In this article, you will learn how to create and view a load profile to understand the daily pattern of your energy consumption and identify peaks for further investigation.

On the dashboard where you want to add a new Daily Load Profile widget, click Add Widget and select Daily Load Profile in the pop-up.
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In the Select Meter step, you will pick the Energy type and then the Company, Portfolio, Building and Meter you want to monitor.

Once you have selected the meter and building(s), choose a time range and the interval you would like to see.

Select the days you want to analyze and then the interval to change the timescale on your graph. You can also set up a comparison to previous month or year.

Normalize by area (size, in square footage) or by degree days to eliminate any skews in your data set.

Adjust the title as needed to reflect the details you've built into your widget. Select "Show settings as subtitle" to include the comparison and days that are being analyzed by this widget.

After you select Finish, the widget will appear on your dashboard.

On the Daily Load Profile Widget, hover over the chart to view the values. If you have selected the comparison option, you will see 2 lines. The vertical dotted line will help you view the date more easily.

You can add multiple Daily Load Profile widgets for different buildings and rename them so that at a glance you can see what buildings they refer too, allowing you to model your whole portfolio in one dashboard. You can also create a Daily Load Profile widget and compare it against Peak Electrical Demand to investigate peak consumption and identify the root cause.