Budget Estimate question

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Daniel Trezub <daniel3ub at gmail.com> writes:

> I am trying to set up a budget in Gnucash 2.2.4.
>
> How was the Estimate function supposed to work?
> When I try to use it, it completes the cells just until the current month,
> even for the accounts that I have schedule transactions.
> So, in short, it is not "estimating" anything, but giving me a report for
> each account.

It's estimating the future based on the past.  So if you spent $100 on
food last month the estimator will predict you'll spend $100 on food
this month.

No, it does not take future, unposted SXes into account.  The estimator
only looks to the past.

> I don't think this is the expected behavior, as the Tutorial and Concept
> Guide says "GnuCash will start at that date and look forward for the
> duration of your budget."

I suspect this is a bug in the docs (or perhaps a misinterpretation of
what it does).  It looks to the past to predict the future.

> Is this a bug or I am doing something wrong again?

I do not believe it's a code bug.  It may be a doc bug.  Or PEBKAC.

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-derek

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