Exercise - Set up reference data for the operating unit and facilities

Completed

In this exercise, you'll set up the Contoso, Texas profile along with the Houston and Fulshear facilities. For more information, see Set up a company profile.

Prerequisite

To complete this exercise, you'll need to have the Microsoft Sustainability Manager environment set up with the Set up your training environment fictional scenario demo data.

Task: Access the Sustainability Manager application

In this task, Jessie will provide Devon and Remy the steps that they need to access the Sustainability Manager application.



Artwork showing a fictitious person named Jessie Irwin.
Jessie Irwin

Hi Devon and Remy, I'm Jessie. I’ll walk you through the steps to access the Microsoft Sustainability Manager.



  1. While using an InPrivate or Incognito window, go to Microsoft Power Apps.

  2. Select the correct sustainability environment from the Environment dropdown menu in the upper-right corner.

  3. On the left side of the page, select Apps.

  4. Select the play button next to the Sustainability Manager application.

    Screenshot of Power Apps on the Apps page with the Sustainability Manager app highlighted.

This selection will take you to the Home page for Microsoft Sustainability Manager.

Screenshot of Sustainability Manager with the area navigation menu highlighted and the Analytics area selected.

Acting as Jessie's persona, you've now successfully provided instructions to Devon and Remy on how to access the Sustainability Manager application.

Task: Set up the company facilities

In this task, Devon sets up the Contoso, Texas organizational unit and the new Houston and Fulshear facilities for Contoso Coffee in Sustainability Manager.



Artwork showing a fictitious person named Remy Morris.
Remy Morris

Hi Devon, we need to begin accounting for Scope 3 carbon emissions at Contoso, Texas. Please set up Contoso Texas as an organizational unit and set up the Houston and Fulshear facilities. Thank you!

Yes, Remy, I'll start setting up the organizational unit and the facilities!

Artwork showing a fictitious person named Devon Torres.
Devon Torres



  1. In the left navigation pane, select Settings > Company profile.

  2. Switch to the Structure tab.

  3. Select Contoso USA and then select Add to add a new organizational unit underneath.

    Screenshot of the Structure tab on the Company profile page, with the Add button highlighted and Contoso USA selected under Organizational unit.

  4. Enter the following data for organizational unit and then select Save.

    • Name - Contoso Texas

    • Organizational unit type - Department

    Screenshot of the New Organizational unit dialog with the Name and Organizational unit type information filled in.

  5. When the Organizational hierarchies tab appears, select + New Organizational hierarchy.

  6. Set the following values and then select Save & Close.

    • Parent - Contoso USA

    • Effective start date - The first day of the current year (MM/DD/YYYY)

    Screenshot of the New Organizational hierarchy area with the Parent and Effective start date fields filled in.

  7. On the Organizational unit page, select Save & Close to return to the Company profile.

  8. Go to the company Organizational profile page, open the Facilities tab page, and then select Add facility.

    Screenshot of the Facilities tab with the Add facility button highlighted.

  9. Create a new facility with the following details and then select Save & Close.

    • Name - Contoso Coffee Houston

    • Address line 1 - Henry Rd.

    • City - Houston

    • State - TX

    • Zip - 77060

    • Country - United States of America

    Screenshot of the New Facility page with the Houston information filled in.

  10. Repeat the previous steps to add another new facility and then select Save & Close.

    • Name - Contoso Coffee Fulshear

    • Address line 1 - Fulshear Bend Ln

    • City - Fulshear

    • State - TX

    • Zip - 77441

    • Country: United States of America

    Screenshot of the New Facility page with the Fulshear information filled in.

Acting as Devon's persona, you've successfully created the Contoso, Texas organizational unit and two facilities in Houston and Fulshear. You'll complete the Scope 3 emission calculations for Category 2, Category 4, and Category 1 in the subsequent three exercises.

The following tasks were completed in this exercise:

  • Jessie, the sustainability lead from Contoso Corp, explained how to access the Sustainability Manager app to colleagues from Contoso, Texas.

  • Devon, the sustainability specialist, and Remy, the emissions analyst, collaborated to set up the organizational unit and facilities in Sustainability Manager.