"Glyn Simpson, MVP" <glyn[at]serf.org> wrote in message
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For the benefit of others, 'estimate' is indicated in the bills list with a
tilde to the right of the amount. You don't have to edit the bill to see how
it's set.

"Glyn Simpson, MVP" <glyn[at]serf.org> wrote in message
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I never associated that behavior with that setting before. Thanks for the
insight. I'll use it more often.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

The 'estimate because' seems to just use the value you put in (and then
doesn't prompt you to change the series information if you change it when
entering). It doesn't seem to use the bills history at all.

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"Chris Cowles" <NoSpam[at]For.me> wrote in message
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"Glyn Simpson, MVP" <glyn[at]serf.org> wrote in message
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On reviewing the history, it's interesting to note that transfers can be
either positive or negative, depending on which account it was initiated in.
It appears that if I initiate a credit card payment as a result of balancing
the credit card account, it initiates in the credit card account as a
positive number. If I initiate it in the bills list as a payment out of
checking, it's negative.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

"Glyn Simpson, MVP" <glyn[at]serf.org> wrote in message
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If you simply enter 'estimate because...', not 'estimate amount based
on...', does it consider the bills history? If so, is it a simple average?
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

The estimation will only occur if you have entered the bills through the
bills/deposits area and they appear in the Bills history (not just the Money
database). You can find the bills history on the bills/deposits page, on the
left linked from the option 'view history'. When you first create a new
bill, there will be no history on which to base the bill figure.

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"Dan L" <DanL[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm trying to set up a budget, and some of the categories in my budget
include bills from the bills summary... this is good...

Some of the bills that I have setup have varying amounts each month... so I
try to choose "estimate because the amount varies" and "estimate based
upon..." - so that the average payment to this bill will be the budgeted
amount in the budget...

But the "estimating" does not work... I have to enter a number and this is
the amount that is used in the budget...

I have 4 months of history in the database...

Can anyone help? It seems these two "estimating" options are useless?!

Thanks...