Mary Lou, Make sure you turn off the Show Split Totals option in the View menu (don't hold the Option key down to see this command).
If you have screenshots to share, please send then to my private address, [email protected]. Thanks. Peace, Kevin Hoctor No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2009, at 7:06 AM, ciara belle <[email protected]> wrote: > > ok i understand what your saying about the hidden children view - i > guess i never used quicken that way -- i used the categories once a > month for a work expense report, and once a year or so for taxes / > reviewing my budget... i can adapt (i swear *wink) - i liked how > uncluttered the hidden view was. > (still dont get the point of the amount - but i am giving up :) ) > > - the issue remains with the splits even after i unhide them... i am > not comfortable sending my document... but i can send screen shots. > (total amount goes to parent split, the two other splits show empty... > (they show now but greyed out). > mary lou (ciara) > > On Jan 23, 8:47 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 23, 2009, at 5:35 AM, ciara belle wrote: >> >>> Thank you Blair - i do understand that is how it is designed.. >>> however >>> i stand firm in that i feel its incorrect in its design - in that >>> if i >>> click on a split transaction - than the info above should change. >> >> The split transactions will get a new entry panel in 2.0 but this >> view >> will probably stay the same because the split child list is >> actually a >> sub-list to the transaction shown and not a parent list for the >> transactions in it. >> >>> I >>> always keep my register view hiding splits (just showing total of >>> transaction) - because in the long run - that is the AMOUNT i am >>> out.. >>> the split is moot. therefore - i never see the child / parent >>> relationship - and really dont think i need to as a user of the >>> app. >>> Hopefully, these concerns will be addressed in 1.5 >> >> And by doing this you are ruining the concept of an envelope >> budgeting >> system. Let me explain it this way: What do you see when you run a >> category report or drill down in a pie chart in Quicken? Do you see >> the total transaction amount or the individual split amounts? You see >> the latter because that correct for the report you are viewing. >> >> Now in MoneyWell, you don't need to run a report just to see your >> category (bucket) breakdown. The main view *IS* the report and it's >> always updated and one click away from giving you this information. >> The only reason that most of us need to see the transaction total >> instead of the individual split amounts is when we are comparing to a >> bank statement during the reconcile process and MoneyWell >> automatically switches your view in that case. >> >> This will not change in 1.5 or 2.0 because it would ruin the core >> design of MoneyWell. It's meant to be a very interactive financial >> tool and replace the old budget cycle of plan-spend-report-review >> with >> a more proactive plan-review-spend process. >> >> >> >>> I also have other transactions that are properly split (i started >>> another thread a week ago and i am still awaiting response) but for >>> some reason only 1 of the splits shows up in buckets.. (they are all >>> assigned buckets)... and its assigning the Total of the whole >>> transaction to that parent split bucket -rather than the parent >>> split >>> amount. This last issue i NEED fixed as its messing up the bucket >>> allocations.. >> >> If you are hiding the split children, then you will have a problem >> like you describe. That's why this view option is so hidden, I only >> put it in MoneyWell as a "if you insist on seeing the list this way" >> type view. I don't recommend using it consistently. If turning off >> this view option doesn't fix this problem, then please send your >> MoneyWell document to [email protected] with a description of >> exactly >> what transaction is not showing up correctly and I'll review it. >> Thanks. >> >> Peace, >> >> Kevin Hoctor >> [email protected] >> No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp:// >> kevinhoctor.blogspot.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
