Cashflow represents the actual inflow and outflow of cash related to business activities in Planon. It is used to register and analyze cash movements that result from contracts and invoices, providing insight into when money is received or paid.

For customers who do not use the Invoices TSI, Planon provides Cash flow (no invoices). In that case, users can skip the invoice-related topics in this documentation.

For more information about contracts and invoices, see Contracts and Invoices.

In Planon, cash flow and budgets are separate financial concepts with different purposes:

Cash flow does not create, update, or influence budgets. Instead, cash flow values can be compared with budgets to assess financial performance and identify deviations between planned and actual or forecasted results.

For more information on working with budgets in Planon, see Budgets.