[GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts

[Jim Passmore]

Hmm.  Puzzled, then.  I just created a brand new account, without even an
opening balance transaction so it has no entries, and a zero balance.  When
I did "New Budget" it showed up in the budget tree.  I'm running version
2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04.  What version & OS are you on?  Perhaps there is
behavior that has changed.


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*Jim Passmore*jim at passmore4.com




On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 4:03 PM Erik Nesteruk <
erik.nesteruk at camdencountyrotary.org> wrote:

> 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?
> >
> > --
> > *Jim Passmore*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:13 AM Erik Nesteruk <
> > erik.nesteruk at camdencountyrotary.org> wrote:
> >
> >> 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
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