[Kmymoney-devel] Question about forecast in KMyMoney ...

[Alvaro Soliverez]

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Eugene Batogov <johnbat26 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for quick answer.
> 1. Please, give me link to  mailing list?
>
I copied the list on my answer. Using reply all will send your message
there too.


> 2.KMyMoney crash, when I select   calendar tab into payments.
>   Crash log enclosed with letter.
>

I will take a look at the crash.

> 3. This will be very cool, if:
>  - I composed  budget at next year, and I assumed that I will be spend at products ~ 300 $  in mount during next year.
>  - If I want to see how this affect at my finance, I must add this payments into scheduling. But this is don't comfortable !
>  - Plus, I don't know absolutely when I will to buy produts in month. I may to buy  1 ,5 ,13 ,17, 26, but may to but: 2, 7, 10, 15....
>     If I can see my budget's payments in forecast diagrams, this is will  be excellent and very comfortable.
>
>  I offer next use case:
>     User add payment or income into future budget.
>     Then he (she) see how this affect at this actives in the future at forecasting table or diagram.
>
>  This is future would very cool and comfortable!
>  IMHO, main feature forecast must be tougly work with future budget, because scheduling in this case don't comfortable.
>
>

There is one basic problem with this, and it is that forecast deals
with assets and liabilities, and budget deals with income and expenses
only. You can budget a certain income, but you can't tell to which
asset account that's coming. That might change in the future if we add
assets and liabilities to budgets, but that will remain in the ToDo
list for some time given our current constraint of developement hands.
Then we can talk about connecting budgets and forecast deeper.

Regards,
Alvaro