Command data preparation

A command-and-control system needs to know what a unit looks like before it can place one on a map. Our command data preparation system builds that knowledge from the force’s own planning data — once a year, for every formation.

From structure to type

1. Import the year’s force structure from the reference data hub — staged, then reconciled
2. Derive reusable formation types by rule, with inheritance and fine-grained material distribution
3. Enrich with standard codes, capabilities and military symbols
4. Export to command-and-control systems as XML, and to planning and tactical tools as Excel

Quality before delivery

Every type is checked before it leaves: completeness, circular references, duplicate names. Mappings to international standard codes are validated against business rules and can make the round-trip through Excel for review. Tactical, technical and supervisory reviewers sign off in their own step.

Built for the people who maintain it

• Master data — materials, personnel functions, capabilities, facility and feature types, civilian organisation types
• Military symbols — edited in place with the MSS^® symbol editor
• Four languages — every text translated, with its own review workflow
• Access matrix — groups, roles and levels generated for the target system
• Delivery notes and logs — every export traceable

Built on MetaBase

Runs on MetaBase, fed by the defence data hub, downstream of force structure planning. Talk to an engineer.