CWR Pre-Flight

Pre-Submission Risk Check

Catches errors before they trigger rejection loops at PRO or other CMOs.

Validates structural integrity, business logic, and society-specific rules (PRO/ICE) — so you submit clean CWR packets the first time. Avoid weeks of back-and-forth.

Nordic Music AB · 48 works PRO/ICE ruleset · CWR v2.1

Fatal

Warnings

Optional

37/48

Submittable

Fatal Errors · must fix before export

MISSING_ISWC_REGRegistered work submitted without an ISWC
7
MISSING_PUBNo publisher or admin on the work (no PWR can be emitted)
5
MISSING_IPIWriter has no IPI number (breaks PWR writer link)
2
DUPLICATE_WORKTwo works share the same title with different writer sets
1

Warnings · recommended fixes

SHARE_IMBALANCEWriter + publisher shares do not total 100%
3
TITLE_FORMATTitle inconsistency — ALL CAPS, trailing whitespace, or mixed case
2
PUB_NAME_MISMATCHPublisher name differs across works for the same IPI
1

Optional · nice-to-have metadata

MISSING_ISRCNo recording ISRC linked (blocks sound-recording-level matching)
4
MISSING_PROWriter has no PRO affiliation declared
1

Alignment Checks · CWR field-level validation

WRITER_COUNTWriter count mismatch — 3 declared, 2 found in SWR records
1
PUB_SHARE_ZEROPublisher performance share reads 0% — expected 33.33%
2
IPI_FORMATIPI not 9–11 digits or not zero-padded to column 30
2
PWR_COL_81PWR writer IPI must start at column 81 — 1 work misaligned
1
SOC_011PRO society code emitted as 071 (CISAC directory) — expected 011
0

Sample CWR excerpt with validated alignment

* columns 1-3 record, 20-30 IPI, 81-91 writer-IPI (PWR) NWR00000001NEON SKYLINE T004355331100712984310 SPU0000000100000002010000712984310NORDIC MUSIC AB 011 SWR00000001000000030071298431033ANDERSSON KARIN CA 011 PWR000000010000000400712984310NORDIC MUSIC AB 00712984999

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