Budgeting in gnucash (with line breaks this time)

[Chris Shoemaker]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 03:34:27PM -0000, Roz Wild wrote:
> I am new to gnucash and I think it is an excellent way of tracking my 
> accounts and expenses. Congratulations to all the developers
> 
> I managed to discover its budget feature hidden away (I wasn't expecting it 
> to be under File --> New) but I'm a bit confused.
> 
> When I'm setting up the budget, there doesn't seem to be anything displayed 
> indicating the total of all the categories. Is there a way of showing this? 
> Otherwise I end up using a calculator to work out whether I've budgeted more 
> than I earn. And if I have, I need to alter a category amount and retotal.
> 
> When I run the budget report, I get two columns for each budget period - 
> budgeted and actual. Is there a way to show the difference between these 
> amounts i.e. indicating whether I am under or over budget, and by how much?
> 
> At the moment it seems like I need my own spreadsheet. Have I missed an 
> easier way to budget in gnucash?

No, both of those things - the sum for all accounts, and the
budget-minus-actual - are frequently requested, but
not-yet-implemented, features.

-chris