Configuring drivers (assumptions)

In Axiom Financial Planning, the file group for each year's plan contains driver files. Among other functions, the driver files allow you, as the administrator, to decide which sections to include or exclude from plan files and enter many of the values that display as prepopulated in nodes, scenarios, and reports.

The driver types include the following:

• Baseline – Sets of assumptions used for generating projections.
• CorpAllocation – Allocations to apply to all nodes in the plan.
• Setup – General settings and preferences for the financial plan.

NOTE: By default, your system will include a Baseline driver file that contains data for the future scenario deemed most likely. As you create your forecasts, you may want to create alternate versions of the Baseline file to account for other possible scenarios (For example, one for a conservative future outlook and another for an aggressive outlook). For information on creating different versions of the Baseline driver, see Creating custom Global Sets (drivers).

When making changes to driver files, make sure to reprocess the appropriate plan files to propagate the changes. For more information, see Processing plan files.