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A property is a named piece of information in your model. It gives cfo.ai a consistent way to recognize, calculate, organize, and reuse that information. Examples include:
  • Revenue
  • Cost of Goods Sold
  • Headcount
  • Department
  • Legal Entity
  • Product
  • Date
  • Gross Margin

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Properties give model values meaning

A number such as 100,000 is not useful by itself. A property tells you what the number represents. When the property is Revenue, the value becomes Revenue of 100,000. Dimensions, Date, and scenario add more context: Revenue of 100,000 for Sales in January 2026 in the Plan scenario.

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Properties can come from data or formulas

A property can be:
  • Imported from a source system
  • Entered or managed in the model
  • Calculated from other properties with a formula
The source can change without changing the business meaning of the property. Revenue remains Revenue whether it is imported, planned, or calculated.

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Every property has characteristics

A property has a name and a primary role. It also has a data type, such as number, text, or date. Its primary role determines how cfo.ai uses it:
  • As a metric, it is calculated or aggregated
  • As a dimension, it groups or filters other values
The role and data type are related, but they are not the same. An Account Code can be numeric and still be a dimension.

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Properties are reusable

The same Revenue property can appear in a P&L, a chart, a forecast, and a formula. Because each place refers to the same property, the model keeps a consistent meaning across pages and calculations.

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Properties and formulas

A formula belongs to the property it calculates. A Gross Profit formula targets the Gross Profit property and references Revenue and Cost of Goods Sold properties.