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Regnology Fusion Statistics Knowledge Base

Fusion Registry and its components is now brought to you by Regnology, a global leader in Financial and Tax Regulatory Reporting Solutions for Regulators and Regulated firms. Regnology acquired Metadata Technology Ltd in May 2023. You can read more here: Press Release.

The acquisition does not affect the functionality of Fusion Registry and it's modules, although further brand changes may follow in the coming months.

Downloading software The distribution method has changed with effect from July 2024. Please read this article.

SDMX Statistical Data Warehouse

Regnology Fusion Statistics is for central banks, international organisations, national statistics offices, development banks and regional statistics authorities who need an enterprise SDMX statistical data warehouse for storage of aggregated time series, data cataloguing and public dissemination. Reade more about SDMX here: What is SDMX?.

Components and Modules

Regnology Fusion Statistics consists of a number of modules centered on the Fusion Registry core data warehouse engine, including a secure high-performance data dissemination server and a configurable data explorer and analytics tool for data consumers and analysts.

Fusion Registry has an integrated SDMX structural metadata registry that is 100% compatible with Fusion Metadata Registry.

Fusion 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

Fusion Portal Topics

Fusion Portal is a web application made up of HTML, JavaScript, Images, and CSS files. The Portal allows you to call data from SDMX Webservices and other sources which enables you to obtain data from the data provider and import it directly into Fusion Registry.

Installation and Configuration	How to install and Configure the Data Portal
How to and other Features	Guidance on using Data Portal
Cron	Using Cron to schedule regular synchronisations
Web Services	List of Web Services specific to the Data Portal
Change Logs	Change Logs for Fusion Portal

Fusion Security Manager Topics

Available in Fusion Registry 11, a user interface which allows authorisation and rules to be created which explicitly permit or deny a security group access to a resource. The default behaviour of is to make everything private. In order to make structures and data public, specific security rules must be defined to grant access.

Installation and Configuration	How to install and Configure Fusion Security Manager
How to and other Features	Guidance on using Fusion Security Manager
Change Logs	Change Logs for Fusion Security Manager

Fusion Fame Mapper Topics

Web tool for creating and maintaining Fusion Registry FAME to SDMX series mappings.

Installation and Configuration	How to install and Configure Fusion Fame Mapper
How to and other Features	Guidance on using Fame Mapper
Change Logs	Change Logs for Fame Mapper

Fusion Data Browser Topics

Web tool for data consumers to explore the Fusion Registry data catalogue, create charts and tables, and download data.

Overview	What is Fusion Data Browser?
Getting Started	Non-technical guide for using Fusion Data Browser
Anatomy of the Data Browser	Technical guide detailing techniques and solutions
Installation and Configuration	How to install and Configure the Data Browser
How to and Functions	Using Fusion Data Browser
Change Logs	Change Logs for Fusion Data Browser
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

FXLData Topics

FusionXLData is an addin for Microsoft Excel which connects to a Fusion Registry server for exploring the data catalogue, and downloading data directly into a spreadsheet.

Overview	What is FXLData?
Getting Started	How to download, install and configure FXLData
Functions Reference	How to use the Parameter functions in FXLData
Data Wizard	using the ribbon tool to build and edit functions
How to and other features	How to use FXLData
Troubleshooting	How to resolve common problems
Change Logs	Change Logs for FXLData

Fusion Edge Server Topics

A light-weight high-performance data and metadata REST API server designed to be deployed in clusters in the DMZ or at the network edge for scalable, fault-tolerant public data dissemination use cases.

Overview	What is Fusion Edge Server?
Installation	How to install Fusion Edge Server
Environment	Edge Server environment
Compiler	Edge Server Compiler
Web Services	Data Preparation Web Services
How to and Other Features	Using Fusion Edge Server
Change Logs	Change Logs for Fusion Edge Server

Command Line Tools

Fusion Transformer	Fusion Transformer is a command-line application providing transformations between SDMX and GESMES data files and structure files.
Fusion Registry Command Line	Windows and Linux command line interface. A command line interface to Fusion Registry's REST API providing utility scripts for loading structures, data and metadata, validating data, exporting content and deleting content.
FMRCL	Tool to assist with Backup up and Restoring Structures.