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Fusion Metadata Registry (FMR) Knowledge Base

About Fusion Metadata Registry

Key Features

• SDMX structural metadata registry
• Information model: FMR 10 = SDMX 2.1, FMR 11 = SDMX 3.0
• Formats: SDMX-EDI, SDMX-ML 1.0, 2.0, 2.1, 3.0, SDMX-JSON, SDMX-CSV (data)
• SDMX REST structure API
• Web user interface for browsing, authoring and maintaining structures

Use Cases

Structural metadata management

• Centralise and control structural metadata
• Author and maintain structural metadata
• Drive statistics production using centrally-controlled metadata
• Provide an SDMX-compliant a REST structure API

Data collection

• Collect data using metadata-driven Excel forms
• Map (transform) incoming data into standardised structures

Data reporting

• Validate prepared data for compliance with the data collector's specifications prior to reporting
• Map (transform) outgoing data into the collector's required structure

Statistics production

• Data processing execution engine: data structural validation, mapping to different structures and conversion

Tools

Fusion Metadata Registry Topics

SDMX statistical data engine and structural metadata registry. The main statistical engine for data collection, integration, processing, storage, query execution and time-series calculations. It provides an SDMX-compliant data and metadata REST API. The integrated SDMX structural metadata registry acts as the central repository, authoring and maintenance tool for all of the structures including Codelists, Concepts and Data Structure Definitions.

Overview	What is Fusion registry?
Installation and Configuration	How to install and configure the Registry
SDMX Structures	Detailed explanations of the main SDMX structural metadata artefacts
Structure Maintenance	How to maintain the SDMX Structures
Reference Metadata	Guidance on working with SDMX 3.0 reference metadata in Fusion Registry 11
How to and other Features	Guidance on specific tasks using Fusion Registry
Data Formats	A description of supported Data Formats
Security	Authentication and Authorisation Features
Web Services	Registry Web Services
Change Logs	Change Logs for Registry 11 and Registry 10
Retired Functionality	Functionality no longer available in V11

FusionXL Topics

FusionXL is an addin for Microsoft Excel which connects to a Fusion Registry server for both data and structure retrieval, and maintenance.

Installation	How to Install Fusion XL and connect to a Fusion Registry server
Fusion Security Manager	How to set up rules to apply to FusionXL
Data Author	Create datasets and load datasets for the purpose of data authoring, validation, conversion, and publishing
Structure Explorer	Create, Retrieve and Modify Structures using the Excel Ribbon
Change Logs	Change Logs for FusionXL
Retired Functionality	Functionality no longer available in V3