Budgets overview
Budgets allow you to track expenses and income according to their category, or more complex criteria based on tags, accounts.
Budgets can be tracked over different kind of periods. Most of the time, monthly budgets may be used.
Budget Structure
A budget is represented by a progression bar, containing information about both the amount spent (or earned) and the remaining amount.
The bar also includes a progress indicator, so that you can compare the current period's progress and the budget's progress.

Detail of a $50 monthly budget, at the 20th of the month
Budget past periods
The budget view's lower part is dedicated to the past periods for the currently selected budget.
Each period contains a bar represented how much has been spent in blue, or earned in green. A second bar will be shown if an allowance was chosen for this period. If the budget was overspent, the main bar turns red. The amounts displayed in this bar chart are always the amount spent or earned during those periods.

Past periods for a budget
To add a budget
Click on the "+" button in the budgets toolbar.
The "New Budget" sheet shows up.
Enter a name for this budget.
Choose the criteria the budget will be using.
The simplest criteria consists in choosing a single category.
Select a frequency.
Choose an allowance.
To help you choose an amount for this budget, click on the "Display previous periods" button. A table containing how much has been spent for this budget during the past will be shown.
To edit a budget
Select the budget you want to edit in the list.
Click on the "Edit" button in the budgets toolbar.
To delete a budget
Select the budget you want to delete in the list.
Click on the "-" button in the budgets toolbar.