Connecting assets to the cash flow model
Assets only affect the financial model once they are connected to it. The connection is made in the Scope tab, where an asset category is linked to a cash flow block in the model. Once connected, the capex generated by the assets in that category flows into the block and is calculated as part of the cash flow model. This page covers how to connect a category, how to disconnect it again, and the one thing you must do before deleting a site.
How does the connection work?
One asset category links to one cash flow block type. The block types themselves are created by your Weissr administrator, so your job in the Scope tab is to pick the right block for each category rather than to build the block.
The connection is made below the site, at Sub-industry and Category level. You cannot connect a block to the Group, a Division or a Site.
💡 Info: A category is often a machine, and older screens label it that way. Category and machine mean the same node here.
💡 Info: If the block you need is not in the dropdown, ask your Weissr administrator to create it.
How do I connect a category to a cash flow block?
Open your alternative (Base Alternative, Strategic Building Block or Strategic Alternative) and go to the Scope tab.
Expand the site in the navigation tree: Division > Site > Sub-industry.
Expand the category you want to connect.
Open the dropdown in the Cash Flow Block column and choose a block.
How do I disconnect an asset from a cash flow block?
Go to the Scope tab and navigate to the category: Division > Site > Sub-industry > Category.
Click the Cash Flow Block cell on that row.
Click the grey X to remove the block.
Press Enter.
⚠️ Warning: Always disconnect an asset from its cash flow block before you delete the site it belongs to. A connection left dangling can compromise the whole model and project.
Related pages
👉 Scope, for building the organizational structure the blocks attach to, and for deleting nodes safely.
👉 Assets, for the asset levels below the category.
👉 Model Blocks in Capex Strategy, for what the blocks themselves are.