Custom Cash Flow Structures for Better Forecasting

For a forecast to be truly useful, it must reflect the unique way your business operates. That’s why Atlar’s forecasting product now includes a new custom cash flow feature, giving you even more control over how your forecasts are structured. It allows you to define your own categories and organize them in a way that makes sense to you and your team.

This means that, rather than being limited to generic inflow and outflow buckets, you can structure cash flow to be in line with how you manage liquidity — for example, breaking it down into operating cash inflows or net cash from operating activities.

Organize, prioritize, and zoom in

The new custom cash flow structure gives you a clean and organized way to view your data—tailoring your insights and allowing you to focus on what matters most.

• Re-order and hide: You can now re-order or hide categories and main categories (like Inflow, Outflow, Net Cash Flow, Opening Balance, and Closing Balance) to prioritize the most critical information and eliminate noise.‍
• Create sub-categories: For a more granular view, you can create sub-categories within your main categories. This lets you quickly "zoom in" on specific details.

New custom groups: roll-ups and nets

To give you even greater precision and control, we've introduced two new types of custom groups: roll-ups and nets.

• Roll-ups: A Roll-up group is a sum of the categories included within that group. This is perfect for when you need a high-level view of a collection of cash flow items.
• Nets: A Net group gives you the difference between the categories included in the group. This is particularly useful for tracking the net impact of specific activities, such as calculating net cash from operating activities.

These powerful new tools allow you to create a forecast that is both highly detailed and simple to follow, giving you the confidence to make quick, informed decisions.

A complete forecasting toolkit

To further align your financial data with your business structure, Atlar also allows you to create and manage parent and sub-entities directly in the platform. This lets you build an organizational structure that mirrors reality, with entity details such as legal names and tax identifiers tracked in one place. Bank accounts can be mapped to specific entities, and financial data can be grouped at any level — from individual accounts to business units to the entire group.

This structure makes forecasting more accurate and flexible: you can roll up consistently, forecast at the right level of detail, and clearly distinguish intercompany flows from external cash movements.

Entity-based account groupings also strengthen governance, with access controls and approval chains that protect data integrity — ensuring forecasts remain both reliable and compliant. And because Atlar connects natively to ERPs like NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics, and SAP S/4HANA, your forecasts are powered by real-time data and enhanced by advanced cash flow planning tools like scenario planning and variance analysis.

Get started

These enhancements are rolling out now. Simply log in and navigate to the Forecasting tab to see the custom structure in action.

If you are new to Atlar or would like to see a live walkthrough of these features book a demo or get in touch with our team. You can also learn more on our forecasting product page.