Navigating Cash Flow Manager

The main window is referred to as the Workspace. This window contains and displays the perspectives and their applicable panels and sub-panels to which you can drill down to display and work with further detailed cash flow forecast information.

The Workspace consists of several preloaded layers of information. You have three ways of accessing these layers and the information you require. These are described below.

Note: The individual icons that are available in the Workspace are described in section Icons below.

Menu bar

All menus, functions, options and dropdown lists can be accessed from the Top menu bar.

Sidebar shortcuts

Shortcut icons are available in a Sidebar for quick and easy access to the preloaded information.

Toggle the Sidebar and its shortcuts by either clicking View in the top menu bar and select Sidebar. Or, you can right-click in the top menu bar and select Shortcuts.

Navigator

A Navigator tree is available on the left-hand side of the Workspace. To expand the tree, the left-hand Sidebar must be activated (see the previous step) and then you click the Navigator icon:

Icons

The following icons are available in the Workspace and on its panels:

Icon	Description
	Show/Hide Navigator. Click the Navigator icon on the Sidebar to expand the tree structure for quick access to all panels and perspectives.
	Roles. Use this icon to change to another role.
	Connections. Use this icon to select the default company among your connected companies or to go to the Login panel.
	Perspectives. Use this icon to select a new perspective. See section Perspectives below.
	Panel types. Use this icon to show available panels grouped by panel type. See section Panel types below.
	Business objects. Use this icon to show available panels by business object. See section Business objects below.
	Refresh. Use this icon to refresh data on all opened panels in the Workspace.
	Search (F4). Use this icon to access the key search panel to display valid keys for the selected input key. The selected key is returned to the panel where the search was initiated.
	Sub-panels. Use this icon to access a dropdown list with the sub-panels that are active for the current panel.
	More. Use this icon to display more functions for the panel, such as printing information, working with the active panel/view, and exporting values to other file formats.
	Toggle filter. Use this icon to work with default filter definitions.
	Grouping bar. This toolbar contains icons for grouping and subtotalling. Subtotal rows are used for summarizing data and for displaying outlines. This makes it possible to group data and display calculated totals on different levels that you can expand and collapse. Use the Show groupings icon to display the grid in outline mode. To go back into normal mode, click on the same icon again. In outline mode it is possible to display details (expand all lines) by clicking on the Show details icon or to hide details (collapse all lines) by clicking on the Hide details icon. Note: You can customise this icon by right-clicking in the top menu bar and selecting Customise, or you can select Grouping to retrieve all grouping icons to the menu bar directly.
	View – Transpose. Use this icon to transpose (view columns to the left and the dates as columns) the Calendar view. This may be useful if not all columns fit on the panel and you want to get an overview of all expected payments on a daily level. See Analyse the cash flow forecast for more information. Note: You can customise this icon by right-clicking the grey area of the top menu bar and selecting Customise or you can select View to retrieve the icon to the menu bar directly.

The PlannerView application contains workspaces for different roles. This routine describes the Cash Flow Manager role. First you need to log on to your assigned role in the company:

Do as follows:

Right-click on the company you want to work in and enter your user ID and password. Mark your role and click Show workspace.

Note: It is possible to switch to any other role to which you are authorised while working in your assigned role.

A Perspective is a number of panels which are arranged, sized and grouped together. When you open a Perspective all included panels are opened.

All functions or processes supported in CFM are defined by their own Perspective (e.g., cash flow forecast values, sales orders and purchase orders). You can easily switch between the defined perspectives in your role, but only one perspective can be active at a time. The Perspective you are currently working with is shown in the title of the Workspace. You can customise your own perspective and define it as your Startup perspective. See Customise a perspective.

Five Perspectives are preloaded. Each one displays cash flow forecast details for the following transactions shown in either system, reporting, or transaction currency depending on which perspective you selected or how you have customised your Workspace:

1. Cash flow forecast values
2. A/P transactions
3. A/R transactions
4. Sales order lines
5. Purchase order lines

Note: If you want to access another perspective simply click Perspectives and select the applicable perspective from the dropdown menu or from the Sidebar icon Perspectives. You do not have to close all open panels first. They will automatically be closed before the panels are reloaded with other selected values.

Four Panel types are preloaded and described in the subsequent sub-sections. Each panel is of a certain panel type and holds information related to a certain business object. This makes it possible to open a panel either from its Panel type or its Business object (see section Business objects below).

Each panel type displays information in a specific way. All available CFM panels are arranged by panel type. They can be found from the top menu bar or the sidebar.

Calendar view

This is the main view from where you analyse your cash flow forecast. The following five calendar views are preloaded:

• Cash flow forecast in system currency
• Cash flow forecast in reporting currency
• Cash flow forecast in transaction currency
• Cash flow forecast in revaluated system currency
• Cash flow forecast in revaluated reporting currency

Task list

This is the view from where you work with your cash flow forecast. The following Tasks are preloaded:

• A/P and A/R transactions
• A/P and A/R transactions in transaction currency
• Cash flow forecast values
• Cash flow forecast values in transaction currency
• Due cash flow forecast values
• Due cash flow forecast values in transaction currency
• Sales and purchase order lines
• Sales and purchase order lines in transaction currency

Collection

This is the view from where you maintain and update your cash flow forecast. The following Collection views are preloaded:

• Cash and bank accounts
• Cash flow forecast types
• Expected payment deviation days
• Historical expected payment deviation days

Browser

This panel type gives you easy access to a browser environment.

The business objects are sorted according to line of business for easy access. For the role, a business object is a relevant object that is used to organize the different panels available in the role. In the Panel type section you can find and open all available panels by their panel type. In the business objects section you can find and open all available panels by their main business object.

The following Cash flow Business objects are preloaded:

• Cash flow forecast types
• Cash and bank accounts
• Expected payment deviation days
• Historical expected payment deviation days
• Cash flow forecast in system, reporting, or transaction currency
• Cash flow forecast values
• Cash flow forecast values in transaction currency
• Due cash flow forecast values
• Due cash flow forecast values in transaction currency
• Sales and purchase order lines
• Sales and purchase order lines in transaction currency
• Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
• A/R and A/P transactions in transaction currency

From a source panel you can link a number of other panels available in the role. The linked panels are called Sub-panels. The sub-panels are not opened when the source panel is opened. Instead they are opened by the user on demand.