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Introduction

This section of the User Manual explains how to add a Dashboard using the Sigma Energy Intelligence module. Once added, you can easily access it every time you open Energy Intelligence. The page also gives you an explanation of the reports that are on the default Dashboards.

Opening Energy Intelligence

After logging in to Sigma, click on the Energy Intelligence activity

Adding the Dashboards to your View

 Click on the main menu icon

Click on Browse

Click on Dashboards


This will show all Dashboards in your database



Double click on Energy Management Overview Dashboard


Click Add

Also add the Site Analysis Dashboard


The Dashboards will now be saved for you in your view

Viewing the Dashboards

Each time you log in, you can go straight to the Dashboards without having to search for them.

Click on the main menu icon

 

Click Dashboards

Click Energy Management Overview

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Click Site Analysis

Energy Management Overview

The Energy Management Overview Dashboard is made up of four reports, with additional reports that you drill into from the top four. An explanation of each report is provided below.

Year to Date Energy Estate Overview

This report provides a year to date overview of billed cost and consumption for the current year and the same period in the previous year, with the applicable percentage change and trend. There is also a summary of all billed costs and all emissions for the current year.


Site Performance League Table Summary (10 Worst Performing)

This report details the current year to date total billed electricity and gas consumption and also consumption per m2 of floor area. This report is ordered by consumption per m2 to help highlight your 10 worst performing Sites. You can also see how the total site consumption compares to the same period in the previous year. A Site Name can be selected to drill down further and provide a view of the monthly billed costs and consumption for the site.




The Site Name is a hyperlink which will take you to the Year to Date Monthly Site Cost and Consumption per Commodity report for the Site you have chosen.

  1. You can drill down further to a month by clicking on the column in the graph or the hyperlink in the chart
  2. This will take you to the Site Monthly Billed Energy Cost & Consumption vs. Previous Year report for the month and site that has been chosen
  3. Further pages may be available. Use the blue back and forward arrows to go to other pages
  4. Click X in the top right to return to the Dashboard

Year to Date Monthly Site Cost and Consumption per Commodity

This report is accessed by selecting one of the sites in the Site Performance League Table Summary report.
It displays the monthly billed cost and consumption for electricity and gas for the current year to date and the same period in the previous year in both graphical and tabular form. A specific month can be selected to focus on the specific trends for that month.

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This report determines the total number of days where bills are missing for an account and calculates an indicative cost based on the daily average bill amount for the existing bills. An account can be selected to see which particular periods of time bills are missing for.



Further pages may be available. Use the blue back and forward arrows to go to other pages

The Account number is a hyperlink which will take you to the Missing Bill Days for Account Report for the Account you have chosen

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Hover over the gap to see the date range

Click X in the top right to return to the Dashboard


Yearly Comparison Trends

This report displays the total consumption usage across all commodities for each year. The current year with the last 4 years will be displayed, and it will be up until the end of the last calendar month. The best available consumption from metered and/or billed data is used to ensure it is as complete as possible. Selecting a data point will allow you to explore the data at a lower granularity.

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The cell will be highlighted in red where the percentage change from the previous month is more than 100% higher.


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If you have added both Dashboards, you can go between the two from the tabs at the top of the page

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The Site Analysis Dashboard allows you to interactive with your data and provides an overview of all periodic data for the previous 4 weeks.

Periodic Consumption Overview (Previous 4 Weeks)

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This interactive chart provides an overview of all periodic data for the previous 4 weeks. The granularity of the returned data is daily by default, but this can be changed (Minute, Hour, Week etc.). A summary of each commodity is provided which can be selected to restrict the data to that commodity. A slider beneath the graph allows you to zoom in on a specific portion of the 4-week period. A filter can be selected to restrict the data shown to a specific site.

The default view is to show daily data for all commodities for the previous four weeks

Click on one of the top four smaller graphs to switch between All Commodities, Electricity, Gas and Water

Click on Minute (half hourly), Hour, Day, Week or Month to change the granularity of the data

Use the slider to highlight a particular period and the pop up will add together the Consumption.

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Showing a particular Site

To show a particular Site, use the Filter in the top right
Click on the magnifying glass

Choose the Site

Click Submit

Click Go

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This will update all of the reports on the Site Analysis Dashboard, showing data for the selected site.

Monthly Energy Summary vs. Previous Year by Day

This report shows the total metered consumption for a site for the last calendar month (bar) and for the same period in the previous year (line). Selecting a particular day displays another report which shows the granular consumption for that day.

Monthly Energy Summary vs. Previous Year by Day

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Click on a column (day) to go to the Daily Energy Summary report, which shows the periodic consumption data for the selected day

Monthly Energy Summary (Drill Through)

The graph shows the current day and night consumption (bars) with the consumption for the same day in the previous year (line). A table of data is also displayed highlighting the percentage change in consumption for the current year time periods, compared to the previous year.

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Click X in the top right to return to the Dashboard

Site Daily Usage by Hour

This chart shows an aggregated view of the usage in each hour period for each day of the week for the last calendar month. This allows you to see where consumption in a particular hour may not be as expected when compared to other periods.

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