Reading Day Detail: Inflow, Outflow, and Net
Understand what each figure in the AskBiz Day Detail panel means — how inflow, outflow, and net are defined and derived from your stored data.
Key Takeaways
- Inflow is total cash received on a day; Outflow is total cash paid; Net is Inflow minus Outflow.
- These figures are derived directly from your expense and transaction entries in the AskBiz data store.
- A green Net figure means the day was cash positive; a red Net figure means cash was consumed that day.
Opening Day Detail
Step 1: Navigate to the /intelligence page and scroll to the Daily Cash Chart. Step 2: Click any bar in the chart to open the Day Detail panel below the chart. Step 3: The panel header displays the selected date, followed by three labelled figures: Inflow, Outflow, and Net.
Inflow — What It Means
Inflow is the total amount of cash received on the selected day from all recorded sources. In AskBiz, inflow is captured through transaction entries that are classified as income or receipts — for example, customer payments, sales revenue, refunds received, or any positive cash event recorded in the Expenses tab or through an integration. Inflow does not include amounts owed to you (accounts receivable) unless a payment has actually been recorded. If your business received $1,500 from a customer and $200 from a refund on the same day, the inflow figure would be $1,700.
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Outflow is the total amount of cash paid out on the selected day across all expense entries. This includes all expense categories recorded for that day: Rent/Lease, Payroll, Software/SaaS, Marketing and Ads, Supplies, and all other categories in the 14-category system. Expenses entered manually through the Expenses tab or captured via the AI Receipt Scanner are included in outflow. For example, if a $400 payroll run and a $80 software subscription both processed on the same day, the outflow would be $480.
Net — Inflow Minus Outflow
Net is simply Inflow minus Outflow. It represents the day's cash position change. A positive net (green) means the day added cash to your balance. A negative net (red) means the day consumed cash. For example, if inflow was $1,200 and outflow was $800, net is +$400. If inflow was $200 and outflow was $600, net is -$400. The Net figure in Day Detail is the same underlying calculation as the Daily Net Gain/Burn card, but applied specifically to the selected historical day rather than a current-period average.
How These Figures Connect to the Larger Dashboard
The inflow, outflow, and net figures in Day Detail come from the same data store as all other /intelligence page metrics. When you add a new expense in the Expenses tab, it increases the outflow for that expense's date in the Day Detail panel and contributes to the daily burn average used by the metric cards. Step 1: Add an expense in the Expenses tab and set its date to today. Step 2: Return to the chart and click today's bar to open Day Detail. Step 3: Verify that the outflow figure has increased by the amount of the expense you just added. This confirms that the Day Detail panel is reading from live data and that your expense entries are being captured correctly.