Budget, expense issue

[Schuyler Kelley]

I am using version Bodhi linux -- an Ubuntu-based OS -- and version 2.6.4
of gnucash, the latest version in Ubuntu's repositories. (14.04 Trusty,
apparently)

I am referring to the budgeting feature. When you open a budget, and enter
figures for various accounts, there's a running total along the bottom of
the window.

If it's permitted to send an image to the mailing list, I'll send a
screenshot along? I can more easily show you what I see than tell you.

After 'a while,' figures I enter for an expense account are no longer
included in any meaningful way in those totals. I can't figure out how to
reproduce the problem consistently, unfortunately, so 'a while' is about as
specific as it gets...

Schuyler

On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 10:34 PM, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Schuyler,
>
> Welcome aboard.
>
> I am afraid I don’t quite understand what you mean by your “budgets stop
> totalling after a while.” Are you  in fact referring to the GnuCash budgets
> features, or perhaps you are using that term to mean some other aspect of
> the program?
>
> If it is in fact an issue with budgets, I will probably not be able to
> help you out (since I am woefully inept with GnuCash’s budgeting features).
> I do believe that a given budget uses established amounts that you must
> explicitly change, which makes sense, since they are meant to reflect your
> goals in particular areas. I am not sure which totals you’d refer to in
> that area, though, so perhaps you see something I do not.
>
> However, perhaps you are referring to something else in the program, and I
> might be able to explain things better then. Where exactly are you seeing
> these totals? What is this window named? How are you calling these totals
> up? How are they not totaling? What numbers are you expecting to see?
>
> And finally, which version of GnuCash are you using, and what operating
> system are you on?
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
> > On Oct 29, 2015, at 10:10 PM, Schuyler Kelley <zalethon at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > I've started using gnucash over the last week and a half for my personal
> > finances.
> >
> > I have a problem: for each file I create, the budgets stop totaling
> > correctly after a while.
> > At the bottom, the Expenses are not totaled at all! Everything else works
> > fine, expenses don't even show up.
> > The only solution has been to create a new file entirely, which is
> > obviously frustrating and useless...
> >
> > Has anyone else encountered this issue, and discovered a solution? I
> can't
> > find a bug report in bugzilla, and I haven't found any similar
> experiences
> > in the mailing list archives either.
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > Schuyler
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