First Cash Review

This first review establishes a trustworthy starting point. You will validate source data, read the finance command center, open the most important records, and test one cash assumption.

Before you start

• Join the workspace as an Owner or Member if you need to change records, budgets, or forecasts. Viewers can read most finance pages but cannot execute write-backed forecast runs.
• Connect the intended cash accounts under Settings → Account → Bank Connections.
• Import or sync transaction history.
• Add current invoices if receivables should influence the review.

1. Check source freshness

1. Open Settings → Account → Bank Connections.
2. Confirm the accounts that should contribute to cash are connected and enabled.
3. Resolve any connection that needs attention.
4. Wait for the current sync to finish before treating balances or recent transactions as complete.

Eigenn's finance overview does not show one universal last-updated timestamp. Source health must be checked at the connection.

2. Open the command center

1. Select Finances in the main sidebar.
2. Select Overview.
3. Set Reporting period to a range that matches the review. Last 4 weeks is useful for a first short-term cash review; Custom range lets you enter exact From and To dates.

Changing the period updates historical metrics and action queries. The cash tile remains the current connected-account total.

3. Read the owner brief

Record the following outside the page or in the underlying working records:

• the promoted owner-brief issue
• the business-health score
• the weakest signal: revenue growth, expense control, cash flow, or profitability

The score is a triage device. It is not a reconciliation status.

4. Work Do these first

1. Review the three visible priority items from top to bottom.
2. Open every Critical item.
3. For Warning items, decide whether they need action this week.
4. Use Info items for preventive follow-up.

The links lead to the correct working area:

• invoices and collection problems open Invoices or Receivables
• over-budget categories open Finances → Reports
• bank errors open Settings → Account → Bank Connections
• expiring cards open Customers

If the queue is empty, verify source freshness anyway. Nothing urgent is blocking cash right now means no alert bucket fired; it is not a reconciliation certificate.

5. Validate the business pulse

Check each tile:

Runway at or below three months is the tightest guidance state. More than three and up to six months is a warning range. More than six months is described as workable, but still needs stress testing before a major commitment.

6. Review money levers

Use the three panels:

1. In Make more money, open receivables actions and compare the next-month projection with current-period revenue.
2. In Lose less money, review profit and follow Review spend when an expense or budget issue needs detail.
3. In Plan what may be coming, note the six-month projected revenue and select Run stress test.

These panels mix data types deliberately. Current-period revenue and profit are observed; next-month revenue, six-month projected revenue, and runway are forecasts.

7. Test one downside

1. On Finances → Forecast, choose 6 months, 12 months, or 24 months.
2. Apply Slow collections or Severe stress test under Quick presets.
3. Wait for Assumptions active and the charts to refresh.
4. Compare Baseline with Active plan.
5. Review Runway P50, P10/P90, Cash-negative odds, and the first pressure month.

Do not create a budget just to perform this test. Forecast assumptions do not edit the budget plan.

8. Finish with evidence

Your first cash review is complete when:

• the expected accounts are connected and current
• every critical queue item has an owner or has been resolved in its working page
• cash, revenue, profit, and runway are explainable
• you can state which figures are observed and which are projected
• one relevant downside has been compared with baseline
• you know the first month that becomes Watch, High, or Critical, if any

Overview has no Complete review button. The evidence is in the resolved underlying records and the forecast you reviewed.

Troubleshooting

Cash and transaction history disagree

Return to Settings → Account → Bank Connections and confirm both account enablement and sync health. Then use Transactions to inspect the ledger.

No action items appear

This can be a healthy state, but it can also reflect missing invoice, payment, budget, or connection data. Check those sources before concluding there is no risk.

Forecasting is unavailable

Ask a workspace Owner or Member to confirm Forecast access. Viewer access is not sufficient to execute the forecast run.

The scenario has no effect

Confirm the preset or lever appears in Active assumptions. For a one-time expense, provide both an amount and date.

Related pages

• Command Center
• Financial Overview
• Stress Tests
• Run a Runway Stress Test
• Transactions
• Invoice Insights