Budgeting Summary 1 - Notification

[Rick Ziegler]

Greetings all!

I think budgeting could be done within the report system, if the report
system had the following enhancements:

1) Ability to clone reports, or have report templates.

This eases the concern to have multiple budgets, or run different
projections, and create your budget for the next period. 
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121688

2) Ability to use druids as part of report creation.

3) Ability to lock report settings.  Unlocking a report would give a
report specific warning.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121694

Should satisfy the budget setting purists, without annoying terminal
tweakers.

4) Multiple account layouts for reports.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121696

This enables great flexibility in categorizing your expenses for
reporting and budgetary purposes.  

5) Drag and drop within an account tree widget.
In conjunction with #4 above, this would allow you to create your report
categories easily.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=121695

6) Saved reports - so an accidental close does not erase hours of work.
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104156

All of these enhancements would greatly benefit all of the reports,
while at the same time address the budgeting needs users have identified
through this thread.

regards-

 
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 04:25, Stewart V. Wright wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm going to be writing a summary of the budgeting discussion this
> weekend so we know where we are heading (and to let the -devel list
> know also).
> 
> So...the (arbitrary) cut-off for inclusion in the first summary is
> 00:00 GMT, Sunday 7 Sept.
> 
> Thus if you want to make a point, get your thoughts in NOW!
> 
> Also, if anyone has started coding, or has screen shots
> Screen shots (like Darin Willits has already shown us), accounting
> definition corrections do please send them to the list ASAP.
> 
> 
> ASIDE...
> 
> I should clarify, for the newer GnuCash users, and non-developer
> members of the list that I am just doing this off my own back.  This
> deadline has no actual meaning in the GnuCash world and I've got no
> real power I'm just trying to scratch my particular itch.  The
> budgeting discussion will (hopefully) continue after the deadline,
> it is just for the summary...
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> S.
> 
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