M$ Money - projected a/c balance

[Robert Heller]

  Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>,
  In a message on Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:17:24 -0500, wrote :

DA> I.e., a report based on unposted SXes..  Yea, nobody has done
DA> this and AFAIK nobody is working on it.

OTOH, for simple personal finances, it is possible to get a 'crude'
version of this in the register display window, once the SXes have been
entered and generated.  In the register heading is a 'projected minimum
balance' and one can scroll down and observe balances as they go up 
(eg SX'ed income, such as paychecks) and down (automatic bill payments)
and you have an idea of how much 'free cash' one might have at
different future times. I know, not a real report, but this might be
enough for the OP's purposes. 

DA> 
DA> -derek
DA> 
DA> Peter Gregory <petergregory at ntlworld.com> writes:
DA> 
DA> > Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
DA> >
DA> >     Peter Gregory wrote:
DA> >
DA> >                 I know there has been threads before about GnuCash providing
DA> >                 the information in M$ Money projected a/c balance graph.
DA> >
DA> >     what exactly are you looking for here? can you describe what you want?
DA> >    
DA> >     A
DA> >
DA> > I have copied the help from M$ Money about the balance forecast. As mentioned
DA> > previously, it is the values that are important, not necessarily the graph.
DA> >
DA> > The Balance Forecast chart shows you how much money you will have in the
DA> > coming months based on your current account balance and your scheduled bills
DA> > and deposits.
DA> >
DA> > To select accounts you want to include and the time period for which you want
DA> > to forecast, click the View and Look ahead drop-down lists at the bottom of
DA> > the screen, and then select the option you want.
DA> >
DA> > This forecast is based on:
DA> >
DA> >   • Each account's current balance.
DA> >   • All the recurring transactions you have scheduled in Money that involve
DA> >     the selected accounts.
DA> >   • All future-dated payments in the Account Register.
DA> >
DA> > Use the Balance Forecast chart more effectively:
DA> >
DA> >   • Allow for any regular but unscheduled expenses, such as groceries or dry
DA> >     cleaning.
DA> >    
DA> >   • To avoid having to pay unwanted bank fees, see that your minimum balance
DA> >     is covered by comparing it to the lowest point on the graph.
DA> >    
DA> >   • To get an accurate forecast, make sure you schedule all of your
DA> >     forthcoming payments, deposits, and transfers on the Schedule your
DA> >     forthcoming bills and deposits page.
DA> >
DA> 
DA> -- 
DA>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
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