On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Lars <[email protected]> wrote: > > Okay... after some tinkering, I figured out how to get the spending > plan to work. I couldn't figure out why my bucket's graphs were > completely covered in red hash marks. But, I then realized I had to > manually enter in the Money Flows for that bucket. But, that's where I > think I have a problem... > > Let's say I've set up a spending plan. I've set up my Income and > Expense. Now, I enter a transaction for that expense and it is less > than the planned amount. The bar in my graph for that bucket is > completely covered in red hash marks. So, I add in a Money Flows from > my Income bucket for the amount of the transaction. Since I am under > budget, the graph is now blue and there is a dotted outline at the top > for spending less than the planned amount. Yay me! > > But, here is my question: > Is there a way to set it up so I don't have to go in and manually > enter then Money Flows every time I make a transaction in that bucket. > If I am entering a car payment, which (the amount) never changes from > month to month, do I have to enter in the Money Flows every time I > enter my car payment...? Shouldn't the program know that I want the > money to come from my Income into that bucket, if when I enter the > transaction, I select the Automobile bucket? > > I hope all of this makes sense.... Thanks for the help!
It sounds like you made a spending plan, but then didn't actually allocate your income. Did you hit the "Allocate Income" icon in the toolbar? Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
