[Kmymoney] Re: Expenses by category -- pie charts and averages

[Alvaro Soliverez]

Hello,
have you tried setting the details level on the Charts tab?
Also, that same tab has options to show the grid, width of the lines, etc.
We offer a set of default reports. You can always change them and save
your own if you don't like them. :)

Also, I'd recommend you upgrade to the latest stable version 4.5.3.

Regards,
Alvaro

On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 5:38 AM, Vladimir Prus <ghost at cs.msu.su> wrote:
>
> [I previously sent this to -devel mailing list, which was probably
> a bad idea. Sending to users list now]
>
> Hello,
>
> I am using version 4.5.0, on Kubuntu. I like a lot of the interface
> decisions, but it seems that the basic behaviour of expense pie
> charts is somewhat suboptimal.
>
> 1. When I select "Income and Expenses Pie Chart", I see a pie chart with
> a  segment for income, and segment for expenses, and no further details.
>
> The "Row/Columns" tab of the report configuration dialog, under
> "Row", allows me to switch to Asset/Liabilities display, but there's
> no way to filter the view to just Expenses. Further, while the "Category"
> tab allows me to select categories, they appear to just affect that
> is included in the total, and don't result in categories appearing
> in the pie chart itself.
>
> 2. When I select "Income and Expenses Graph", I can switch the
> display type to pie, remove all income categories, and then arrive
> at pie chart that seem to show expenses by categories. Frankly,
> it's entirely not clear why this should be different from
> "Income and Expenses Pie Chart".
>
> However -- the chart uses very similar colors, which makes it hard
> to read. There are no percentages or numeric values on the chart
> itself. I can see values when I hover mouse over a pie, but
> I would prefer to see values right away, and there's no way to
> see percentage. I've tried to enable "Draw Value on Chart" on
> the "Chart" tab, and that resulted in number "100" been drawn
> in one place. The screenshot can be found at
>
>        http://lvk.cs.msu.su/~ghost/expenses-chart.jpeg
>
> Also, it's not possible to select how many pie segments should
> be shown. Right now, I see 6, with the last being "Other".
>
> I suppose I can file a dozen of bugs, but this seems like a general
> design issue. Say, on GnuCash, the same report can be invoked in
> one click, and is immediately useful. Can KMyMoney to the same,
> without requiring user to undersand differences between
> "Income and Expenses" Graph and Pie, and other configuration?
>
> 2. How do I get an monthly average of expenses in certain category,
> over all year? There are various reports having to do with moving
> average of investments, but nothing of the kind I'm looking for.
>
> Thanks,
> Volodya
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