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Reviewing Cash Flow Statement In Beam Machine

How to review the Cash Flow tab in the live Beam Machine Financial Reports route.

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Reviewing Cash Flow Statement In Beam Machine

This page shows you how to use the Cash Flow tab in Beam Machine and read the visible direct-method sections safely.

Product: Beam Machine
Module: Reports -> Reporting -> Financial Reports -> Cash Flow
Role: Accountant, Financial Controller, Reviewer
Difficulty: Intermediate
Time: 5 to 7 minutes
Last Updated: 2026-03-10
Version: Current live reporting route in this repo

Before You Start

  • You need posted accounting data for the period you want to review.
  • You need to know the correct Start date and End date.
  • If you want the shared route overview first, open ./01-running-financial-reports.md.

Current build status: This tab is live and data-driven inside the shared Financial Reports route. The route still opens on Trial Balance first, so you must click Cash Flow after landing on the page. The statement card is titled Cash Flow Statement (Direct Method). The Print button works, and the Export button is visible but disabled.

What is this page?

This tab shows a direct-method cash flow statement for the selected date range. It breaks movement into:

  • Operating Activities
  • Investing Activities
  • Financing Activities
  • and a summary block showing opening cash, net change, and closing cash

This is the page you use when someone asks how cash actually moved during the period, not just whether profit was positive.

When do you use this?

Use this tab when you need:

  • a cash-movement view for a month, quarter, or year-to-date period,
  • a management discussion on operating, investing, and financing drivers,
  • working-capital or liquidity review support,
  • or a quick explanation of why closing cash changed.

If the selected period is wrong, the cash story is wrong.

Where do you find it?

Primary path: Reports -> Reporting -> Financial Reports, then click Cash Flow
Alternative: Open Reports -> Reporting, click Financial Reports, then click Cash Flow

In the current build, the shared route does not deep-link directly to this tab. You open the route first and then choose Cash Flow.

How do you review the cash flow statement?

  1. Open Reports -> Reporting -> Financial Reports.
  2. Click Cash Flow.
  3. Confirm the toolbar shows Start date and End date.
  4. Set the correct reporting range.
  5. Click Print if you need a printer-friendly copy.
  6. Ignore Export for now, because the button is disabled in the current build.

āœ… Checkpoint: The tab label should read Cash Flow, and the statement card should read Cash Flow Statement (Direct Method) with the selected date range in the header.

What should you review first?

  1. Review the three section tables:
    • Operating Activities
    • Investing Activities
    • Financing Activities
  2. Review the line-level table columns in each section:
    • Code
    • Account
    • Amount
  3. Review the section footer totals:
    • Net Operating Activities
    • Net Investing Activities
    • Net Financing Activities
  4. Review the summary block:
  • Net Increase / (Decrease) in Cash
  • Opening Cash Balance
  • Net Change
  • Closing Cash Balance

āœ… Checkpoint: After these steps, you should know which activity bucket moved cash and whether the closing balance story makes sense for the selected period.

What must you handle carefully?

  1. Treat negative red values as direction markers, not as automatic errors.
  2. Treat an empty section that says No activity in this section as a possible real outcome, but verify it against source accounting if the result seems odd.
  3. Use finance judgment before presenting unusual classifications externally, because the visible page is a direct-method report and some cash-flow interpretation still depends on source account structure.

Common Questions & Issues

"The page opened on Trial Balance instead"

Why this happens: The shared Financial Reports route still lands on Trial Balance by default.

Fix: Click Cash Flow after opening the route.

"One section says there was no activity"

Why this happens: The selected date range may genuinely have no movement in that section, or the range may be wrong.

Fix: Check the dates first, then verify source entries if the result feels implausible.

"The cash story does not match management's expectation"

Why this happens: The current page is showing the direct-method result for the selected period based on posted accounting data.

Fix: Validate the period and trace the largest line items back to source accounts before you explain the variance.

What's Next

Related Pages

SA Compliance Reference

  • Cash-flow review supports management reporting, liquidity planning, covenant monitoring, and annual reporting preparation.
  • It does not replace detailed cash reconciliations, bank review, or formal external reporting procedures.

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