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Use liquidity and cash KPIs

Profit doesn’t pay suppliers; cash does. The liquidity KPIs show whether the group can meet what falls due soon, and the cash flow KPIs show where the month’s cash came from and went.

You will needA group with its actuals loaded. To change Pulse, the Administrator or Dashboard Admin role.

By the endA Cash section in Pulse Key Metrics with Cash Balance, Working Capital, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio and the cash flow KPIs.

1Add the KPIs to Pulse

Open Pulse → Key Metrics with Your Group selected, and click the Edit icon (the pencil).
Click Add Section, type Cash, and click Add.
In the new section, click Add Metric, then click Cash to list those KPIs.
Click a KPI to read its description and formula, then click Add. Repeat for each KPI you want.
Click Save.

Adding Metric with Cash chosen: Current Ratio selected, with its description and formula, and Add — Cash (1), Current Ratio (2), its description and formula (3), and Add (4).

Current Assets is listed under Financial.

In the formula each part is an account section, such as REVENUE, with how it is read: (Current Month) is the movement of the period, (Current Balance) the closing balance, (Average) the average of the opening and closing balance, and (Last Month) the earlier period. The same KPIs are offered on a dashboard KPI card and as a report KPI row; see Set up dashboards and KPIs and Add KPI and operational data rows.

2Know the liquidity KPIs

Cash Balance	BANK at the closing balance.
Current Assets	BANK + ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE + INVENTORY + CURRENT ASSET.
Working Capital	Current assets − current liabilities, where current liabilities are CURRENT LIABILITY + ACCOUNTS PAYABLE + TAXES PAYABLE + PAYROLL PAYABLE. The buffer for day-to-day running.
Current Ratio	Current assets ÷ current liabilities, shown as a number such as 1.8: how many times what falls due soon is covered.
Quick Ratio	(BANK + ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE + accounts of the type SHORT TERM INVESTMENT) ÷ current liabilities. A stricter cover that leaves out inventory and other current assets.

These read closing balances, so MTD and YTD show the same figure: the position at the end of the month.

3Know the cash flow KPIs

Operating Cashflow	NET PROFIT before interest and finance income and costs, plus DEPRECIATION, less the increase in ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, INVENTORY and CURRENT ASSET, plus the increase in ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, CURRENT LIABILITY, PAYROLL PAYABLE and TAXES PAYABLE.
Investing Cashflow	Less the spending on FIXED ASSET (its increase before DEPRECIATION) and the increase in NON CURRENT ASSET, plus interest and finance income, less interest expense.
Financing Cashflow	The increase in EQUITY other than RETAINED EARNINGS, less finance costs.
Net Cashflow	The three together: Operating + Investing + Financing Cashflow.

These read movements: MTD is the month, YTD the fiscal year to date.

4Check the figures

Check

For Oct-2026, Operating Cashflow + Investing Cashflow + Financing Cashflow equals Net Cashflow. On the Balance Sheet at October, the four current liability sections taken from Current Assets equal Working Capital.

5If something goes wrong

What you see	What to do
There is no pencil icon on Key Metrics	Changing Pulse needs the Administrator or Dashboard Admin role. Ask one to add the KPIs, or use a dashboard KPI card.
No KPIs match the current filters.	Clear the search box or click All.
This KPI is already in use here.	The KPI is already in another section. Key Metrics holds each KPI once; drag it to the section you want.

Want more detail? See the documentation

Liquidity & Cash KPIs Built-in KPIs Overview

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