This article describes the following topics regarding the reports in the Sunny Portal:
Reports are documents containing system data or system events. You can configure the content to be included in the reports and have them sent to you via e-mail from Sunny Portal.
The following report types are available:
- Info reports: Contain system data and are sent to you at regular intervals.
- Event reports: Notify you if certain events occur in the system.
Daily info report
Possible content:
- Daily yield (kWh)
- Reimbursement today
- CO2 avoided today (kg)
- Diagram of the Energy Balance page for the day*
Monthly info report
Possible content:
- Monthly yield (kWh)
- Monthly reimbursement
- Monthly CO2 avoided (kg)
- Diagram of the Energy Balance page for the month*
Event report
Possible content:
- Information
- Warnings
- Error
* Only displayed for systems with Sunny Boy Smart Energy if the report is sent as a PDF.
You can create three daily info reports and three monthly info reports with different content. Sunny Portal sends you the daily info reports when it has processed all the data of the previous day. Monthly info reports are sent as soon as Sunny Portal has processed all the data of the last day of the month.
Requirements:
- Your must have the user role “Installer” or “Administrator“.
- You must have entered the CO2 avoided factor.
Procedure:
1. Select “Configuration > Report Configuration” in the page and menu selection.
2. In the drop-down list “Report Configuration“, select “Daily info report” or “Monthly info report“.
3. Select [Edit].
4. In the area “Activate Report“, activate the checkbox “Active“.
5. In the field “E-mail Address(es)” in the “Recipient” area, enter the e-mail address(es) of the recipient(s). Separate multiple e-mail addresses by commas. The number of characters in the input field is limited. This means that you can enter only a certain number of e-mail addresses.
6. In the field “Send Report” at in the “Interval” area, set the time from which the report is to be sent.
7. In the field “Select Channel(s)” in the “Contents” area, activate the content that is to be displayed in the e-mail.
8. In the field “Send Report as” in the “Contents” area, select the format in which Sunny Portal is to send the report.
9. To send a test report to the stated e-mail address, select [Send test report].
10. Select [Save].
You can configure three event reports with different content.
Requirement:
- You must have the user role “Installer” or “Administrator“.
Procedure:
1. Select “Configuration > Report Configuration” in the page and menu selection.
2. In the drop-down list “Report Configuration“, select an event report.
3. Select [Edit].
4. In the area “Activate Report“, activate the checkbox “Active“.
5. In the field “E-mail Address(es)” in the “Recipient” area, enter the e-mail address(es) of the recipient(s). Separate multiple e-mail addresses by commas. The number of characters in the input field is limited. This means that you can enter only a certain number of e-mail addresses.
6. Configure the settings in the area “Interval“:
- To receive an hourly e-mail with the event report, activate the option Hourly.
- To receive one daily e-mail with the event report, activate the option Daily and, in the drop-down list, select the time you would like to receive the e-mail.
7. Configure the settings in the area “Contents“:
- Activate the checkboxes for the required messages. In each case, you can select up to three event types from Sunny Portal and the system: Information, Warnings, Errors.
- In the area Send Report as, select the format in which Sunny Portal is to send the report.
- In the area Limit messages in one report, use the drop-down list to select the maximum number of messages to be displayed in the e-mail.
- If you wish to send reports even if there are no new events, activate the checkbox Send empty reports if no new events are available.
8. To send a test report to the stated e-mail address, select [Send test report].
9. Select [Save].
Retroactively Generating a Report
You can create a report for a specific date in the past.
Requirement:
- You must have the user role “Installer” or “Administrator“.
Procedure:
1. Select “Configuration > Report Configuration” in the page and menu selection.
2. Select the desired report in the drop-down list “Report Configuration“.
3. In the field “Report Date” in the “Regenerate Report Manually” area, enter the date for which you wish to create a report. Tip: click the calendar icon and select a date in the calendar.
4. Select [Generate]. A message that the report has been sent successfully is displayed.
Information:
Entering the Amount of CO2 Avoided
The CO2 factor indicates how much CO2 is produced during the generation of one kilowatt hour. The CO2 factor can vary depending on the grid operator. To find out the CO2 factor for one kilowatt hour of electricity, contact your grid operator.
Sunny Portal uses the CO2 factor value to calculate how much CO2 has been saved by the power generation of your system.
You can view the amount of CO2 avoided on the following pages:
- PV system profile page
- Daily info report or Monthly info report
Requirement:
- You must have the user role “Installer” or “Administrator“.
Procedure:
- Select “Configuration > PV System Properties” in the page and menu selection.
- Select the tab Parameters.
- Select [Edit]. The menu for setting parameters opens.
- In the appropriate field in the Factor area, enter the CO2 factor or click the slide control and hold the left mouse button pressed to set the CO2 factor.
- Select [Save].