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You know why the same topsheet widget shows different figures in Budgeting, Financing and Cost Control.
**Topsheet Info** gives you a one-page summary of a production. Budgeting, Financing and Cost Control each open their own version from the left rail. Cash Flow has no topsheet.
This is a deliberate design choice. It is not a gap in your licence, and not a setting you have to turn on.
A topsheet widget reads the data of the module you opened it in. The same widget shows different columns depending on where you open it. For the exact figures each widget shows, see [what each topsheet widget shows](/kb/article/what-each-topsheet-widget-shows).
| What the module's topsheet reads | What its summary compares | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | | **Budgeting**: the budget alone | what the budget contains | | **Financing**: the budget plus the financing plan linked to it | money planned against money needed | | **Cost Control**: the cost control set, its budget and a financing plan | what was planned against what is actually happening |
Budgeting has only the budget. Its widgets show figures with nothing to set them against.
Financing draws on two sources. In the **Companies** widget, this adds a second column. Money the plan allocates to each company sits beside what the budget assigns there. The **Variance** stands between them.
Cost Control draws on three sources. Its widgets add two figures the other modules lack: **Forecast** and **Variance** against budget. Cost Control is the only module whose topsheet tracks what is currently happening. The other modules show only what was planned.
Selecting a financing plan in Cost Control does not change the topsheet's layout. The plan only adds a column. The module you are in decides the shape of the summary.
The first time you open a module's topsheet, KOSMA has already selected a default set of widgets for it. You can add or remove widgets afterward. See [customize your topsheet widgets](/kb/article/customize-your-topsheet-widgets).
| Module | Widgets shown by default | | ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Budgeting** | **Info**, **Companies**, **Effects**, **Currencies** | | **Financing** | **Info**, **Companies**, **Effects**, **Currencies**, **Financing Shares**, **Financing Gap** | | **Cost Control** | **Info**, **Companies**, **Effects**, **Currencies**, **Budget Variance** |
KOSMA ticks **Currencies** automatically only once your budget holds a second currency to convert. The example below uses a single currency. KOSMA leaves the box empty.
Choose a plan in **Select Financing Plan**, at the top of any topsheet. KOSMA adds **Financing Shares** and **Financing Gap** to that module's widget picker. This is not limited to Financing. Budgeting gets the same options. You can compare the plan against the budget without leaving Budgeting.
A selected plan does one more thing in Cost Control. KOSMA places **Cash Flow** directly on the topsheet. You do not need to add it yourself in the picker. Cash Flow needs two figures together: the plan's received installments, and the cost control set's own paid items. No other module holds both figures. Only Cost Control can show Cash Flow.
When a budget has one currency, KOSMA does not remove **Currencies** from the picker. **Currencies** is always there to add. A single currency changes only whether KOSMA ticks the box for you. With nothing to convert, KOSMA leaves **Currencies** unticked until a second currency appears in the budget. You can switch it on yourself at any time in **Edit Widgets**.
Go through this list in order. Each point is more likely to be the answer than the one after it.
1. Confirm your module. Budgeting and Cost Control keep separate topsheets for the same project. **Budget Variance**, for instance, exists only in Cost Control. 2. Confirm you selected a financing plan. No plan means no **Financing Shares**, no **Financing Gap**, and in Cost Control no **Cash Flow** either. 3. Confirm the budget has a second currency. A single-currency budget keeps **Currencies** unticked by default. If you need it, tick it yourself in **Edit Widgets**. 4. Check whether the widget is unticked. Open **Edit Widgets** and look. This is the most common reason.
A Cash Flow topsheet does not exist. There is nothing to look for there.
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