[GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

[Erik Nesteruk]

Good thought, Jim, but I'm actually referring to the budget creation
itself. When I click Actions -> Budget -> New Budget, the newly
created budget has line-items for accounts that have transactions
recorded but not for those without transactions. If I make a dummy
transaction and create another new budget, the formerly missing
account will appear.

And I do have the "Display accounts with zero total balances and
budget values" selected in the Report options, but I haven't
progressed to the report stage yet.

Thanks,
Erik

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> Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 14:39:01 -0400
> From: Jim Passmore <jim at passmore4.com>
> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts
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> Erik,
> Not sure, but I think you're talking about the budget *report*, and not the
> actual budget?  If so, try this...  Each report has an options dialog,
> found by clicking the gear icon while the report is displayed.  On the
> Display tab there is, at least for the 2 budget reports I looked at, an
> option that reads something like "Display accounts with zero total balances
> and budget values."  (It can vary by report.)  Make sure that option is
> checked and hit OK.  How does it look now?
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> *Jim Passmore*
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> On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:13 AM Erik Nesteruk <
> erik.nesteruk at camdencountyrotary.org> wrote:
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>> I'm having technical trouble creating a budget and would like to hear any
>> ideas.
>>
>> Background: I started using GnuCash a few months ago. Several of my
>> income and expense accounts have not yet seen any transactions and
>> show zero in the "Total" column.
>>
>> Objective: I want to create a budget and enter the approved amounts
>> for each account.
>>
>> Problem: When I create the budget, only those accounts that have
>> transactions will show up in the budget.
>>
>> If I create a dummy transaction in each empty account, it will appear
>> in the budget window, but then my reports will show these transactions
>> until the account gets a real transaction and I can delete the dummy.
>>
>> Is there a better way to get *all* my accounts, including those with
>> no transactions, to show up in my budget?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Erik