FAQ

This page contains a collection of frequently asked questions that we have received from Brightway users and life-cycle practitioners.

Note

If you have questions that the documentation cannot answer, you can get in touch with the Brightway community or the Brightway developers.

• Error Messages
  • How do I resolve Unicode Errors?
• Brightway (Versions, Compatibility, etc.)
  • Versions and Compatibility
    • Versions
  • Technical Stack
    • Storing Python objects in a SQLite3 database is silly! Why not use X document database?
• Data Management
  • Where is my data saved?
  • How do I change my data directory?
  • How do I change my data directory in a conda environment?
  • How do I backup my data?
• Confusing Results
  • Why do I get negative results in ecoinvent 3.X?
• Ecoinvent Database
  • Import
    • Which Ecoinvent file should I download?
    • Unmatched exchanged when importing Ecoinvent
  • Why are activity dataset keys so confusing?
• SimaPro Interoperability
  • The global warming potential values are different in SimaPro!