I realize that Gnucash is not a budgeting tool and I don't expect it to provide the functionality that one can get from excel or open office. So, I think I will just export the data to excel and do the budget/dashboard from there. I can get what I need from the reports quite easily in gnucash.
D On Sat, Jan 13, 2024 at 1:34 PM Dennis Powless <dpowless...@pobox.com> wrote: > Are there other options to export besides HTML? Say to excel in csv or > txt? > > D > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 2:50 PM Adrien Monteleone < > adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > >> Signs in Budgets need more testing. (I had plans to do so long ago, >> perhaps I might get to it now as I'm way behind in my own budgeting!) >> >> You might have to play around a bit to see if it is possible to come up >> with a sane entry method that produces a sane bottom line result. Or you >> may have discovered a bug that needs fixing. >> >> I'll endeavor to work on my budget this week and see if I can duplicate >> your issue. >> >> >> ---- >> And no, I don't think the Budget Module docs have been updated in many >> moons and suns. >> >> Regards, >> Adrien >> >> On 1/10/24 12:12 PM, Dennis Powless wrote: >> > I'm trying to create a budget and am having some issues with setting it >> up. >> > I have a liability for car loan and expense for interest for that loan. >> > >> > I pay out of the checking account, say 500. >> > I split to the Liability loan 200 and expense interest 300. >> > >> > In a spreadsheet I would budget out 500 for the car payment. However, >> > Gnucash is not set up this way (or I have it wrong). >> > >> > The liability payment is a negative entry in the budget and the expense >> is >> > a positive value. >> > The same in the "budget report" created. >> > >> > The help docs are not very helpful, nor are internet searches. Most in >> the >> > end, state to use a separate spreadsheet for budgeting. >> > Which I have been doing for many years, but figured I'd give it another >> try >> > as it's been about 9 years. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
