Cash Flow
You know which budget and financing plan a cash flow plan reads, when you choose them and how you compare a second scenario.
A cash flow plan reads two sources: a budget or a cost control set for the expenses, and a financing plan for the income. You choose both when you create the plan in **New Cash Flow**. After that, you cannot change them. The plan copies no budget or financing amounts. KOSMA calculates them from the two sources, so you change them in the budget, the cost control set or the financing plan. Credit lines and transfers belong to the plan itself.
In the plan, **Linked Sources** shows the names of both sources: first the budget or cost control set, then the financing plan. Changes in the budget or cost control set always show in the plan. Changes in the financing plan show in a plan created with **Update**. What a plan created with **Snapshot** keeps is described in [create a cash flow plan](/kb/article/create-a-cash-flow-plan).
For the expenses, a plan reads either a budget or a cost control set built on that budget.
| Expenses source | The plan shows | | ------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | A budget | the planned costs, dated by the cash flow rules of the accounts | | A cost control set | paid cost items on their payment date, the other cost items by their cash flow rule, and the unbooked rest of each account's **Forecast** |
With a cost control set, KOSMA leaves out the budget's planned costs, so nothing counts twice. For the details, see [plan against a cost control set](/kb/article/plan-against-a-cost-control-set).
To plan with the costs you have booked, choose a cost control set as the expenses source in **New Cash Flow**. **Income source (financing plan):** then lists only the financing plans linked to that cost control set.
**New Cash Flow** does not offer the budget's own financing plan together with a cost control set. The demo project has a plan with this combination. KOSMA creates it with the demo project, and you cannot create a plan like it yourself.
To create a plan, you need the **Production** licence or a running **Trial**. To read a different budget, cost control set or financing plan, create a new plan. In **New Cash Flow**, you choose the sources in two lists:
- **Expenses source (budget or cost control):** a budget or a cost control set - **Income source (financing plan):** a financing plan
**New Cash Flow** offers only the open budget and its cost control sets. Open the budget you want first. **Copy Cash Flow** does not let you choose sources. For the steps, see [create a cash flow plan](/kb/article/create-a-cash-flow-plan).
Create one plan per scenario, each with its own sources. For example, two plans read the same budget but different financing plans: one with a particular financier and one without. Give each plan a name that says what it assumes. Each plan shows its own **Cumulated cash flow** row. Switch between the plans in the plan dropdown.
Markdown