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Data Connectors & Integrations

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Data validation during loading

Customers need better information when loading data and they need it sooner. Some things get flagged, like if it fails due to incorrect dates, but many other things do not easily reveal the cause of the data loading error. You've got to go to deli...
2 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Submitted

More connector flexibility

Related to data validation - the connectors are so rigid that if there is any deviation in the data, the data won't come into the system. Would like to have more flexibility so that they can make small changes without breaking the connector. [From...
2 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Submitted

Put load or parse issues in layman's terms for mass data uploads

It is very difficult to know what is going wrong when a file is being uploaded for mass data uploads. The issue should be very clear in terms of what is going wrong and the language should be something that common people can understand. Additional...
2 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Submitted

Flat file custom connector and the need for a unique identifier

Currently, the flat file custom connector requires a unique identifier to work correctly. Unfortunately, we can't ensure vendors will input a unique identifier in the file and creating one manually defeats the purpose of having a connector in the ...
5 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Submitted

New EnergyStar Portfolio Manager Meter Names Created by Envizi Sync are Too Long/Redundant - Remove Extraneous Information

When an Envizi ESPM sync creates new accounts in ESPM (ESPM meters), the target name includes a lot of extraneous information not in the Envizi Item Number/Account Number. ESPM has a character limit of sixty for meter names, resulting in critical ...
17 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Building Ratings & Benchmarks / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Submitted

Automated extraction of data from uploaded documents

To have the ability to upload an invoice to Envizi and for the pertinent information to be extracted would be a game changer and save so much time. The auditability of the data would be second to none and the way it would help avoid human errors w...
5 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 0 Future consideration

Upgrade to Arcadia's Snowflake Datahub

Envizi is currently using an outdated version of Arcadia's service, UDS, and should upgrade to the newer version through the Snowflake data hub. this would solve some data problems, issues with needing MFA for invoice collection, and could allow u...
23 days ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 1

Allow better precision of data in the Universal Connector template

We are unable to load small tCO2e figures into the Accounts using Universal Connector template if the precision of the figures are for example six decimal places. I think the Universal Connector template only allows figures up to four decimal plac...
12 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 1 Not under consideration

API for updating and extracting data

Required for Envizi to be the central system of "the truth". If its not possible to integrate with other internal systems Envizi will become a secondary reporting system for ESG data.
almost 2 years ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 4 Future consideration

Ability to block automated creation of the Accounts

When we are loading the transactional data using the Universal Connector, the Accounts are created automatically if they didn't exist prior. We would like to be able to block this behaviour, because we would like to be in full control of the Accou...
12 months ago in IBM Envizi - ESG Suite / Data Connectors & Integrations 2 Not under consideration

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