Sharing simulations

You can easily share simulations with external stakeholders, such as investors, lenders, or other parties involved in the financing of your renewable energy projects. Sharing simulations does not require the recipient to have a user account on Tensor Cloud.

How to share a simulation

Simulations can be shared either from the simulation list, using the three-dot menu on the right side of each simulation entry, or from the simulation view, in which case you can click the Share button in the top right corner of the screen.

To share a simulation, you simply enter or paste a list of recipient email addresses and invite them through Tensor Cloud. You can choose the invite language using the dropdown menu on the right of the Send invite button.

The recipients will then receive an email with a link to the simulation and have to authenticate themselves using their email address.

Revoking access to a simulation

If you want to revoke access to a simulation, you can do so for individual recipients by clicking the Revoke access button to the right of their email address, or for all recipients by clicking the Revoke access to all button at the bottom of the share dialog. This will invalidate the link that was sent to the recipient and they will no longer be able to view the simulation.

Setting up access expiration

By default, recipients of an invite will have access to a simulation until you manually revoke their access. If you want to ensure that recipients only have access to a simulation for a limited time, you can set up access expiration. You can enable access expiration by clicking the toggle button at the bottom of the share dialog and choosing an expiration date.

Doing so will revoke access for all recipients at midnight, Japan Standard Time, on the selected expiration date. You currently cannot automatically expire access to a simulation for individual recipients.

Security considerations

When you share a simulation, you are sharing a snapshot of the financial and technical performance of the included assets at the time the simulation was created. The recipient of the simulation will not be able to edit or further share the simulation, but they will be able to print the page or take screenshots.

Tensor Cloud is using so-called magic links to share simulations. This means that the recipient of the simulation will receive an email with a link to the simulation. The link is bound to the email address of the recipient, so even if they forward the invite email to someone else, the link will not work without re-authenticating against the email of the original recipient.

We consider this security approach a best practice for sharing sensitive information with external stakeholders. That being said, it is important to always double-check the email addresses that you share simulations with and use access expiration whenever possible. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Tensor support.