budget

[Tom Roberts]

We have the Sept monthly budget report indicating in incorrect budget on one line. I edited the budget itself and it is correct there. But the report does not show the same figure shown in the budget. I did a quick repair but no luck. Does anyone know what else i could try? Thanks.

[Tom Roberts]

Good morning everyone

I think I found the answer.

I deleted a bill which was in the budget. It asked if i wanted to delete all future transactions of the bill, but not the current one. 

Even though I revised the budget recurring amount to zero, the budget report still shows the amount for that item. 

Maybe it's not a quirk.  

kind regards and have a great day

Tom

[Cal Learner]

I have not used Budget or Bills.

Sunset has File->Repair->RemoveAllBillsData  This was added to fix "Slow File Syndrome", but it could be useful if some bad bill is messing up your budget. If you try that, I suggest testing on a copy of your Money file.

If you want to try this, there is a technique to help re-enter the bills you want to keep. Here are my notes on that:

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File->Repair->RemoveAllBillsData

This Remove All Bills Data feature would be for people who have experienced their Money file to run excessively slow.

To get some information within the program,
File->Repair->RemoveAllBillsData
Read the information. Then click cancel.

Before proceeding, make an extra copy or backup of your file in case you want to undo something.

The problem will be that if you remove all bills, you will probably want to add at least some of your bills back.  This can be done manually with the aid of the reports that you print out before removing the bills.

A technique that could help simplify re-entering your bills afterward would be to go your register and selecting a representative instance of your past bill and selecting "Make Recurring" (Ctrl+E).  This would be especially helpful if the bill is complex, such as involving a split.

[M B II]

FYI, a walk thru of the Nuke the bills method that I did in 2023.   https://groups.google.com/g/microsoft-money/c/znMySr122Aw/m/HmFH2ZGwAAAJ

I did it for the speed increase and now have it on my task list to do every 3 to 5 years.