You can run a utility that imports a Microsoft Excel document that contains an information exchange (IER) matrix to update the current encyclopedia.

There must be a properly formatted Excel file to import. The format of this document must contain, at minimum, the appropriate headings for the columns; however, the ordering is not mandated. A template for this format is contained in the System Architectinstallation directory, C4ISR\DoDAF\xlreport.xlt.

In the encyclopedia, information exchange, operational activity, operational node, and organizational unit definitions are created or updated. The appropriate operational activities are assigned to their operational nodes, and the appropriate organizational units are assigned to their owning organizations.