Chris,
Actually, the amount is optional but the cash flow start date is
always attached to a bucket. This will be taken care of in the 1.4.3
patch so it should be a non-issue.
Most people will need to use this amount entry. The two main
exceptions are:
1. Your starting balance is also
There are certainly exceptions but in general, it gets more tricky
when there is more than one account because you can start tracking
your transactions several months in the past (I imported 3 years of
data) but start tracking your cash flow this month.
Having historic transactions can
