Portoflio Manager Video Tutorials
Step 3D: Troubleshooting Data Entry Issues
This video series will show you how to use Energy Star Portfolio Manager to help track your building’s energy use and compare its performance to similar buildings across Canada. Portfolio Manager is a free, online energy benchmarking tool that also allows you to report your building’s energy and water use directly to the Ministry of Energy. This video covers how to troubleshoot common data entry issues.
Chapters in this video:
- Step 3D - Troubleshooting Data Entry Issues (0:11)
- How to use the copy/paste method (0:53)
- How to use the Spreadsheet Upload method (4:23)
- Tip: Include a full year of data (7:54)
- Data Entry Alerts (8:57)
- Date Meter Became Active error alert (9:20)
- Gap in Days alert (11:03)
- Overlap in Days alert (11:39)
- Negative Values alert (12:10)
- Undefined alert (13:33)
- Invalid File alert (14:05)
- TIP: Display Year(s) Field (14:39)
- General Tip: Close and re-open Portfolio Manager (15:06)
Links referenced in this video:
- Data entry alerts:
Quick tip 5: Fixing data entry alerts