Customer payments applied in the period. Lags invoiced revenue by typical DSO.
At a glance
Customer payments applied to invoices in the period. Lags Invoiced Revenue by typical DSO. The actual cash hitting the bank account, before bank-side reconciliation.
| What it counts | SUM(Customer Ledger Entry.Amount) where Document Type = 'Payment' and Posting Date in window. Includes Cash Receipts via Cash Receipt Journal, Lockbox imports, Stripe-captured DTC payments synced via AL Extension. |
| Tax treatment | Gross (includes VAT in the customer payment). |
| Currency | Multi-Company: each Company translated to Reporting Currency. |
| Time window | 30D vsP |
| Alert trigger | drop >15% vsP |
| Sentiment key | cash_collected |
| Roles | owner, finance |
Calculation
Calculated automatically from your Microsoft Dynamics 365 data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.Worked example
US distributor on BC, 30-day window 14 Mar to 12 Apr 26.| Source | Cash collected (USD) |
|---|---|
| Cash Receipt Journal (B2B ACH wires) | $5,420,000 |
| Lockbox imports (overnight bank file) | $1,180,000 |
| Stripe DTC card captures | $384,000 |
| Cash Collected (this card) | $6,984,000 |
- Cash Collected 7.24M by $260K. That gap is the AR build for the period.
- Lockbox flow steady at ~$40K/day. Drop signals lockbox vendor issues.
- Stripe DTC ($384K) ~5% of total. Confirms B2B-heavy mix.
Sibling cards merchants should reference together
| Card | Why pair |
|---|---|
| Cash Applied Today | Daily slice. |
| DSO | Lag indicator. |
| Invoiced Revenue | Sales side. |
| Cash Application Rate | Operations efficiency. |
| Revenue Booked into GL | Top-line. |
Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard
Where to look in Business Central:Customer Ledger Entries filtered to Document Type = Payment Bank Account Reconciliation Power BI > Cash Flow content pack > Cash Inflow tileWhy may differ:
| Reason | Direction | Why |
|---|---|---|
| OData freshness | Card 15 min behind | |
| Bank reconciliation | None | Card uses BC posting, not bank-cleared, so a deposit-in-transit shows here before bank confirms |
| Multi-Company aggregation | Card sums |