# Driver

> Driver — An input assumption a forecast line is computed from — a growth rate, days of receivables, headcount, price — rather than typed. Changing a driver moves every line that depends on it.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/driver
Part of: Lopifi — US GAAP books on autopilot, checked by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is driver?** In accounting, driver means an input assumption a forecast line is computed from — a growth rate, days of receivables, headcount, price — rather than typed. Changing a driver moves every line that depends on it.

## Also known as

- Forecast driver

## Words this system refuses for it

- plug
- hardcode

- **Category:** Finance & planning
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)
- **Rendered by:** [driver-model](https://lopifi.com/md/components/driver-model)
- **Related:** forecast