Little problem with GnuCash 2.4.0

[Anthony Dardis]

(a) the entry process is a little unusual: you need to press Return after  
changing a value, Tab will leave the value unchanged
(b) if you did have prior data, to estimate from last year, you need to  
type in 1/1/2010 for the start date (or some suitable year beginning on  
which you wish to estimate)
(c) the estimator will do a sensible job of estimating parent accounts,  
but if you want estimates both for the parents and the child accounts, you  
have to do all the accounts individually.




On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:35:46 -0500, Anthony Dardis <adardis at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> Best to reply to the list.
>
> Have you tried this: open your budget. You see the highest-level  
> accounts (Assets, etc.). Click to reveal the hierarchy. For one of the  
> lowest level accounts (for example: Assets:Current:Checking),  
> double-click under one of the month columns. An entry box should appear.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 07 Jan 2011 02:43:21 -0500, Herbert Gutermuth  
> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>> Dear Anthony,
>>
>> thanks for answering my mail before.
>>
>> I don't know the reason, but in my case your answer is only the theory  
>> (which I tried already before several times), when I try it, it does  
>> not work.
>>
>> When I have created the budget with the respective accounts, I do not  
>> get any cell (month, total year), where could enter an amount. I have  
>> only a blank page behind the account names. The estimation function  
>> works, as I mentioned below in my mail, but makes no sense, as I have  
>> no history in the system.
>>
>> I tried already to download the system a second time, but this leads to  
>> the same result.
>>
>> As back ground for you: I work with windows 7.
>>
>> Any idea?
>>
>> Would be fine to hear from you.
>>
>> Herbert
>>
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>> Datum: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 18:10:36 -0500
>>> Von: "Anthony Dardis" <adardis at gmail.com>
>>> An: gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org, "Herbert Gutermuth"  
>>> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de>
>>> Betreff: Re: Little problem with GnuCash 2.4.0
>>
>>> Create a budget by going to Actions > Budget > New. Give it a name by
>>> clicking on Options.
>>>
>>> Add amounts by clicking on them, or
>>> Select an account, and use the Estimate button
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:51:38 -0500, Herbert Gutermuth
>>> <Herbert.Gutermuth at gmx.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Dear team,
>>> >
>>> > I recently found your free software "GnuCash" and downloaded the  
>>> latest
>>> > version  2.4.0. Thanks very much for your engagement. I think the
>>> > concept is promising.
>>> >
>>> > I started to work with the software and created successfully all
>>> > beginning balances, and also registered the first movements.  Now I
>>> > wanted to set up my 2011 expense budget. I tried everything but  
>>> cannot
>>> > find a place to manually enter any budget figure. The automatic  
>>> creation
>>>
>>> > works but without history it is not meaningful currently.
>>> >
>>> > Is there anything missing in the new version I downloaded, or can you
>>> > tell me the "trick"?
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for your help in advance.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Happy New Year!
>>> > .. and best regards
>>> >
>>> > Herbert
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > (private user for my private household, Germany)
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