The SDMX Matrix Generator is used to visually model and design SDMX data artefacts, and generate the SDMX-ML markup for implementation. It is an enhancement of the Generic SDMX Design Matrix which has proven to be successful as a collaborative design tool for non-SDMX experts.

The primary goal of the tool is to be able to create the artefacts (such as Concept Schemes, Data Structure Definitions (DSDs), Dataflows, Codelists) without a lot of SDMX technical knowledge, and to put the focus on the statistical aspects of the data model.