Forward planning using reports

Steven A.McIntosh steven at learn-and-pass.com
Mon Mar 3 18:36:39 CST 2003



On Monday 03 March 2003 13:29, you wrote:
> On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 06:06, Steven A.McIntosh wrote:
> > In quicken I can see the amount of money that I will have in say two
> > months. It does this by calculating all the scheduled transaction for
> > that period, and displaying in a bar graph.
> > This allows me to see instantly if the figures are going to go into the
> > red in the months ahead and allow me to adjust my cash flow accordingly.
> > Can this be done in v1.8.1
>
> If I understand what you are after properly, I think the answer is "not
> yet". That's one of the budgeting features that are planned if and as
> the developer concerned gets time. May happen for 2.0, but don't hold
> your breath (it will depend a lot on how long it takes us to get 2.0
> ready for release, as much as anything else).
> You *CAN* set scheduled transactions to instantiate some period in
> advance, which would allow you to see this in the register window, and
> that may be sufficient for your needs. Its not quite the same thing
> though.
>
> Conrad.

Yes the bar graph budget feature would be ideal, but if you can see it in the 
register this may help.

Where would I need to start looking to set up a period in advance.

Regards

Steven


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