Budgeting?

[Matthew Vanecek]

On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 01:08, The Doctor What wrote:
> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 23BC 0F41 9DB5 A70B B43C  3BE1 9090 E4B3 720D 3195
> 
> I have searched through the mail archives, and there isn't much in
> the way of discussion about budgeting with GnuCash.
> 

Actually, there's quite a bit of discussion.  It's a popular item.

> The "project goal" page says stuff about supplying budgeting
> software for common users, but I don't actually see it in GnuCash
> yet.
> 

It's still a goal.  Q2 or Q3, maybe, but no promises.  There are a few
people that want to work on it, with somewhat different ideas.  The guys
know it's needed, though.


> I tried playing with the reports, to get a breakdown of how much I
> spend/spent in a month, but the closest I could get is the
> Transaction report, set for one month.  But it's a pain, because you
> have to select *every* account you want, because it doesn't do
> sub-accounts by default.
> 

Try the Cash Flow report, in 1.8.0.  It's probably closer to what you
want than the Transaction report.

> BTW: I really think that on the reports, that you should be have two
> nodes for each account that has a sub-account.  One for the account
> and another for all the sub-accounts.  Because it's a pain
> otherwise.
> 

You're always welcome to file an RFE at bugzilla.gnome.org, detailing
what you're looking for.  I don't quite understand what you mean by two
nodes for each parent, nor why it's a pain.  Explain a little
more--perhaps there's already something that would make you life easier.


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