Lance, This has been on the list of additions since the 1.0 release. It will make it in. The safest way to eliminate a bucket without losing cash flow information and transactions is to merge two buckets. Simply hold down the Option key while dropping the bucket to be eliminated on another bucket.
Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com On Mar 29, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Lance wrote: > If you try to delete a bucket that has some other references anywhere > else in the data file, MoneyWell refuses with a system error beep and > no further details. Some of the reasons MoneyWell may refuse to delete > the bucket are more subtle than others. > > It looks like this issue was mentioned in a previous thread: > http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software/browse_thread/thread/2f46ac2fc410d291/fa6bf172cec2aeda?lnk=gst&q=beep#fa6bf172cec2aeda > > From my experience, I've developed a mental checklist of things to > look at when you encounter this and how to resolve them: > > 1. Does the bucket have any transactions assigned to it? Solution: > select all accounts, then select bucket from list, make sure you ARE > viewing future pending transactions, then assign any transactions that > show up to a different bucket > > 2. Does the bucket have any money flows going in/out of it? Solution: > select bucket from list, then look under "Money Flows" in the right > pane and delete any flows (they will return to the originating bucket > for redistribution). > > 3. Does the bucket have any memorized transactions assigned to it? > Solution: click on the "Memorized" tab, sort by Bucket, and delete or > reassign any that are using this bucket. > > 4. Does the bucket have any scheduled transactions assigned to it? > Solution: click on the "Scheduled" tab and manually examine each one > (unfortunately there is no Bucket column in this view!) and delete or > reassign any that are using this bucket. > > Since I assume MoneyWell is already doing these same checks when I try > to delete a bucket, I would like MoneyWell to mention which particular > check failed instead of just beeping. Also, it would be great to > describe each of these cases and how to resolve them in the help file. > The error message could then refer to this section of the help file. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
