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You know what each topsheet widget shows, how Companies and Effects change with the module and the financing plan, how an Info row gets its value and what prints on the cover page.
The topsheet is a page of widgets that sums up a budget, a financing plan or a cost control set. To open it, click  **Topsheet Info** in Budgeting, Financing or Cost Control. Each module has its own topsheet; see [what the topsheet shows in each module](/kb/article/what-the-topsheet-shows-in-each-module). KOSMA converts every amount to the reporting currency, which can differ from the default currency. The widget title shows it, for example **Companies (EUR)**.
| Widget | Shows | | -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Info** | Rows about the production that you add yourself | | **Companies** | The figures of each [company](/kb/article/split-costs-between-companies) that is in use. A company you hid still appears as long as it has an amount. **No Company** is the part of the budget that is not assigned to any company; **Total** is the last row | | **Effects** | The figures of each [effect](/kb/article/what-effects-are), that is, a funding condition: a share of the financing must be spent on its accounts | | **Currencies** | The default [currency](/kb/article/set-currencies-and-the-reporting-currency) and every currency in use, each with its **Exchange Rate**: how many units of that currency equal one unit of the default currency | | **Financing Shares** | One row for each country of the selected [financing plan](/kb/article/how-a-financing-plan-is-structured), with its amount and its share of the plan total. Shown only when a financing plan is selected | | **Financing Gap** | **Financing Total**, **Budget Total** and the **Gap**: the financing minus the budget, also as a percentage of the financing | | **Budget Variance** | Only in Cost Control. **Budget Total** of the cost control set's underlying budget, **Forecast Total**, and the **Variance**: the budget minus the forecast, also as a percentage of the budget | | **Cash Flow** | Only in Cost Control, with a financing plan selected. **Income to Date** (the installments recorded as received in the plan), **Expenses to Date** (the paid cost items of the cost control set) and **Current Cash Flow**: the income minus the expenses |
KOSMA shows negative values in red:
- A negative **Gap** means the financing is below the budget. - A negative **Variance** in **Budget Variance** means the forecast is above the budget. See [understand a negative variance](/kb/article/understand-a-negative-variance). - A negative **Current Cash Flow** means more was paid than received.
Without a valid cash flow rule, KOSMA cannot tell which installments were received, so **Income to Date** and **Current Cash Flow** show **n/a** (not available). For the cash flow of the plan itself, see [read the cash flow grid](/kb/article/read-the-cash-flow-grid).
| Module | **Companies** shows | **Effects** shows | | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | | Budgeting, no financing plan selected | **Budget** | **Required** and **Budget** | | Budgeting with a financing plan, and Financing | **Financing**, **Budget** and **Variance** | **Required**, **Budget** and **Variance** | | Cost Control with a financing plan | **Financing**, **Forecast** and **Variance** | **Required**, **Forecast** and **Variance** | | Cost Control, no financing plan selected | **Budget**, **Forecast** and **Variance** | **Budget**, **Forecast** and **Variance** |
**Required** shows what an effect requires. If an effect requires 25%, **Required** shows `25%` without a financing plan. With a financing plan, it shows an amount: with 200,000 EUR of financing tied to the effect, that is 50,000 EUR. With no financing tied to it, **Required** shows 0; with no percentage, **n/a**.
KOSMA calculates **Variance** as follows:
- A company in Budgeting and Financing: the financing minus the budget, as a percentage of the financing. For example, 100,000 EUR of financing and a budget of 120,000 EUR give -20,000 EUR, or -20%. - An effect in Budgeting and Financing: the budget minus **Required**. - Cost Control: the first column (**Financing**, **Required** or **Budget**) minus the forecast, as a percentage of the first column. A negative value here means the forecast is above the first column.
In Cost Control, the headers of **Companies** and **Effects** each have a switch with this tooltip:
Compare against budget
Without a selected financing plan, the switch is greyed out and the first column shows **Budget**. Its tooltip then reads:
Select a financing plan to compare against Required.
In Cost Control, **Financing** and **Required** exist only with a financing plan.
With a financing plan selected, turn the switch on to show **Budget** in the first column instead of **Financing** or **Required**. **Variance** then compares the forecast with the budget. KOSMA keeps the choice for each widget.
**Info** shows up to 10 rows about the production that you add yourself, for example the director or the format. KOSMA saves the rows with the budget or the cost control set, so everyone who can open it sees them. A new cost control set starts with a copy of the budget's rows. After that, the budget and the set each keep their own. A financing plan shows the rows of its linked budget, read-only.
To add or change rows, click  **Edit**. In edit mode, you can change the name and the value of each row, drag the rows into another order and remove a row with  **Delete**. To add a row, click  **Add Info**. To leave edit mode, click  **Edit** again.
Your changes to the Info rows are kept only when you click **Ok** on the topsheet. **Cancel** undoes them.
If you can only read the budget, financing plan or cost control set,  **Edit** and  **Show/hide functions** are greyed out, and their tooltip says why.
When you edit a value, KOSMA shows its type:  **Formula** or  **Free text**. Click the type to switch. Use free text for facts KOSMA does not calculate, such as a policy number. For a formula, KOSMA shows the result, which changes when the budget changes. For example, this formula shows the total of the company Northlight:
KOSMA converts an amount from a formula to the reporting currency and shows the currency code after it, for example EUR. A count or a number you typed shows without a code.
To see the formula of each row instead of its value, click  **Show/hide functions**. You can then change the formulas without edit mode. KOSMA remembers this setting per topsheet, on this computer only.
When you print a budget or a cost report, the cover page of the PDF shows the Info rows with their names and current values, and a table of the exchange rates. A financing plan printout has no cover page. **Financing Shares**, **Financing Gap**, **Cash Flow** and **Budget Variance** never print. Tables for companies, effects and DFFF (the German Federal Film Fund) can be added. The order is always: companies, effects, DFFF, exchange rates.
On a budget printout, these tables depend on the columns you add to the printout. If **Topsheet Stats** is ticked and you add, say, a column for a company, KOSMA prints the companies table. The same goes for effects and DFFF. What the topsheet shows makes no difference here. See [print a budget](/kb/article/print-a-budget).
On a cost report, the topsheet does matter: the cover page shows **Companies** and **Effects** when the Cost Control topsheet shows them and **Topsheet Stats** is ticked. It is ticked by default. The two tables have the same first column as on the topsheet. See [print a cost report](/kb/article/print-a-cost-report).
To choose which widgets the topsheet shows, see [customize your topsheet widgets](/kb/article/customize-your-topsheet-widgets). To see which widgets each module offers, see [what the topsheet shows in each module](/kb/article/what-the-topsheet-shows-in-each-module).
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