Financial planning
Enter and edit a plan against the P&L structure.
Every comparison you have made against plan was made against numbers somebody typed here.
Planning → Financial Planning shows the planning values for the P&L structure you already know: the hierarchy down the left, months across, then Total, Unit and CAGR. Use the PnL selector to choose the relevant P&L structure. Liquidity Analysis provides the related view of anticipated cash flow and cash reserves; other available structures depend on the tenant's configuration.
Two things differ from Financial Reporting. The date control takes a year rather than a range, because a plan is made a year at a time. And Update values is the point of the page — this is where figures are entered. In edit mode, type - to remove an existing value, and do not forget to click Save when you finish.
Displayed level works as it does on the statement, a search narrows to one row when the tree is long, and the grouping selector dropdown lets you change how the rows are grouped.
Because the structure is shared, a row that exists in Financial Reporting exists here. Plan and actual are the same skeleton with different numbers in it — which is what makes the comparison meaningful.
- 1Statement tabs — P&L, Liquidity Analysis, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow
- 2The year control, and **Update values**
- 3Displayed level and search
- 4The same hierarchy as Financial Reporting
- 5Total, Unit and CAGR
- 6A margin row in italics, carrying a % unit
ValueWorks 2026.08
Takeaways
Financial Planning is the same statement structure as Financial Reporting, with plan figures in it.
Use the PnL selector to choose a P&L structure; Liquidity Analysis covers anticipated cash flow and reserves.
The date control takes a year, because plans are made a year at a time.
Update values is where the figures go in. Type
-to remove a value and click Save when finished.
Surfaces covered
- Planning
Also taught in the Academy
Module 5 · Plan and forecast
Take it as lesson 5.1 in Business Analyst & FP&A