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Business Units & Collections

Organize locations and sources into logical groupings

Written by Sanders Lazier
Updated over 2 months ago

Business Units

Business Units allow you to organize your locations and sources into logical groupings that reflect your organizational structure. For example, you might create business units for different divisions, departments, or regional offices.

This feature is particularly useful for large organizations that need to:

  • Report emissions by division or department

  • Compare performance across different parts of the organization

  • Align emissions tracking with existing organizational hierarchies

  • Enable departmental accountability for emissions reduction

Note: to avoid duplicate reporting, sources can only be related to one business unit. If you wish to create reports without this limitation use collections.

Creating a Business Unit

To get started with Business Units follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to your “Reporting” page

  2. Select the Business Units tab

  3. Select Create New

  4. Enter the name for your Business Unit

  5. Add sources to your Business Unit

    1. You can filter the list of sources by Location

    1. You can only add a source to one business unit

  6. Once you have all the sources within your Business Unit selected click Save

Managing Business Units

To view and manage your Business Unit follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to your “Reporting” page

  2. Select the Business Units tab

  3. Select the Business Unit you want to edit

  4. Within the Business Unit details there are several actions you can take

    • Editing the Business Units Select the “edit” button , you can modify the business units name, and included sources.

    • Removing Sources from a Business Unit Select the “-” button within the source list to remove it from the business units (note that this doesn’t remove the source from the system, just from this business unit).

    • Deleting a Business Unit To delete a collection select the “edit” button. At the bottom of the edit drawer you will see a delete button.

Business Unit Reporting

To view data associated to a business unit within a report follow these steps:

  1. Select the Reporting tab and go to the report builder

  2. Select the “Business Unit” report type

  3. Select which Business Units you would like to display in the report

  4. Select what date range you would like to report on

  5. Select how you would like to view your data (either by year, quarter, or month)

  6. Select “Run Report” button

  7. View your data

Collections

Collections provide a flexible way to group emission sources that don't necessarily follow your organizational structure. While Business Units mirror your org chart, Collections let you create custom groupings for specific analytical purposes.

Use collections to group sources by:

  • Project — Track emissions related to a specific initiative or construction project

  • Emission Type — Group all transportation sources together regardless of location

  • Reporting Requirement — Assemble the exact set of sources needed for a specific regulatory report

  • Custom Criteria — Any other grouping that helps your analysis

Creating a Collection

To get started with Collection follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to Reporting

  2. Select the Collections tab

  3. Select Create New

  4. Enter the name for your Collection

  5. Add sources to your Collection

    1. You can filter the list of sources by Location

  6. Once you have all the sources within your collection selected click Save

Managing Collections

Within the Collection details there are several actions you can take

  • Editing the Collection Select the “edit” button , you can modify the collection name, and included sources.

  • Removing Sources from Collection Select the “-” button within the source list to remove it from the collection (note that this doesn’t remove the source from the system, just from this collection).

  • Deleting a Collection To delete a collection select the “edit” button. At the bottom of the edit drawer you will see a delete button.

Collection Reporting

To view data associated to a collection within a report follow these steps:

  1. Navigate Report Builder through the Reports Page

  2. Select the “Collection” report type

  3. Select which collections you would like to display in the report

  4. Select what date range you would like to report on

  5. Select how you would like to view your data (either by year, quarter, or month)

  6. Select “Run Report” button

  7. View your data

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