SERAM is a time-based reporting system (in contrast to event-based).

Time-based data is data related to a specific time span, such as a month or a year.

This is very suited for data such as:

• Data from invoices, such as purchased energy 
• Consolidated ERP data, such as units produced
• Consolidated HR data, such as number of employees
• Emission factors, such as country mix CO2e for electric energy used

Different time span distributions are supported in SERAM, such as:

• Gregorian Year: 1 year with 12 months
• Fiscal Year: 1 year with 4 quarters with 3 months each
• Academic Year: 1 year with 2 semesters with 6 months each
• 4-4-5/4-5-4/5-4-4 Calendar: 1 year with 4 quarters with 3 months each with 4 or 5 weeks each
• Equal Month Year: 1 year with 13 months with 4 weeks each

And other time districutions can be created if needed.