--- title: Setting up your Power Hierarchy --- [Skip to content](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy#main-content) - [English](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Deutsch](https://support.sensorfact.eu/de/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Español](https://support.sensorfact.eu/es/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Français](https://support.sensorfact.eu/fr/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Italiano](https://support.sensorfact.eu/it/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Nederlands](https://support.sensorfact.eu/nl/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) English Show submenu for translations ![sensorfact\_new\_logo](https://support.sensorfact.eu/hubfs/00.%20Archive/sensorfact_new_logo.svg) Open main navigation Close main navigation - - [English](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Deutsch](https://support.sensorfact.eu/de/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Español](https://support.sensorfact.eu/es/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Français](https://support.sensorfact.eu/fr/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Italiano](https://support.sensorfact.eu/it/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) - [Nederlands](https://support.sensorfact.eu/nl/knowledge/setting-up-your-power-hierarchy) English Show submenu for translations - [Go to Best Practices Hub](https://support.sensorfact.eu/resource-hub) [Go to Best Practices Hub](https://support.sensorfact.eu/resource-hub?hsLang=en) What are you looking for? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge?hsLang=en) 2. [Dashboard & Insights](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/dashboard-insights?hsLang=en) 3. [Energy management](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/dashboard-insights?hsLang=en#energy-management) # Setting up your Power Hierarchy ## Configure the Power Hierarchy to reflect the facility’s physical electrical flow, ensuring accurate site-wide totals and eliminating double counting across multiple measurement levels. ### **What is the Power Hierarchy** The Power Hierarchy is a visual tree structure that allows you to organize assets by defining parent–child relationships. It represents how electricity physically flows through your facility: from where energy enters the site, through distribution boards or transformers, down to individual machines. The Power Hierarchy is especially useful when you are measuring energy on multiple levels (e.g. individual machines, distribution boards, transformers and a main meter).  [Read here](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/add-virtual-unmeasured-assets-to-the-power-hierarchy?hsLang=en)how to add virtual assets (assets which aren't measured by a sensor/device) to the Power Hierarchy. ### **Where is this Power Hierarchy used** The Power Hierarchy is used in: - [Energy Flow](https://app.sensorfact.nl/electricity/analysis/energy-flow) (Sankey) chart: Track the energy flows from distribution boards down to individual machines as defined in the Power Hierarchy, see more information [here](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/analyzing-energy-flows-with-the-energy-flow-sankey-chart?hsLang=en). ![](https://support.sensorfact.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Apr-13-2026-11-10-57-0997-AM.png?width=1832&height=848&name=image-png-Apr-13-2026-11-10-57-0997-AM.png) - Asset Tree: Switch to the Hierarchy view to see assets structured according to their electrical flow. In addition, when selecting the main site in the asset selector, totals are calculated correctly without double counting energy across multiple measurement levels. ![](https://support.sensorfact.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-17-2025-01-36-58-6209-PM.png?width=344&height=422&name=image-png-Dec-17-2025-01-36-58-6209-PM.png)   ### **How to configure the Power Hierarchy** You can configure the Power Hierarchy by navigating to Settings → Electricity Settings → [Power Hierarchy](https://app.sensorfact.nl/settings/electricity/power-hierarchy).  ![](https://support.sensorfact.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-20-2026-03-01-00-5519-PM.png?width=670&height=416&name=image-png-Jan-20-2026-03-01-00-5519-PM.png) In the hierarchy: - The parent represents where the energy flows from - The child represents where the energy flows to You can configure your Power Hierarch in two ways: 1\) Drag & drop: - Click on an asset; - Drop it into another asset to make it a child of that asset. 2\) Via the ⋮ (three-dot) menu - Click on the three-dot menu next to an asset; - Click on the ‘Move to’; - In the dialog, choose a new parent asset. ![](https://support.sensorfact.eu/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Dec-17-2025-01-40-12-2579-PM.png?width=501&height=221&name=image-png-Dec-17-2025-01-40-12-2579-PM.png) ### **FAQ**: What is the difference between the Power Hierarchy and Groups? The Power Hierarchy should be a reflection of the real electrical infrastructure of your plant, meaning how assets are electrically connected and how energy flows between them. Groups are a more flexible way to organise assets, for example by asset type, location, production line. Can I create virtual assets? Virtual assets are assets without a sensor attached. They can be useful to represent parts of the electrical infrastructure that are not directly measured, such as distribution boards. [Read here](https://support.sensorfact.eu/knowledge/add-virtual-unmeasured-assets-to-the-power-hierarchy?hsLang=en) more about how to create virtual assets. I do not measure energy on multiple levels. What should I do? By default, all assets are placed at the top level of the hierarchy. If you do not measure energy on multiple levels, no action is required. 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