Purpose
1.2. Automates data aggregation from multiple sources (POS, banking, invoices) to structured financial reports.
1.3. Enables rapid, automated cash position assessment vital for daily churros business operations and growth planning.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Automatedly triggered by transaction batch closing or bank reconciliation finalized.
2.3. Automator listens for data-entry in POS, inventory, or accounting systems.
Platform variants
• Feature/Setting: Reports API — automate extraction of cash flow data via Reports endpoint; auto-generate PDF export after closing.
3.2. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Accounting API — automates cash transaction retrieval and initiates report creation using “Reports.Cashflow” function.
3.3. Zoho Books
• Feature/Setting: Cash Flow Statement API — configure scheduled automation for cash flow statement via “getReports” method.
3.4. FreshBooks
• Feature/Setting: Reports Endpoint — automate calling “cash_flow” and sending output to shared drive on schedule.
3.5. Sage Business Cloud
• Feature/Setting: Financial Reports API — automate scheduled retrieval and emailing of cash flow PDFs.
3.6. Wave Accounting
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Cash Flow” report generation through Wave API and auto-store to Google Drive.
3.7. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central
• Feature/Setting: Automation with “financialReports” endpoint retrieves real-time cash flow with Power Automate integration.
3.8. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteScript + Reports API — schedule script for automatedly generating and distributing cash flow statements.
3.9. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Automate Crystal Reports for cash flow via DI API event triggers.
3.10. Oracle NetSuite ERP
• Feature/Setting: Automated schedule with SuiteAnalytics exposes cash flow as recurring export.
3.11. MYOB
• Feature/Setting: Automate “Get Cash Flow Statement” using AccountRight API; configure push notifications for completion.
3.12. Intuit Mint
• Feature/Setting: Custom Export — automates downloading cash flow for small business accounts via automation tool.
3.13. Plaid
• Feature/Setting: Transactions API — automate ingestion of bank cash flows, sent to reporting service for cash flow statement synthesis.
3.14. Square
• Feature/Setting: Sales and Refunds API — automate export of all cash movement for automated cash flow report pipelines.
3.15. Stripe
• Feature/Setting: Balance Transaction endpoint — automate extraction and transform for financial automation flows.
3.16. Gusto
• Feature/Setting: Payroll reports API — automates inflow/outflow integration for full cash flow accuracy in statements.
3.17. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Order and Payouts APIs — automate downloading sales settlements to cash flow calculations.
3.18. Google Sheets
• Feature/Setting: Apps Script or API — automate data aggregation and formula-based cash flow statement generation.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Automated workflows — triggers on data updates create a new cash flow report record per cycle.
3.20. Dropbox/OneDrive
• Feature/Setting: Automate uploads of generated statements to structured file vaults with notifications via API.
3.21. Slack
• Feature/Setting: API bot posts automated cash flow PDFs to dedicated finance channels after creation.
3.22. Email Automation (SMTP/IMAP/Gmail)
• Feature/Setting: Automates sending finalized cash flow statements to stakeholders on schedule/completion event.
Benefits
4.2. Real-time, automated cash insight enhances liquidity management for churro shops.
4.3. Automated compliance: generates compliant statements, reducing audit risk.
4.4. Cost-saving via automation of repetitive financial tasks, freeing staff for growth strategies.
4.5. Automator enables data-driven, automated financial decision-making.