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A physical system represents an actual photovoltaic installation that exists in the real world. It includes real hardware – such as inverters, meters, modules, and sensors – and displays live operational data collected directly from the site.
Find the configuration workflow at the physical system’s system level > 
Site data and photo
Site data
If you just set up the new system, you already entered its site data, and you do not have to do anything else here. See also Site data.
Site photo
If a 
Responsibilities
Assign responsibilities for certain system topics. See Responsibilities.
Technical data
If there is 
Set up subsystems, to specify the system’s technical components, such as inverters, modules, trackers, or batteries, and to define a default system plan. See Subsystems and technical data.
Data sources
If
Add a data source, for example a data logger, to import data into the portal. See Adding a data source to import data into VCOM. For adding a bluelog Neo or a blue’Log XM/XC, go directly to bluelog Neo data logger or blue'Log XM/XC data logger.
Once you have added the data source, all connected devices now appear under 
Further actions
Also check the other configuration options under
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To ensure alarms work properly, configure your strings properly:
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For string inverter, see String inverter inputs.
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For string combiner boxes, see SCBs/String combiner boxes.
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To calculate battery KPIs correctly, configure the operating parameters of your battery devices under Battery devices. See Configure the battery devices' operating parameters.
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Configure Other devices. See also Other devices.
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You can configure error states (0 or 1), e.g. fault messages, under Digital signals. If you have not manually set the error state, it will be displayed as 0.
Other
Terms
With terms, you define formulas to calculate your system’s basic or user-defined data points. The terms E_Z_EVU (Actual generated energy, formerly: PV yield counter) and G_M0 (Plane of array irradiance)is mandatory for your system setup. Without it, basic calculation can not be performed and most of the charts can not be displayed.
To configure terms, see Terms.
Report
legacy only If displayed, the report item redirects you only to the legacy reporting module.
To directly configure new reports, see Reporting.
Meter management
When setting up the basic framework for your system, a meter of the type Solar energy meter is automatically added to your system, and you can edit its settings. See Meter.
If 
Standard alarms
Before setting up your alarms, ensure no issues appear under System structure. Then set up your alarms and alarm notifications as described under Smart alarms.
System structure
If there are any issues with your configuration, they will be displayed in this section.
Examples of system structure issues
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You need to check the assignment of inverters to subsystems.
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You need to check that the normalizing scale factor is set for inverters.
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If the number of inverters in the import file from your data source is different from the number of inverters specified in the subsystem.
If there are no system configuration issues anymore, 
FAQs
Further actions
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Set up the power flow chart. See Power control tab
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Set up self-consumption. See Self-consumption terms and Power flows chart.