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Cashflow - Cost Accounts

The Cost Accounts page of a cashflow document lists all active cost accounts in the workspace. Each cost account includes actual and forecasted expense and revenue invoices.  

For newly created cashflow documents, the Cost Accounts page is initially empty. This allows you to set up your default cost account settings. All cost accounts initially use the default settings. However, you can modify the settings for each cost account as required.

The cashflow document needs to be in edit mode before you can modify the columns or use any of the controls.

The following is a description of the columns in the cost accounts grid:

• Advanced Code: The advanced code is displayed as per the advanced code selected in the Cost Account document. This field is not editable in the Cashflow document.
• End Period: Click the Magnifying Glass icon and select the ending cost period for the cashflow calculations for the cost account. For more information, see "Cashflow Calculation - Forecast Cost Periods". The default end period is defined in the Default Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.
• Grouping Codes 1-10: Up to ten Grouping Codes are available based on the active codes in the Workspace Cost Settings document. All codes listed as active are display in the Cost Account grid. You can apply different codes in the Cashflow document, but you cannot edit the codes from this document.
• Number: Displays the number identifying the cost account.  
• Period Offset: Enter the number of periods that invoice amounts should be offset on the cashflow worksheet. For example, if invoice #1 is for cost period 02, an offset of '1' will shift the amounts to cost period 03 instead. For more information on when this offset is used, see "Cashflow Calculation - Actual Amounts". The default period offset is defined in the Default Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.
• Start Period: Click the Magnifying Glass icon and select the starting cost period for the cashflow calculations for the cost account. For more information, see "Cashflow Calculation - Forecast Cost Periods". The default start period is defined in the Default Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.
• Title: The title of the cost account. You can click this title to open the cost account document to view detailed information.

If retainage is being used, the following columns are also displayed:

• Retainage %: If you are including retainage, enter the percentage value for the retainage up to one decimal place. For example, to enter 8.5%, enter '8.5'. The default retainage percentage is defined in the Default Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.
• Retainage End Period: If you are including retainage, click the Magnifying Glass icon and select the ending cost period to calculate retainage costs to for the cost account. The default retainage end period is defined in the Decafault Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.
• Retainage Start Period: If you are including retainage, click the Magnifying Glass icon and select the starting cost period to calculate retainage costs from for the cost account. The default retainage start period is defined in the Default Settings section of the Cashflow - Main page.