On Apr 3, 2009, at 11:25 AM, Patricia Cross wrote: >> This behavior hasn't changed in MoneyWell and manual money flows >> won't >> affect the Allocate Income process unless you do one prior to the >> allocation. The reason most people haven't noticed this is that the >> two actions are supposed to work together. You can either create >> money >> flows the automated way (Allocate Income) or the manual way (drag and >> drop buckets). > > I guess I'm not normal because I noticed it nearly immediately. I > always have to adjust nearly every figure in the Allocate Income > window because it counts all the manual money flows. The fact that I > overspent my dining bucket in the first half of the month and had to > steal from the entertainment bucket to cover it does not mean that I > want to get even less money put in my dining bucket for the second > half of the month. Nor do I want excess money placed in the > entertainment bucket to make up for the money I moved over to the > dining bucket. Am I just weird, or not understanding envelope > budgeting properly?
Trish, You're as normal as the rest of us. The Allocate Income panel is just meant to be a shortcut and speed up the process of creating money flows. If you've had to make several manual adjustments, then the allocation process will not work as well. The goal is to find planned levels for as many buckets as you can that don't need extreme adjustments and then manage the rest manually. MoneyWell is also being improved to handle this with more intelligence and you should see some of these improvements starting with 1.5. Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
