2008-03-07 GnuCash IRC logs
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20:09:15 <Brandon> hello folks
20:09:18 <Brandon> new gnucash user here
20:09:19 <Brandon> love it!
20:13:38 <Brandon> i have a question though
20:13:42 <Brandon> anyone around?
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20:21:29 <andrewsw> Brandon: , I've just a moment, what's your question.
20:21:53 <andrewsw> (also, please note, in the future, just ask the question...)
20:27:15 <Brandon> I'm trying to set up a budget, I want to track four or five specific accounts, I want the rest of the expense accounts to be tracked together
20:28:08 <Brandon> so, for instance, I want four of my accounts to be under $200 EACH, and I want the total of ALLl other expense accounts to be under $500
20:28:22 <Brandon> is there a way to set that up?
20:37:36 <andrewsw> hmmm... not sure. you can set the amounts for the four accounts for sure. Then you could set an amount for the parent account of the remaining ones.
20:38:06 <andrewsw> What I don't know (and can't check ATM) is how you can subtotal in the budget report.
20:38:26 <Brandon> they're all single expense accounts
20:38:45 <Brandon> so.. the only way is to make a parent account for the rest of the accounts? and track that?
20:38:45 <andrewsw> all you expense accoutns are top level accounts?
20:39:00 <Brandon> under expenses
20:39:04 <Brandon> expenses::auto
20:39:14 <andrewsw> yep. most people use one parent account for all or most expenses, though you can certainyl do it however youlike.
20:39:15 <Brandon> expenses::insurance
20:39:20 <andrewsw> exactly.
20:39:31 <andrewsw> then set a budget for expenses at $500.
20:39:33 <Brandon> expenses::insignificant crap
20:39:59 <Brandon> so my main ones will be expenses:big expense
20:40:07 <Brandon> and all of the ones i track together will have to be
20:40:24 <Brandon> expenses:other:insignificant crap
20:40:30 <andrewsw> sure.
20:40:57 <andrewsw> you could do expenses:general:<any number of subaccounts> and set a budget for expenses:general at $500
20:41:14 <Brandon> ok
20:41:16 <Brandon> thanks
20:41:18 <andrewsw> then do expenses:auto and set it to $200, expenses:insurance $200 etc.
20:41:28 <andrewsw> But you'll have to play with that to see how it works in the reports.
20:41:32 <Brandon> icool. thats what im looking todo
20:41:54 <andrewsw> There are others who know more about budgeting than I do, so feel free to ask more.
20:42:00 <andrewsw> good luck, gotta run
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20:42:05 <Brandon> how doo i make a new account, and put all of the others in it?
20:58:59 <Brandon> n/m
20:59:01 <Brandon> got it
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21:56:35 <Brandon> how do i bring up a report that i've saved
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