Budget Estimate question

[Daniel Trezub]

An enhancement request, then?

Do you think there is a chance that the Estimate tool estimates the values
for the next periods based on the past periods?

Thanks!

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2009/9/10 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>

> 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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