While you *could* learn Scheme or Guile and craft our own version, these are presentational details, and can more easily be handled by other means.

#1 - Options > General

Report name - This allows you to change the report name. Note for this report, the entire displayed name is 'Report Name:Budget Name', so while you can't customize the entire name, you can influence how it reads, somewhat, by editing this field and getting crafty with the name of your budget. (not ideal, I know)

Stylesheet - use the CSS (experimental) setting here, this will allow you to adjust things like padding between cells/columns, fonts, colors, table borders, etc. You'll need to learn and play with CSS, but this is much, much simpler for mere mortals than Scheme. There are people on this list (myself included) who 'speak' CSS and can assist if you get stuck.

#2 - Export to Spreadsheet

The Report is just an HTML table, and you can save it or export it and then open in a spreadsheet app. (or even copy/paste)

From there, in addition to presentational effects, you can add in other calculations. (e.g., percentages)

#3 - Scripting/Automating/Macros

If you want to get fancy, and tire of repeatedly customizing, you can learn some simple scripting or macros (if using a spreadsheet) to handle the remaining adjustments. This can be done on the exported/saved report and then displayed in a browser or spreadsheet for printing if desired. (all reports in GnuCash are HTML based by the way)

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As for YTD, the report can do that and it seems you've got the Totals columns turned on already.

Play with that and the Budget Range on the General tab to fine tune this to your liking.

Also note, the Budget setup is what defines the periods, not the report options. So if you're not seeing what you expect, check your setup.


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Finally, if something is missing, or seems like it should be an option for the report within GnuCash, then file a Request For Enhancement (RFE) at bugs.gnucash.org

Options from other reports that are missing from the Budget report would be good candidates for, possibly easy, inclusion as they won't require as much work as something brand new.

Regards,
Adrien

On 10/10/22 12:26 PM, Abe Sternberg wrote:
I would like to put some space between the columns, change some of the column names, change the report title, and just pretty it up a bit.  I have attached a screenshot of my GnuCash's current report. I need both monthly activity and YTD figures.


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