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Re: Budget Question and stylesheet question (larry johnston) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 16:33:17 -0800 > From: larry johnston <[email protected]> > To: David H <[email protected]>, Gnucash Users > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Budget Question and stylesheet question > Message-ID: > <CAKHgob5oPJZDM_PS+cy5-Sa=m0b2m_pueqqoog1ezskcsuz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > I went back and checked preferences and Accounts was set to Locale but > showed US$. I changed it to C$ and that did not affect the Budget. I have > now set it to Locale and $C and the dialog box says it will affect all > future actions, still no effect on the Budget. I guess I need to check all > of my accounts now to ensure they are consistent. That is probably a task > for th weekend. > > Larry > >> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 4:22?PM larry johnston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> David, >> >> Thanks for your insights. When I started my Chart of Accounts, I thought I >> had set it to C$ but it was in US$ an dI had to go back and change them to >> C$. Maybe I missed one or two of them. I was not aware of the Locale >> option. Where would I find it and would it change all of my accounts or do >> I have to apply it individually? >> >> Larry >> >> PS I copied the list with this, I hope that is ok with you. >> >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 12:12?PM David H <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Larry, >>> >>> What are your Accounts preferences set to for default currency - "Locale" >>> or did you "Choose" Canadian Dollar? My accounts are just set to "Locale" >>> and I don't have your issue.... >>> >>> Cheers again David H. >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 06:00, David H <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Larry, >>>> >>>> I don't use Budgets so I'm not at all familiar with their use. I >>>> created a new budget in my current file that has about 10 - 15 years of >>>> txns in it. I just highlighted the expenses row at top and clicked >>>> "estimate" and told it to use the previous 12 months figures which >>>> populated the budget figures at both top and bottom. I also tried just >>>> selecting the amount for the first few months on the expenses row and as I >>>> entered a new monthly figure of $5,000 it updated the figures at bottom >>>> which I assume is the expected behaviour ? >>>> >>>> It's interesting that your Total column is prefixed with "C$" whereas >>>> totals are just prefixed with "$" - are you mixing currencies in your >>>> GnuCash file and could this be an issue with budgets ? >>>> >>>> This is on Win 10 using GnuCash 5.10. Will also try on Win 11 later >>>> today. >>>> >>>> Cheers David H. >>>> >>>> [image: image.png] >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 10 Jan 2025 at 05:12, larry johnston <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Brad, >>>>> >>>>> I am unclear on the potential issues you point to. >>>>> >>>>> 1. Manually entered data. There is very little data in the file yet as >>>>> it >>>>> is only January (I did not bring forward any data from previous years). >>>>> Will data entered into accounts affect the budget? I don't think so. I >>>>> entered my budget manually and it calculated accurately in the rows, >>>>> with >>>>> the monthly amounts being totalled to a yearly amount at the right end >>>>> of >>>>> the table. However the columns were not filled (populated) at the >>>>> bottom of >>>>> each column (Income, Expenses, Transfer and Remaining to Budget). This >>>>> never happened before in 2.6.15. >>>>> >>>>> 2. Version of GnuCash. I started new in the latest version 5.10 in >>>>> Windows >>>>> 11. >>>>> >>>>> 3. The data file. As noted above the file was started in 5.10, nothing >>>>> was >>>>> imported. >>>>> >>>>> I suppose this could be a bug, but if it is I would have expected >>>>> someone >>>>> else to note it before now. Therefore I think there must be something I >>>>> missed in setting up the budget that so that it will populate the column >>>>> (i.e. monthly) totals. >>>>> >>>>> Below is a screenshot of my Budget. >>>>> >>>>> Any help is appreciated, >>>>> >>>>> TIA, >>>>> >>>>> Larry >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [image: image.png] >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 1:20?AM Brad Morrison <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Larry/GnuCash users, >>>>>> >>>>>> There may be a few potential issues involved: >>>>>> >>>>>> - the data (which you mentioned that you entered manually) >>>>>> >>>>>> - the version of GnuCash >>>>>> >>>>>> - the data file (which might depend on which version of GnuCash that >>>>>> data file was started with, which is slightly separate from the data >>>>>> itself and the version of GnuCash) >>>>>> >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation#Upgrading & >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade >>>>>> are some resources on what to do when upgrading. >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & >>>>>> https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2025-01-08 20:15, larry johnston wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I did not upgrade, I started new on a new machine. Then I entered >>>>> all my >>>>>> data manually. Thus I don't think it isn issue with data integrity. I >>>>> am >>>>>> still hoping there is something I haven't done properly or some >>>>> option I >>>>>> haven't turned on. