Variable Types and How They Work | ModelReef
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Master the Building Blocks of Your Financial Statements

These tutorials walk you through the core variable types that power Model Reef’s three-statement engine, helping you understand how everything fits together.

Master the Building Blocks of Your Financial Statements

Revenue, Expenses and Tax

Model revenue patterns, cost structures and tax flows - and see how they connect to your P&L and cash movement automatically.

Master the Building Blocks of Your Financial Statements

Assets, Liabilities, Equity and Opening Balances

Understand capex, loans, working capital and equity flows, and how opening balances are set so your balance sheet always balances.

Master the Building Blocks of Your Financial Statements

Valuation and DCF Outputs

View valuation outputs generated automatically from your cashflows, including present values displayed in the Cash Waterfall.

Once you understand these variable types, you’ll see exactly how each assumption flows through your full financial model.

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Expand Your Skills

Go deeper into structure, modelling logic and analysis with these complementary tutorial tracks.

<strong>Expand</strong> Your Skills

Model Structure

Design clean, scalable model structures and learn how branches, toggles and consolidation work together.

<strong>Expand</strong> Your Skills

Drivers, Variables & Formulas

Define drivers, create variables, and write formulas that shape the behaviour of every line in your model.

<strong>Expand</strong> Your Skills

Charts, Reports and Scenarios

Turn the outputs of your model into dashboards, charts, reports and scenario analysis that drive clarity and decision-making.

See all tutorials and continue your learning journey.

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