Target comparison

Last updated May 11, 2026

Target comparison places a target line on organization, site, and meter level charts based on a selected billing year.

You can configure the target line in the Settings menu (Gear icon) or in the Sites and Meters module menu.

Set a target comparison

  1. Open the Sites and Meters module menu or the Settings menu (Gear icon).
  2. Click Target Comparison Settings.
  3. Open the Target Comparison dialog by clicking the pencil icon.
  4. Update your target line label.
  5. Set the base year.
  6. Check the options you want to enable.
  7. Add the percentage value as a decimal.

For example, 0.5 means you want to reduce by 50%.

Edit Target Comparison Settings dialog with a Target Line Label of Target, Base Year 2021, and target lines enabled for cost charts (1 × cost of base year), use charts (1 × use of base year), and emissions charts (.9 × emissions of base year).

Billing Period Data Commodity view for City Hall with Sewer selected, showing the Total Cost Summary by Commodity chart for 2022 through 2025 YTD with a 2025 Target line and a 2025 YTD Target line, and a table of costs by year.

Target lines in emissions widgets

After you enable a target comparison line you can view it on the Carbon Footprint widget by setting Show Target Line filter = Yes.

Chart filters with Number of Years equals 4, Rollup Period equals Yearly, Group By equals Scope, and the Show Target Line filter set to Yes and highlighted.

When the line is visible and you hover over individual bars (representing years), the tooltip includes goal progress. This is the progress towards your emissions goal as of that year.

Emissions chart tooltip for 2022 showing Scope 1 at 640 t CO₂e, Scope 2 at 4,265 t CO₂e, and a total of 4,905 t CO₂e, beside the 2023 Target and 2023 YTD Target labels.

Target lines in emissions reports

The Emissions Summary report (Report-44) lets you see your target comparison progress in both a chart and a table format.

If the Emissions target comparison is turned on, the report compares your base year to the five most recent years.

  • The chart shows the comparison line and the table has a column with your progress towards your goal for each year. If the target comparison is turned off, these features are not on the report.