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks for reaching out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Larry >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 8, 2025 at 2:02?PM Brad Morrison < >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Larry & GNUCash users, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "I just started using 5.10 on a new computer, Windows 11 and have >>>>> run >>>>>>>> into two issues. I was previously running 2.6.15 in Windows 10." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://gnucash.org/download.phtml - the current version of >>>>> GNUCash is >>>>>>>> 5.10, but there are some specific steps needed to take to ensure >>>>> data >>>>>>>> integrity when upgrading between point versions (2 > 3, 3 > 4, 4 > >>>>> 5). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Installation#Upgrading & >>>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade >>>>>>>> are some resources on what to do when upgrading. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --- >>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & >>>>>>>> https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2025-01-08 11:01, larry johnston wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have gone through a couple years of the list without finding an >>>>>> answer to >>>>>>>>> my questions. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> My companion who is running 4.14 on a Windows 11 computer ran >>>>> into a >>>>>>>>> similar problem with her budget. her expenses were not populating >>>>> in >>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> monthly totals at the bottom of the budget. It turns out that she >>>>> had >>>>>>>>> entered zeros in some of her place holder accounts. Once she >>>>> cleared >>>>>> those >>>>>>>>> lines the monthly totals populated correctly. I can't find any >>>>> similar >>>>>>>>> problem in my budget. Any help is appreciated. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> TIA, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Larry >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 2:11?AM David H <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Larry, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Can't help you with your budget questions but if you click the >>>>>>>>> lists.gnucash link at the bottom of the emails it will take you to >>>>>> here - >>>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user which is >>>>> agood >>>>>>>>> place to start searching or browsing previous postings. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Cheers David H. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Mon, 6 Jan 2025 at 16:45, larry johnston < >>>>> [email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I just started using 5.10 on a new computer, Windows 11 and have >>>>> run >>>>>> into >>>>>>>>> two issues. I was previously running 2.6.15 in Windows 10. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I set up my budget and everything seems good, except that the >>>>> rows at >>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> very bottom, Income, Expense, Transfers and Total have not been >>>>>> populated, >>>>>>>>> so you can't see how your budget is doing for each period (month). >>>>>> These >>>>>>>>> would automatically populate in 2.6.15. Is there some place that I >>>>>> need to >>>>>>>>> turn this on? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> In 2.6.15 I was able to make a new stylesheet for my reports that >>>>> had >>>>>> grid >>>>>>>>> lines between the rows and columns. This makes it much easier to >>>>> read >>>>>> the >>>>>>>>> reports. In 5.10 the same steps are just putting bars over some >>>>> of the >>>>>>>>> rows. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It has been a long time since I searched for answers to my >>>>> questions, >>>>>> but >>>>>>>>> I >>>>>>>>> seem to remember that there is some place where there is a monthly >>>>>>>>> compilation of the issues discussed here. If I could find it, >>>>> maybe I >>>>>>>>> could >>>>>>>>> limit my questions to the group. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> TIA, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Larry >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>>>> ----- >>>>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>>> ----- >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>>> ----- >>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>>> >>>> > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: image.png > Type: image/png > Size: 69012 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: > <http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/attachments/20250109/674bc5ca/attachment.png> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > ------------------------------ > > End of gnucash-user Digest, Vol 262, Issue 24 > ********************************************* _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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