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Introduction

The Energy Viewer comprises of three areas:

View Bils

Enter Meter Reads

Analyse Data -  which comprises of:

  • Utility Analysis
  • Meter Analysis
  • Site Performance

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Accessing the Energy Viewer

Go to https://www.sigmaenergyviewer.com and use the same log on details as you use for Sigma

Providing a user with access to this activity

This is only relevant to customers who are configuring their own permissions.

Open the Admin activity in the Sigma  and choose 'Manage Roles'

Either select an existing role to update or add a new role

Tick the areas of Energy Viewer you want the role to have access to

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Any user that is associated to that role will then have access to 'View Bills' in Sigma Sigma Energy Viewer can be used by site managers to view their bills, meter usage and adding meter readings to non periodic channels. Once added via the Energy Viewer, they are instantly showing in Sigma. The users access can be limited to one (or more) sites and to parts of the Energy Viewer. See below details on how to set up users specifically for Energy Viewer.

Click here for more information and a link to our user Video.


Table of Contents

Setting up a Role

A Role is created to determine what areas of Sigma a User has access to. In this example, the User may only need to see the 6 elements of the Energy Viewer, or they may only need access to some of those elements. You could have more than one Energy Viewer Role, giving different elements to different Users.


From Sigma, open User Admin

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  • Click Image Added

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  • Role Name: enter a name for the role

  • Schema: choose Read and Write or Read Only

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  • Complete the Role Management details:

    • Tick the Activities / Sub Activities required

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Note: Site League Table will only be available if the Users has 2 or more Sites assigned to them

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  • The Role will now appear on the left of the screen and be available to assign to a User


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Setting up a Group

A Group is created so that Sites can be assigned to a User. Each Group can contain one or more Site. As an example, if you have 10 schools who require access to just their school, you would need to set up 10 Groups each having one Site assigned to them.

If you want to set up a Group for Building Units, please refer to Energy Viewer - Additional set up for Building Units.

Creating a Group

  • From the User Admin Activity, click Image Added

  • Click Image Addedto add a Group

  • Enter the name of the Group

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  • Click OK

Once the Group has been created, Users and Sites can be added to it.

Assigning Users to a Group

One or more Users can be associated to a Group. This will give them all the same access.

  • From the You are editing Data Permission Group dropdown, choose the Group you want to assign Users to


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  • All existing Users are listed in the Available Users section (see below for details on how to set up a new User)

  • Drag and drop the User from the Available Users section to the Selected Users section

    • Tick the Restricted field

      Note: You can add more than one User to a Group


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        Note: If the User does not already exist, they can be set up and associated to the Group later (see below)

Assigning Sites to a Group

Each Group will need to have one or more Sites associated to it. This will determine what the User sees when they log into the Energy Viewer.

Once you have created the Group (see above), add the required Sites. (This will add all the Items that are associated with the Site, such as Accounts, Bills, Meters, Channels, Metering Data).

  • Drag and drop Sites from the Item Finder to the Selected Items

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  • Ensure Image Added is ticked to add all of the Items associated with the Site
  • Click Image Addedto save the Group and the attached Users and Sites


Assigning Specific Items to a Group

If you do not want all of the Meters and/or Accounts associated to a Site, you can specify the required ones:

  • Drag and drop Sites from the Item Finder to the Selected Items
    • Untick Image Added  (this will add the Site only, not the Accounts, Meters etc
    • Click Image Added


  • Drag and drop the specific Accounts and/or Meters to the Selected Items
    • Ensure that the Accounts/Meters are associated with the Sites that you have already assigned 
    • Tick Image Added   to add the specific Accounts and/or Meters and the child items such as Bills, Channels and Metering Data
    • Click Image Addedto save the Group and the attached Users, Sites and specific Accounts and/or Meters


Tip: If you have more than one Group to set up, but don't have the Users set up yet - create all the Groups first, then create the Users (and add to the Groups) as below


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Setting up a User

If the User doesn't already exist, they can be added in the Manage Users section and then added to the existing Group (created as above).

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  • ClickImage Addedto add a new User

Complete the details in the User Management section

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FieldDescription
UsernameMandatory - best practice is to use first initial and surname
ForenameForename of User
SurnameSurname of User
TelephoneOptional field
EmailMandatory email address (used for sending initial log on details and resetting passwords)
RoleChoose the Role from the dropdown, ie Energy Viewer
Data Permission MappingTick the Group this User will be associated with
RestrictedThis will automatically tick as you have chosen a Group
Remaining Tick BoxesNone of these are required for the Energy Viewer



  • Click Image Addedto save the User


An email will be sent to the User with a link so that they can create their own password


User Responsibilities

The User will be sent an email.  They will need to click on the link to create their own unique password.


Setting the Password

When the User receives the email, they need to click on the link to create their own unique password.

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  • Click on the link to reset the Password

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  • Enter the Password

  • Repeat the Password

  • Click Submit and the following prompt appears:

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Logging into the Sigma Energy Viewer

Once the User has set their password they are able to log into Sigma Energy Viewer.

  • Open https://sigmaenergyviewer.com

    • Enter the Company: (the name indicated in the email)

    • Enter the User Name: (best practice is to set up as the first initial and surname)

    • Enter the Password

    • Click Login


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Online Video

A video is available on YouTube for anyone to view. It is just under 5 minutes long and explains all the elements of the Sigma Energy Viewer and how to use it. It you are unable to use YouTube, please contact TEAM and we can provide you with a different link.