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Template field descriptions

Here you will find a brief explanation of each field as used in the import templates

Fields
Description
Activity categories

Description

Free text field to give a short description of the data entry.

All

Start date

Date when the activity related to the data entry took place. The date can be a year (in format "yyyy"), a month (in format "mm/yyyy"), or a day (in format "dd/mm/yyyy").

All

End date

Date when the activity related to the data entry ended. The date can be a year (in format "yyyy"), a month (in format "mm/yyyy"), or a day (in format "dd/mm/yyyy").

All

Organizational Unit

Part of the organizational structure to which the specific data entry belongs.

All

Keyword

Keyword names per activity type (see Boundaries - Emission factors for the dataset for each type).

  • By_Mass: Item

  • By_Value: Item

  • Electricity: Country

  • Fuels: Fuel

  • Heat: Product

  • Industrial emissions: Substance

  • Transport: Vehicle

  • Waste: Material

All

Detail

Detail names per activity type (see Boundaries - Emission factors for the dataset for each type).

  • By_Mass: Detail

  • By_Value: Detail

  • Electricity: Contract

  • Fuels: Origin

  • Heat: Detail

  • Industrial emissions: none

  • Transport: Mode

  • Waste: Disposal

All

Factor Unit

The unit of the emission factor.

All

Volume

Numeric value of the activity data. This volume number will be multiplied with the emission factor number to calculate the corresponding carbon emissions. You only need to fill in the volume for the Single Value formula (= no formula terms).

All

Load

The amount of people travelled or freight was transported.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Unit (load)

The unit of the load.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Distance

Distance over which people travelled or freight was transported. The distance is assumed to be the single-way distance.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Unit (distance)

The unit of the distance.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Departure

Location of departure. This location could be a country, city or airport.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Arrival

Location of arrival. This location could be a country, city or airport.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Trip count

Number of journeys.

Upstream Transport, Business Travel, Commuting, Downstream Transport

Amount

Amount of the goods, services or assets that are consumed.

Capital Goods

Amortization period

The period over which you want to amortize the amount. The unit is always years.

Capital Goods

Traded From

All

[Custom field]

All

Notes

Free text field to add additional information to the data entry. The notes can be used to add assumptions, sources, comments, etc.

All

Validation check

Automated check that a correct combination of Keyword - Detail - Unit is being used. There is no need to import this column.

All

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In the context of , this is the part of the organizational structure from which the related good or service was acquired (i.e. the seller).

Value for a as defined in Company Settings. The name of the field should be given as the column header.

intercompany trade
custom field