What is the Dashboard?
The Dashboard gives you a snapshot of the financial position of the account(s) in your Profile. It’s a useful reference point to check your cash flow. You can choose how your information is presented and the timeframe the Dashboard represents.

What does the Dashboard display?
The Dashboard displays 4 visual snapshots of your cash flow:

1. Cash Position: shows the combined average balance of all the accounts in your Profile.  The latest month displayed in the graph displays your up-to-date average monthly account balance. The graph could help you to identify trends or patterns in your account balances.

2. Credits & Debits: shows the combined totals of credits (money-in) and debits (money-out) for the accounts in this Profile.

3. Profile Accounts: shows the current account balances of the accounts within the selected profile.

4. Highs & Lows graph: shows you whether an account has been overdrawn and the period of time it has been overdrawn. The graph also allows you to view the highest and lowest balance of each of your accounts and your current credit limit for this Profile, if applicable.

What information is the Dashboard based on?
The graphs and tables in the Dashboard are based on the credits (money-in) and debits (money-out) of the accounts in your Profile.

How do I view all the information in the Dashboard?
Use the ‘tabs’ in your Dashboard to switch between different information displays.

What does the Cash Position graph display?
The Cash Position graph shows the combined average monthly balance of all the accounts in your Profile.  The latest month displayed in the graph displays your up-to-date monthly average account balance. The graph could help you to identify trends or patterns in your account balances. The trend line shows the average movement over the last 12 months of all the accounts listed under your Profile.

How do I forecast my Account Trends?
You can generate a forecast to get a future indication of your business’ cash position. You can do this by using the Forecasting option on the left hand menu.

What does the Account Highs & Lows display?
Account Highs & Lows shows you whether an account has been overdrawn and the period of time it has been overdrawn. The graph also allows you to view the highest and lowest balance of each of your accounts and your current credit limit for this Profile, if applicable.

What does 90 days average balance show?
This shows you the average daily balance for the last 90 calendar days of all the accounts listed in your Profile.  This excludes your credit card balances and other loan balances. However, if you have an Orbit account with an overdraft facility, you’ll be able to see this, as it’s an account you can transact through and continuously draw down to your limit - if you choose.

What does ’Un-coded transactions’ mean?
Un-coded transactions are the number of transactions that you have not coded for all the accounts in your profile for the last 2 yeras. To code transactions select coding from the left hand menu.

What does ‘Days Overdrawn’ mean?
Days overdrawn is the number of days your account balance has been negative (i.e. overdrawn).

What does the Credits & Debits table display?
The Credits & Debits table shows the combined totals of credits (money-in) and debits (money-out) for the accounts within the selected Profile.

What does the Profile Accounts table display?
The Profile Accounts table shows the current account balances of the accounts within the selected Profile.

What timeframes can I see in the Dashboard?
The Cash Position graph will automatically show 12 months of past data if available, up to and including today – unless you specify a different data period. You can choose to view your Cash Position graph over different time periods and frequencies by selecting from the dropdown boxes in the top right hand corner of the dashboard page. You can select data up to the previous 2 years if available.

How can I set up my Dashboard preferences?
You can choose how your Dashboard information is displayed under Preferences. To change your Dashboard preferences:

• Show the Dashboard options in the Preferences page.
• Then select the options you would prefer to see first when entering the Dashboard.

What does the export option do in dashboard?
You can export the graphs from Business Cash Plan into another application so that you can use them for other visual purposes.

What is a CSV File?
CSV (Comma-Separated-Value) is a common file type used to import data from one software application to another, with commas separating the values. You can open and edit a CSV file in most spread sheet programs including Excel.

Why would I use the Export option?
You could use the export option to save the graphs / tables for your own records.

How do I print the Dashboard page?
The print button in the top right hand corner of the Dashboard page allows you to print the graph / table you’re viewing.