Lesson 3 of 7 · 2 min
Assumptions
Model a cash effect that isn't represented in any plan.
Not every cash event deserves a whole plan built around it.
Add assumption, reached from a named scenario, asks for a Name, an optional Description, an Assumption category, a Start date and optional End date, a Reoccurence in months, a Value and a Change per occurrence — the last two switchable between an absolute number and a percentage.
Reoccurence sets how often the value repeats; Change per occurrence lets each repeat grow or shrink from the last. A flat €10,000 every month for six months, with no change per occurrence, has a straightforward total: six repeats of the same figure.
Assumptions belong to a named scenario, which is why Add assumption is greyed out on the Default scenario — there is nowhere for the overlay to attach until you have created one to attach it to.
- 1Name and Description
- 2Assumption category
- 3Start date and End date — an empty End date means it does not stop on its own
- 4Reoccurence in months
- 5Value, and its # / % toggle
- 6Change per occurrence, with the same toggle
ValueWorks 2026.08
Takeaways
An assumption is Start, End, Reoccurence, Value and an optional Change per occurrence.
Assumptions attach to a named scenario — that is why the Default scenario can't take one.
Value and Change per occurrence can each be a number or a percentage.
Surfaces covered
- Liquidity
Micro-check
Two quick questions
Practice only — nothing here is scored or recorded.
1. An assumption is €10,000 every month for six months, with Change per occurrence at zero. What is the total cash effect?
2. Add assumption is greyed out. What is the most likely reason?