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Creating and Applying Mapping Presets

Use Mapping Presets to automatically map inventory items to background data when importing.

Mapping Presets speed up building an LCI by automating the assignment of common background data points when creating projects. You can create multiple presets for different types of projects.

Creating a Mapping Preset 

Once you have a project and assigned background data to inventory items, you can then create a Mapping Preset from the project. You must be the project owner to create a Mapping Preset from a project. 

Mapping Presets in XYCLE

Steps to create a Mapping

  1. Click the project main menu dropdown.
  2. Select Create Mapping preset.
    • If you don’t see this option, then you will likely only be a viewer of that project, as it has been shared with you from the owner. You will need to duplicate the project and then follow these steps on the copied version, where you are the owner.
  3. You will be shown a modal where you can choose a name for the mapping preset.
    • Currently this name cannot be changed after creation, but the ability to edit it is on the product roadmap. The default is the name of the project with “Mapping” added.
  4. Click Create on the “Create Mapping Preset” modal. You will see a loading indicator as the mapping is being created.
  5. If the creation is successful the modal will close and a toast notification will pop up on the bottom right of the browser window. This will include a message with a link to the newly created mapping, which you can click to view, or close the notification. It will automatically disappear after 10 seconds.

When creating a mapping, any identical values across the mapped fields are deduplicated automatically. If a unique value already has background data assigned, it will be stored in the Mapping Preset. The first instance of this value is kept, and the rest are disregarded.

 

Viewing & Editing Mapping Presets

Mapping Presets can be found under the ‘Mapping Presets’ main navigation item. 

Viewing Mapping Presets in XYCLE

Currently, you can only see your own Mapping Presets. The ability to share Mapping Presets, similar to sharing projects, is on the product roadmap. Once this is available, you will also be able to see presets that have been shared with you.


Selecting one of your created Mapping Presets will open the Preset for viewing. This table has seven columns:

  1. Inventory Item
  2. Description
  3. Region
  4. Unit
  5. Dataset
  6. Dataset Region
  7. Database

Mapping Presets can now be viewed, edited, and expanded after creation.

You can add, remove, or modify mappings directly in the preset (e.g. add new background data like “low carbon electricity”).

Preset names still cannot be changed after creation, but full editing of mappings is now supported.

Just like the Project tables, you can filter and sort the table rows.

Editing a Mapping Preset

You can now edit Mapping Presets after creation.
From within a preset, you can:

  • Add new mappings (for example, to include “low carbon electricity” or alternative datasets).
  • Remove or update existing mappings.

Changes are saved automatically once confirmed. The preset name itself cannot yet be changed.

Edit Mapping Preset in XYCLE

Using Mapping Presets

When creating a project from a template, if you have a Mapping Preset available you can select a Mapping Preset to apply to the file being imported.

To apply during project creation:

  1. On the XYCLE Projects page, click the “Create Project” button.

  2. Select the “Import from Template” dropdown option.

  3. You should see an ‘Import Project from Template’ modal with three inputs, including “Mapping Presets,” which is optional.

  4. After giving the project a name and selecting a template file to import, select one or more Mapping Presets from the dropdown.

  5. Click Create.

    • Once the newly created project loads, any items that match the Mapping Preset items will already have their background data assigned.

To apply to an existing project or scenario:

You can now apply Mapping Presets to existing projects or scenarios.
This allows you to reuse or compare different mappings without starting from scratch.

  1. Open the project or scenario.

  2. Choose Apply Mapping Preset.

  3. Select one or more presets to apply.

  4. Confirm to update the mappings in your current project or scenario.


How the Mapping Preset Equality Check Works

Mapping Presets match inventory items primarily by the Inventory Item field.

  • Matching on Unit and Region is still supported.

  • Description fields no longer need to match and can be left blank.

In future versions, you’ll be able to choose which columns to match against (for example, ignoring “Description” or “Region”).