Generating NOV-3 Information Exchange Matrix reports for NAF 3
Using the defined activities as a basis, Information Exchange Requirements (IERs) express the relationship across the three basic entities of an operational architecture, such as activities, operational elements, and information flow, with a focus on the specific aspects of the information flow.
IERs identify who exchanges what information with whom, why the information is necessary, and in what manner. IERs identify the elements of war fighter information used in support of a particular activity and between any two activities. The node of the producing operational element and the node of the consuming operational element are identified. Relevant attributes of the exchange are noted. The specific attributes included are dependent on the objectives of the specific architecture effort, but may include the information media, such as data, voice, and video, quality, such as frequency, timeliness, and security, and quantity, such as volume and speed. Particular capabilities such as security level of communications may also be captured for each exchange. The emphasis in this product is on the logical and operational characteristics of the information, such as what information is needed by whom, from whom, and when.
When creating an NOV-03 report it's important to note where exactly the information is sourced from. The following are the requirements needed in order to create an NOV-03 Information Exchange Matrix report properly.
▪It requires a Logical Flow line drawn between Operational Nodes on an NOV-02 diagram.
▪It requires an ICOM Arrow drawn between Operational Activities on an NOV-05 diagram.
▪It requires the source Operational Node to have the source Operational Activity in its list of Operational Activities in order to identify the Source Activity in the generated report, and similarly for the Destination Activity.
All other columns in the generated report are sourced from properties of the Information Exchange referenced from the Logical Flow.
1 Click Reports > NAF Reports.
2 Select Operational Information Exchange Matrix (NOV-3).
3 Select one NOV-5 diagram from the list to process a report.
Note This procedure shows NOV-3 generation options that are available if BPMN modeling is enabled for the encyclopedia. If BPMN modeling is not enabled for the encyclopedia, additional NOV-3 generation options are available. In this case, there are two types of source to choose from when running the report: By Definition or By Diagram. If you select By Diagram, a list of both NOV-2 Diagrams and NOV-5 Diagrams are shown. You must select one diagram from each list to process a report.
4 Click Run.
The NOV-3 Operational Information Exchange Matrix report opens as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.