How to: Configure Accounts for Cash Flow Setup

When you use the Suggest Worksheet Lines batch job to make cash flow forecasts, you must make sure that the relevant information in cash flow forecasts appears in the correct accounts. Therefore, you must establish which cash flow accounts should be used for the entries in the areas of general ledger, purchase, sales, service, and fixed assets.

To configure cash flow accounts for cash flow setup

  1. In the Search box, enter Cash Flow Setup, and then choose the related link.

  2. In the Cash Flow Setup window, on the General FastTab, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

    Field Description

    Receivables CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for open receivables are recorded. Open customer ledger entries are used to calculate the open receivables.

    Payables CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for open payables are recorded. Open vendor ledger entries are used to calculate the open payables.

    Sales Order CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for open sales orders are recorded. All sales orders that are not yet fully invoiced are used to calculate the open sales order amount.

    Service CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for open service orders are recorded. All service orders that are not yet fully invoiced are used to calculate the open service order amount.

    Purch. Order CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for open purchase orders are recorded. All purchase orders that are not yet fully invoiced are used to calculate the open purchase order amount.

    FA Budget CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for the budgeted purchase of fixed assets are recorded.

    FA Disposal CF Account No.

    Enter the number of the cash flow account in which the values for the planned disposal of fixed assets are recorded.

    Cash Flow No. Series

    Select the number series that you want to use for number cash flow forecasts.

    Note

    The integration with liquid funds and general ledger budget is managed in the chart of cash flow accounts.

  3. On the Numbering FastTab, fill in the fields as described in the following table.

    Field Description

    Cash Flow No. Series

    Select the number series that you want to use for number cash flow forecasts.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Set Up Cash Flow Forecasts
How to: Set Up the Chart of Cash Flow Accounts

Concepts

Cash Flow Overview

Other Resources

Suggest Worksheet Lines