Creating Targets

In this section, you will get to know how to create targets in the following ways:

• Manually create a target
• Uploading .csv file to create target

Creating a Target

In this section, you will get to know how to manually create a target in the platform.

To create a target, do the following:

1. Login to the platform.

2. Click the Data module, and then click the Target Manager sub-module.

The Target Manager page is displayed.

3. In the Target Manager page, under the Target Manager panel, click the + icon and then click the Create New Target option to start the process of creating a target.

   The Create New Target panel is displayed.

4. In the Create New Target panel, do the following:

   i. Type a target id in the Target ID field. Alphanumeric characters are acceptable.

   ii. Type target name in the Target Name (Arabic)

   iii. Type a target name in the Target Name (English). Alphanumeric characters are acceptable.

   iv. Type a description of the target in the Description field.

   v. Copy-Paste a target geo-location coordinates in the Target Location field and then select one of the following common coordinate systems/formats:

   • Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)
   • Decimal Degrees (DD)
   • Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS)
   • Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

   vi. Select a color of the target location.

   vii. Draw a Polygon or Rectangle, Select an AOI from the AOI Library, or simply Copy-paste WKT coordinates in the Area of Interest section. This is an optional step to draw an area of location.

5. Click the Save button to create a target.

Uploading a Target

In this section, you will get to know how create targets in bulk by uploading a .csv with the relevant columns.

To create targets in bulk involves the following:

• Creating a .csv file that contains the relevant columns
• Upload the .csv file to create a target

Creating a .csv file

In this section, you will get to know how to create a .csv file and upload it in the later steps to create a target.

To create a .csv file, do the following

1. Open the spreadsheet application on your computer. For example, Microsoft Excel.

2. Click the Blank Workbook icon to create a new workbook and then create the following columns:

Column Header	Column Description	Example
ID	Unique identifier for the target record	001
TGT_CODE	Short alphanumeric code for the target	TGT_AIRFIELD_23
TGT_Name	Descriptive name of the target	Al Asad Airfield
LAT	Latitude in decimal degrees (DD) or other format	33.7866
LONG	Longitude in decimal degrees (DD) or other format	43.1210
COMMENTS	Additional notes or description about the target	Primary military airbase in region

3. Save the workbook as a .csv file.

Creating a target by uploading a .csv file

In this section, you will get to know how to use the .csv (with the relevant columns) and then use it to create a target.

To create a target by uploading a .csv file, do the following:

1. Login to the platform.

2. Click the Data module, and then click the Target Manager sub-module.

The Target Manager page is displayed.

3. In the Target Manager page, under the Target Manager panel, click the + icon and then click the Upload Target option to start the process of creating a target by uploading a .csv file.

   A dialog box is displayed to select the .csv file.

4. Select the .csv file and click the Open button.

   The Import Targets dialog box is displayed confirming successful importing.

5. In the Target Manager panel, view the targets that are successfully imported and then click the Eye icon of each target to visualize them on the map.