diff --git a/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModule1.01.ts b/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModule1.01.ts
index 35aae9cb..5202b0ca 100644
--- a/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModule1.01.ts
+++ b/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModule1.01.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,11 @@ class DownloadCustomization {
         dataEntry: "Data Entry",
         validation: "Validation",
         metadata: "Metadata",
+        matchingIndicators: "MatchingIndicators",
     };
 
+    dataEntryLastRow = 1000;
+
     constructor(
         private id: Id,
         private excelRepository: ExcelRepository,
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ class DownloadCustomization {
     async execute() {
         await this.createSheet(this.sheets.validation);
         await this.createSheet(this.sheets.metadata);
+        await this.createSheet(this.sheets.matchingIndicators);
 
         const metadata = await this.moduleRepository.get({
             currentUser: this.options.currentUser,
@@ -131,11 +135,85 @@ class DownloadCustomization {
             this.getCategoryOptionComboCells(metadata),
             this.getDataSetCells(metadata),
             this.getClearedOutCellsByCategories(metadata),
+            this.getMatchingIndicatorsCells(metadata),
+            this.getMatchedRowsCells(metadata),
         ];
 
         return { cells: _.flatten(cellGroups) };
     }
 
+    // Returns the matching pairs in BOTH directions (source→target and target→source).
+    private getMatchingPairs(metadata: NRCModuleMetadata): Array<{ from: Id; to: Id }> {
+        const dataElementIds = new Set(metadata.dataElements.map(de => de.id));
+        const validMatchings = metadata.indicatorMatchings.filter(
+            m => dataElementIds.has(m.source) && dataElementIds.has(m.target)
+        );
+
+        return validMatchings.flatMap(matching => [
+            { from: matching.source, to: matching.target },
+            { from: matching.target, to: matching.source },
+        ]);
+    }
+
+    private getMatchingIndicatorsCells(metadata: NRCModuleMetadata): Cell[] {
+        return this.getMatchingPairs(metadata).flatMap((pair, idx) => {
+            const row = idx + 1;
+            return [
+                cell({
+                    sheet: this.sheets.matchingIndicators,
+                    column: "A",
+                    row: row,
+                    value: referenceToId(pair.from),
+                }),
+                cell({
+                    sheet: this.sheets.matchingIndicators,
+                    column: "B",
+                    row: row,
+                    value: referenceToId(pair.to),
+                }),
+            ];
+        });
+    }
+
+    private getMatchedRowsCells(metadata: NRCModuleMetadata): Cell[] {
+        const matchingRowsCount = this.getMatchingPairs(metadata).length;
+
+        if (matchingRowsCount === 0) return [];
+
+        const sourcesRange = `${this.sheets.matchingIndicators}!$A$1:$A$${matchingRowsCount}`;
+        const lookupRange = `${this.sheets.matchingIndicators}!$A$1:$B$${matchingRowsCount}`;
+
+        return this.getSourceRows().flatMap(sourceRow => {
+            const targetRow = sourceRow + 1;
+            const matched = `ISNUMBER(MATCH(C${sourceRow}, ${sourcesRange}, 0))`;
+            const complete = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"].map(column => `${column}${sourceRow}<>""`).join(", ");
+            const gate = `AND(${matched}, ${complete})`;
+
+            const mirror = (column: string, expression: string) =>
+                cell({
+                    sheet: this.sheets.dataEntry,
+                    column: column,
+                    row: targetRow,
+                    value: `=IF(${gate}, ${expression}, "")`,
+                });
+
+            return [
+                mirror("A", `A${sourceRow}`), // orgUnit
+                mirror("B", `B${sourceRow}`), // phase of emergency
+                mirror("C", `VLOOKUP(C${sourceRow}, ${lookupRange}, 2, FALSE)`), // matched (target) indicator
+                mirror("D", `D${sourceRow}`), // disaggregation
+                mirror("E", `E${sourceRow}`), // target/actual
+                mirror("F", `F${sourceRow}`), // value
+                mirror("G", `G${sourceRow}`), // attribute id (hidden)
+                mirror("H", `H${sourceRow}`), // categoryOption id (hidden)
+            ];
+        });
+    }
+
+    private getSourceRows(): number[] {
+        return _.range(this.initialDataEntryRow, this.dataEntryLastRow, 2);
+    }
+
     private getDataSetCells(metadata: NRCModuleMetadata) {
         return [
             cell({
@@ -339,8 +417,38 @@ class DownloadCustomization {
 
         this.hideIdCells(excelRepository);
 
