisation.}}

===Places===__NOEDITSECTION__{{note| To view IMSMANG}} offers the list of option to track information about specific places in the Place List window, you must have read-only access or infrastructure elements within a country that are relevant to the Places permissionMine Action. To addThese can be ammunition storages, armouries, airports, changecommunity centres, hospitals, refugee camps or remove placesany other structures/buildings which designate a political, economic, you must have read and write access to the Places permission.}} ===Ordnance===__NOEDITSECTION__Another type of auxiliary data available in IMSMA^NG is Ordnance Classification. This classification is used in Landsocial, Activities and Accidents. IMSMA^NG includes more than 5,000 predefined ordnance types with the ability to create additional ordnance required for a mine action programmeor logistical value.

|[[Access the Ordnance Classification List Window| Place List window]]|[[Filter the Ordnance Classification ListLists | Filter Places]]|[[Add Ordnance ClassificationPlace]]|[[View and Edit Auxiliary Data | View and/or change Ordnance Classificationedit Places]]|[[Remove Ordnance ClassificationDelete Auxiliary Data | Delete Places]]

Furthermore, programmes can limit which ordnance Places can be used within linked to:* Land and Activities to represent the system by making individual devices active nearest medical facilities* Land and Activities to represent ammunition storage or inactive. This facilitates rapid data entry by making available only armoury* Victim to represent hospital* Assistance to represent Place where the devices that are found locally Assistance took place* Education activities to a programme.represent the location of the activity

As with other {{note|*Before beginning IMSMANG}} data entry, standardise Places can be represented on the devices or types of devices available for use to ensure data consistency for reportsmap by adding geospatial information. *When adding a device It is possible to the database, determine if the device already exists in the predefined dataset add Place as there are more than 5,000 devices from the ORDATA ordnance catalogue already in the system[[Data Inventory Manager | CDF to other items]].}}

{{noteNew_6.0 | To view ordnance in the Ordnance List window, you must Ammunition storage and Armoury have read-only access been added to the Ordnance permission. To add, change, or remove ordnance, you must have read and write access to the Ordnance permission.''Place Type''}}

To import auxiliary data using an Excel spreadsheet, refer to [[Importing and Exporting Data with IMSMANG#Auxiliary Data | Importing Auxiliary Data]]. {{NavBox Getting started with IMSMANG Administration}}

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