Thanks for checking, Jim. Budget creation worked properly when I first set up my books a few months ago with v3.0, but I have edited my account structure since then and had to create a new budget for our FY that started today. I'm currently on v3.2, and when I created a new "test" book with default common accounts and then tried to create a budget there were no accounts shown on the budget window. It seems there's something new in the budget logic that creates the budget line-item only for accounts where there are transactions.
And Robert, I thought that you would need to first create a budget in an existing book (our current difficulties notwithstanding). Then, when you create a new book, the budget you created would be an option as the default budget. My quick test shows this not to be the case, however, and I also show no options for a default budget in a new account. Sorry. For now, I'm just going to use a spreadsheet for budgeting. Eventually, all accounts will have transactions and I can try GC again. On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 6:15 PM, Robert Hoogendoorn <robert...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a similar problem with version 3.2 for windows. > > I have set up a new company, but when I create a budget no accounts show up. > > Under the new book options tab there is a budget section which suppose to > have a default budget. On my end this is empty, so no default budget is > available. I am not sure if this has anything to do with the unavailability > of budget accounts. > > Do you know how I can resolve this? > > Kind regards, > Robert > > > Sent from my BlackBerry — the most secure mobile device > > Original Message > From: j...@passmore4.com > Sent: 1 July 2018 21:54 > To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts > > Hmm. Puzzled, then. I just created a brand new account, without even an > opening balance transaction so it has no entries, and a zero balance. When > I did "New Budget" it showed up in the budget tree. I'm running version > 2.6.19 on Ubuntu 18.04. What version & OS are you on? Perhaps there is > behavior that has changed. > > > -- > > *Jim Passmore*j...@passmore4.com > > > > > On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 4:03 PM Erik Nesteruk < > erik.neste...@camdencountyrotary.org> wrote: > >> Good thought, Jim, but I'm actually referring to the budget creation >> itself. When I click Actions -> Budget -> New Budget, the newly >> created budget has line-items for accounts that have transactions >> recorded but not for those without transactions. If I make a dummy >> transaction and create another new budget, the formerly missing >> account will appear. >> >> And I do have the "Display accounts with zero total balances and >> budget values" selected in the Report options, but I haven't >> progressed to the report stage yet. >> >> Thanks, >> Erik >> >> > >> > ------------------------------ >> > >> > Message: 7 >> > Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2018 14:39:01 -0400 >> > From: Jim Passmore <j...@passmore4.com> >> > To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> >> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Budget Creation with Some Empty Accounts >> > Message-ID: >> > <CAMRw02m33Keum=m3ZG4iCUrnDtAJgyG5nHmZTVnRij= >> x_f9...@mail.gmail.com> >> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> > >> > Erik, >> > Not sure, but I think you're talking about the budget *report*, and not >> the >> > actual budget? If so, try this... Each report has an options dialog, >> > found by clicking the gear icon while the report is displayed. On the >> > Display tab there is, at least for the 2 budget reports I looked at, an >> > option that reads something like "Display accounts with zero total >> balances >> > and budget values." (It can vary by report.) Make sure that option is >> > checked and hit OK. How does it look now? >> > >> > -- >> > *Jim Passmore* >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > On Sun, Jul 1, 2018 at 11:13 AM Erik Nesteruk < >> > erik.neste...@camdencountyrotary.org> wrote: >> > >> >> I'm having technical trouble creating a budget and would like to hear >> any >> >> ideas. >> >> >> >> Background: I started using GnuCash a few months ago. Several of my >> >> income and expense accounts have not yet seen any transactions and >> >> show zero in the "Total" column. >> >> >> >> Objective: I want to create a budget and enter the approved amounts >> >> for each account. >> >> >> >> Problem: When I create the budget, only those accounts that have >> >> transactions will show up in the budget. >> >> >> >> If I create a dummy transaction in each empty account, it will appear >> >> in the budget window, but then my reports will show these transactions >> >> until the account gets a real transaction and I can delete the dummy. >> >> >> >> Is there a better way to get *all* my accounts, including those with >> >> no transactions, to show up in my budget? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Erik >> _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.