How Constellation workflows are usually organized
Public Constellation Navigator utility bill management materials typically describe:- Consolidation of utility bills across multiple locations and providers
- Reporting by line item, meter, and location
- Bill audit and payment-adjacent workflows
How your Constellation data maps to Nectar
| Constellation-style source concept | Nectar destination | Migration notes |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio and location groups | Company + site | Preserve your regional or business-unit structure. |
| Utility account records | Account | Keep account IDs for reconciliation and audit. |
| Meter-level reporting entities | Meter | Map utility types and measurement units directly. |
| Utility bill records | Bill | Import period boundaries, totals, and key charge fields. |
| Consumption metrics | Usage data | Normalize unit conventions before migration. |
| Audit exception logs | Data Quality issue queues | Move exception handling into structured, trackable workflows. |
Recommended onboarding plan
Prioritize the first migration wave
Choose high-impact sites and utility types for the pilot. Keep scope tight to accelerate validation.
Extract account, meter, and bill history
Export representative historical records and define source-of-truth fields used in monthly reporting.
Map and validate in Nectar
Build field mappings, import pilot data, and reconcile by billing period and site totals.
Enable future-state intake
Configure automated connections and fallback upload flows to reduce manual handling.
What improves in Nectar
- Faster onboarding and scaling for new utility sources
- Better cross-team collaboration for issue management
- Cleaner end-to-end path from intake to analytics and export
Features to evaluate in Nectar
Depending on your current package and process, Nectar may add:- Client-facing magic links for streamlined source collection
- Unified record-level edits across bills, accounts, meters, and usage
- Purpose-built data quality and completeness workflows
Nectar support during migration
Nectar provides:- Mapping workshops and migration checklists
- Pilot reconciliation and acceptance sign-off
- Structured go-live and post-cutover support