How to: Set Up Cash Flow Forecasts
You must create a cash flow forecast card and complete the corresponding setup for each cash flow forecast. For example, you can set up a cash flow forecast card for every month to calculate the forecasted cash inflows and outflows of your business and to save the values as history.
To set up cash flow forecasts
In the Search box, enter Cash Flow Forecasts, and then choose the related link.
On the Home tab, in the New group, choose New to set up a new cash flow forecast.
In the No. field, press Enter to use the next number from the number series. This field is required.
In the Description field, enter a description for the cash flow forecast.
Select the Consider Discount check box to include the discounts that are assigned in entries and documents in the cash flow forecast.
Select the Consider Pmt. Disc. Tol. Date check box to have the payment discount tolerance date considered when the cash flow date is calculated.
Note
You can select the check box only if you select the Consider Discount check box.
Select the Consider Pmt. Tol. Amount check box to use the payment tolerance amounts from the posted customer and vendor ledger entries in addition to the payment tolerance amounts from the general ledger for sales and purchase orders in the cash flow forecast.
Select the Consider CF Payment Terms check box to use the Cash Flow Payment Terms Code that is set up on a customer and the Cash Flow Payment Terms Code that is set up on a vendor. If the check box is not selected, the payment terms from the posted customer ledger entries or vendor ledger entries and the sales, service, or purchase orders are used.
Select the Show in Chart on Role Center check box to display the cash flow forecast chart on the Role Center.
In the G/L Budget From field, enter the start date from which you want to use the budget values from the general ledger in the cash flow forecast.
In the G/L Budget To field, enter the last date from which you want to use the budget values from the general ledger in the cash flow forecast.
Manual payments cover both manual revenues and manual expenses. In the Manual Payments From field, enter the start date from which manual revenues and manual expenses should be included in the cash flow forecast. In the Manual Payments To field, enter the last date from which manual revenues and manual expenses should be included in the cash flow forecast.
To add comments to cash flow forecasts
On the Navigate tab, in the Cash Flow Forecast group, choose Comments to enter additional information in a cash flow forecast. This additional information can be about the contents of the fields in the card. You add these comments as text lines.
Choose the OK button to close the window.
Note
This procedure is optional.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Set Up the Chart of Cash Flow Accounts
How to: Configure Accounts for Cash Flow Setup
Concepts
Cash Flow Forecast Dates and Amounts
Scenario Example: Calculating Cash Flow Dates and Amounts for Open Invoices
Cash Flow Overview
Other Resources
Cash Flow Forecast Card
Cash Flow Payment Terms Code
Cash Flow Payment Terms Code