Grouping of results in Life cycle phases and materials
Posted: 25 Apr 2016 17:12
Hi everybody,
Does anybody have some ideas or tricks on how to get grouped results, so the final results are divided into:
- Total impacts in the different lifecycle phases
- Total impact related to the specific materials/elements in the product system across life cycle phases
I know there is a grouping function in the Grouping tap in the result window, where you can group the flows in the system. But my product system is comprehensive, and using this grouping function would requiere me to identify the outputflows of each process included in the system. Further more the flows are only represented once, but some of them occur several times in the system as output flows for different processes, and I would not know the allocation factor for these flows.
What I am looking for is a grouping function like the one in the GaBi software. In GaBi you can group the individual processes directly in the model-view, allowing for an easy interpretation of the results based on life cycle phases, materials or what ever you grouped the processes according to.
Currently in OpenLCA I calculate all the individual proccesses, export them and do all result handling in Excel. When the product systems becomes more comprehensive this process of calculating all individual process becomes timedemanding as well as a source of errors.
How do you guys handle your result grouping, and do you have any suggestions for a more smooth and easier way than my current?
Best regards,
Kathrine
Does anybody have some ideas or tricks on how to get grouped results, so the final results are divided into:
- Total impacts in the different lifecycle phases
- Total impact related to the specific materials/elements in the product system across life cycle phases
I know there is a grouping function in the Grouping tap in the result window, where you can group the flows in the system. But my product system is comprehensive, and using this grouping function would requiere me to identify the outputflows of each process included in the system. Further more the flows are only represented once, but some of them occur several times in the system as output flows for different processes, and I would not know the allocation factor for these flows.
What I am looking for is a grouping function like the one in the GaBi software. In GaBi you can group the individual processes directly in the model-view, allowing for an easy interpretation of the results based on life cycle phases, materials or what ever you grouped the processes according to.
Currently in OpenLCA I calculate all the individual proccesses, export them and do all result handling in Excel. When the product systems becomes more comprehensive this process of calculating all individual process becomes timedemanding as well as a source of errors.
How do you guys handle your result grouping, and do you have any suggestions for a more smooth and easier way than my current?
Best regards,
Kathrine