CO v.7.15.1beta

[skalicky]

CO v.7.15. beta Jan-17
Money 2007

the budget does not synchronize correctly. Adding a new budget group in CO will give a sync error.

It has to be said, however, that Money 2007 (in the spending and savings budget) has fixed budget groups (committed expenses, irregular expenses, etc.) which cannot be modified. Adding or deleting categories to these groups will not sync properly.
Perhaps it would be best not to sync budget at all for the time being.

best regards
Peter
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P.Skalicky
TU Wien
Vienna
Austria

[Ummagumma]

[Wasyl]

[skalicky]

CO 7.15 beta
MS Money 2007
Budget

description of the problem:

1. Money 2007 knows only six budget groups
- Income
- Irregular Expenses
- Committed Expenses
- Fun
- Savings and Dept
- Retirement

These budget groups cannot be modified. No budget groups can be added.
Categories can be added/deleted within these budget groups.

When you start sync CO with a blank budget screen, everything is o.k.
The six categories of Money will sync with CO and from then on you can add/delete categories within these budget groups either in CO or in Money.

The sync problem arises when you ADD A NEW BUDGET GROUP in CO (which is not known to Money). You should not do that, you must stay with the SIX BUDGET GROUPS OF MONEY!

So, the problem is really that CO will allow individual budget groups and Money will NOT.

A solution would be to limit CO also to the six famous goups of Money

or

to tell Microsoft to allow individual budget groups in Money. I don't think this will work since the six budget groups are part of a budget philosophy that was implanted by the developers of Money.

or

to tell CO users who want to sync with Money not to enter individual budget groups which do not correspond to the six groups in Money.

I can live with that, CO is great and since Money does not understand individual budget groups, I will not use any for the time being.

However, for those users who do not know this intricacies, they will get sync error messages until they find out.

best regards
Peter
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P.Skalicky
TU Wien
Vienna
Austria

[Wasyl]

[skalicky]

Wasyl, you are absolutely right!
The purpose is not to improve MS Money, but to sync data ( I love your sense of humor!)
I think that the issue is well settled for everybody when you include an explanation in FAQ.
The best of course would be a desktop version of CO!
Happy New Year, by the way, thank you for making our life easier with CO!
best wishes!
Peter
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P.Skalicky
TU Wien
Vienna
Austria