Create private data

Creating private data libraries will help standardize data within your company and ensure uniform usage with consistent background hypotheses.

1. Create a new project – activate the option: use private data (this action must be approved by an admin)

2. Database:

• private data are tagged with the name of the organization
• public data don’t have an organization tag, they come from the selected database (eg. Base Impacts)

3. Create new data:

• You can either create new data from scratch one by one (this can be useful when using the results of a supplier's LCA or those found in the literature regarding a material or a process for instance), or import several data from an excel file

• You can also make changes to existing public data by duplicating it choosing static or dynamic duplication

Static duplication: this function copies the public data breaking the link between duplicated data and the original one

Dynamic duplication: it copies the data keeping the link with the original one. Each time the database is updated in the software, the data created using the dynamic link is also updated. To keep specific information, click on edit the data and use the pin function. This will break the link with the original data, keeping the pinned information unchanged even if the original data has been updated.

Note: When editing the data, you will have access to the data description at the top (name of the original data duplicated from and pinned values).

The data customization function (changing name and information) is available to users who have the right to do so: admin and data manager. If you don’t have the right, please contact your license administrator so they can allow you to make these changes.