+        await this.applyDataEntryLocking();
+
         excelRepository.protectSheet(this.id, this.sheets.validation, this.password);
         excelRepository.protectSheet(this.id, this.sheets.metadata, this.password);
+        excelRepository.protectSheet(this.id, this.sheets.matchingIndicators, this.password);
+        excelRepository.protectSheet(this.id, this.sheets.dataEntry, this.password);
+    }
+
+    private async applyDataEntryLocking() {
+        const { excelRepository, id } = this;
+        const sheet = this.sheets.dataEntry;
+
+        const editableConfigCells = ["B1", "B3", "E3", "D1"];
+        for (const ref of editableConfigCells) {
+            await excelRepository.styleCell(id, { type: "cell", sheet, ref }, { locked: false });
+        }
+
+        for (const sourceRow of this.getSourceRows()) {
+            const targetRow = sourceRow + 1;
+
+            await excelRepository.styleCell(
+                id,
+                { type: "range", sheet, ref: `A${sourceRow}:F${sourceRow}` },
+                { locked: false }
+            );
+
+            await excelRepository.styleCell(
+                id,
+                { type: "range", sheet, ref: `A${targetRow}:H${targetRow}` },
+                { locked: true, fillColor: "#F2F2F2" }
+            );
+        }
     }
 
     private hideIdCells(excelRepository: ExcelRepository) {
diff --git a/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository.ts b/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository.ts
index aac1afea..b4d5b172 100644
--- a/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository.ts
+++ b/src/data/templates/nrc/NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 import _ from "lodash";
 import { D2Api, MetadataPick } from "../../../types/d2-api";
 import { Id, NamedRef, Ref } from "../../../domain/entities/ReferenceObject";
-import { DataElement, NRCModuleMetadata } from "../../../domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata";
+import {
+    DataElement,
+    IndicatorMatching,
+    NRCModuleMetadata,
+} from "../../../domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata";
 import { NRCModuleMetadataRepository } from "../../../domain/repositories/templates/NRCModuleMetadataRepository";
 import { User } from "../../../domain/entities/User";
 import { Maybe } from "../../../types/utils";
@@ -15,6 +19,7 @@ type DataSetCategories = {
 export class NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository implements NRCModuleMetadataRepository {
     attributeCodes = {
         createdByApp: "GL_CREATED_BY_DATASET_CONFIGURATION",
+        indicatorMatching: "GL_INDICATOR_MATCHING",
     };
 
     categoryComboCodes = {
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@ export class NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository implements NRCModuleMetadataRepositor
             dataElements: await this.getDataElementsWithDisaggregation(dataSet),
             organisationUnits: this.getOrganisationUnits(options.currentUser, projectCategoryOptions, dataSet),
             periods: this.getPeriods(dataSet),
+            indicatorMatchings: this.getIndicatorMatchings(dataSet),
             categoryCombo: {
                 categories: {
                     projects: projectCategoryOptions ? { categoryOptions: projectCategoryOptions } : undefined,
@@ -231,7 +237,7 @@ export class NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository implements NRCModuleMetadataRepositor
         if (!dataSetCategories.projects) {
             return undefined;
         } else if (this.isCreatedByDataSetConfigurationApp(dataSet)) {
-            const categoryOptionCode = dataSet.code ? dataSet.code.replace(/Data Set$/, "").trim() : undefined;
+            const categoryOptionCode = this.getProjectFromDataSet(dataSet);
 
             const res = await this.api.metadata
                 .get({
@@ -265,6 +271,37 @@ export class NRCModuleMetadataD2Repository implements NRCModuleMetadataRepositor
         }
     }
 
+    private getProjectFromDataSet(dataSet: D2DataSet): Maybe<string> {
+        if (dataSet.code) {
+            return dataSet.code.replace(/Data Set$/, "").trim();
+        } else if (dataSet.name) {
+            return dataSet.name.replace(/DataSet$/, "").trim();
+        } else {
+            return undefined;
+        }
+    }
+
+    private getIndicatorMatchings(dataSet: D2DataSet): IndicatorMatching[] {
+        const attributeValue = dataSet.attributeValues.find(av => {
+            return av.attribute.code === this.attributeCodes.indicatorMatching;
+        });
+        if (!attributeValue?.value) return [];
+
+        return _(attributeValue.value.split(";"))
+            .map(pair => pair.trim())
+            .reject(pair => pair.length === 0)
+            .map((pair): IndicatorMatching | undefined => {
+                const [target, source] = pair.split("=").map(s => s.trim());
+                if (!target || !source) {
+                    console.error(`Invalid indicator matching format: "${pair}"`);
+                    return undefined;
+                }
+                return { target, source };
+            })
+            .compact()
+            .value();
+    }
+
     private isCreatedByDataSetConfigurationApp(dataSet: D2DataSet): boolean {
         const attributeValue = dataSet.attributeValues.find(attributeValue => {
             return attributeValue.attribute.code === this.attributeCodes.createdByApp;
diff --git a/src/domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata.ts b/src/domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata.ts
index a52b23f1..d943fe48 100644
--- a/src/domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata.ts
+++ b/src/domain/entities/templates/NRCModuleMetadata.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ export interface NRCModuleMetadata {
     dataElements: DataElement[];
     organisationUnits: OrganisationUnits[];
     periods: Period[];
+    indicatorMatchings: IndicatorMatching[];
     categoryCombo: {
         categories: {
             projects?: { categoryOptions: CategoryOption[] };
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ export interface NRCModuleMetadata {
     };
 }
 
+export interface IndicatorMatching {
+    source: Id;
+    target: Id;
+}
+
 export type CategoryOption = NamedRef;
 
 export interface DataElement extends NamedRef {