Numbers: Personal Budget

In the Personal Budget Template how do I change the categories in the Transactions spreadsheet. I want to make my own Catergories yet still have the Budget and the Transactions template sync. Thank you

K,
The important thing about the Category names is that wherever they appear they must be spelled exactly the same way in both tables. In one table, it's a static list in Summary by Category and in Transactions it's a column of Pop-up formatted cells containing the list.
Read in Numbers Help about pop-up format. That's the only tricky part.
If you are careful and only add rows by dragging the Add Rows handle, all the formulas will remain where they belong.
Edit the lists and you should be in good shape.
Jerry

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Hi artlisavz,
There are 2 places to make changes.
I assume this is where you have already changed things:
The Budget tab- Summary by Category- just click the name and change it. Or else you dragged the "=" at the lower left to add rows. Added your categories.
You need to edit the popup in the Transactions tab- Category popup.
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If you added additional categories, you want to update the pie chart.
Click the pie chart, click "Edit Data References", drag the section to include your added categories.
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Hi again drtwoones,
Sorry, I missed your comment:
Preferences is set to used cell names
So you have Numbers > Preferences > General set to:
(You are running OS X 10.7.5. I am running OS X 10.8.4, so the terminology may be different).
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Tonyseus wrote:
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"Relate"? To what?
The budget template is set up to use two types of expenses: fixed monthly expenses (fixed in that they do not change from month to month) and variable one-time planned expenses.
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Whenever I change the category name in the budget report, it does not actually show up in the transactions tab when I am using the Personal Budget Template.
I have already tried copying and pasting a category in the budget report to add another row but it still does not show up in the transactions tab.

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Using Numbers Personal Budget template I can't figure out how to change the categories in both tabs (budget and transact…
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I am new to Numbers, I would like to use the Personal Budget for my monthly expenses. Is there an easy way to copy my template with the custom categories and such without redoing all my changes every month? Thanks , Katie

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Hello - I'd like to use the 'personal budget' for our business.
I'd like the 'planned expenses' category to set each month's
expenses. as it comes, if you change february, it affects january
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many thanks - jerome
boise, id
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Javalord1 wrote:
Hello - I'd like to use the 'personal budget' for our business.
I'd like the 'planned expenses' category to set each month's
expenses. as it comes, if you change february, it affects january
in the bottom 'annual budget'.
Hi jerome,
Not on my (fresh) copy. Perhaps I'm not understanding what you mean by "if you change february, it affects january in the bottom annual budget."
Can you explain exactly what you do when you "change february" and exactly what happens that you describe aas "affects january"?
The Planned Expenses are one-time items and are transferred to the appropriate column of the Annual Budget by this formula (copied from C6 of the Annual Budget by Month table)
=SUMIF(Planned Expenses :: $B,C1,Planned Expenses :: $C)
Syntax for SUMIF, taken from p 197 of the iWork Formulas and Functions User Guide:
SUMIF(test-values, condition, sum-values)
test-values: the values in column B of Planned Expenses (list of month names)
condition: (equal to) the value in cell C1 (of Annual Budget by Month) (month name for column C)
sum-values: values in rows of column C of Planned Expenses where the condition is met.
Regards,
Barry
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B

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You dont have to download anything, just duplicate the current tab and reset your numbers. (tap the tab once and you get a choice of duplicate or delete.) You could then summarize across tabs if you liked.
It is just set up as a way of tracking a period, your choice of duration.
I get paid on the 1st and 15th, with distinct budgeting concerns for both periods (times are tight.). So we would do one for each two weeks to see how we did. Maybe double the budget numbers to get monthly numbers on another tab to track that month. Maybe then copy paste that data into a YTD tab at the end of the month.
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I'm new to numbers and I'm attempting to get my budget under control with the personal budget template. What I'm trying to do is create multiple transaction forms for each month so that I can track our spending by month and have it pull to the main budget sheet. I tried to edit the formulas in the cells but it says that the function uses 2 or 3 entries and I'm attempting to enter 24 (2 for each month). Is there a way I can do this (without creating a new budget each month, since I changed all the categories and that was a pain in the butt!), either with a different function in the cells or by editing what is currently there?
Thanks!

What I'm trying to do is create multiple transaction forms for each month so that I can track our spending by month and have it pull to the main budget sheet.
Do you mean you want separate Transaction Table for each month, and a Summary by Category that pulls all the months together?
If that is what you mean, here is one way to do that with a minimum of changes to the template.
Click (tap) the 'Summary by Category' table in the 'Budget' sheet and choose Copy (on the Mac, click the table, then the "bullseye" upper left, right-click and choose Copy).
Go to the 'Transactions' sheet and paste the table you've just copied below the 'Transactions' table.
Test to make sure changes you make in the 'Transactions' table are reflected in the 'Monthly Summary by Category' table you've just pasted below on that sheet.
Once you've got the 'Transactions' sheet working and looking the way you like, Duplicate Sheet (tab at top) for as many months as you need. Rename the sheets (tabs) to the month names.
Now go back to the 'Budget' sheet, rename it to 'Summary' or 'Annual' or whatever, and change the name of the 'Monthly Summary by Category' table on that sheet to 'Summary by Category' or 'Annual Summary by Category' or whatever.
Now you need to change the formulas in the 'Summary ...' table to add the corresponding cells in the 'Summary..' tables for the individual months. That's the most laborious part, but not too difficult. You have to click (tab) in the first cell (say, the Auto row in the Budget column), type = to pull up the formula editor, go to the first monthly sheet, find the corresponding cell in the summary table there, click the cell, type +, go to the next sheet, click the cell, type + until the formula includes all the sheets.
Once you're finished it will look like this in the formula editor (except it will include all the months; I just set up Jan-Mar):
Accept the formula (green check) and make sure it has added the numbers correctly from the tables in the montthly sheets.
Click once on the cell with the formula you just entered, command-c to copy, select all the body cells in that Summary table, and Edit > Paste and Match Style.
You should now see annual values in the table now, and the charts above on the summary sheet should have adjusted. Thereafter you just enter transactions in the monthly tables and the summaries will update automatically provided you enter category names that match the category names in the summary tables exactly.
SG

I need the old Personal Budget template as I have corrupted the formulae on mine

Hi -
After the latest Numbers upgrade, they dont have the old personal budget template. I have stuffed mine up as I am rubbish at using spreadsheets. Where Can I get a copy of the original template? I dont like the new ones.
thanks
DT Esquire, London. England.

Hi Dick,
Glad to help. Thanks for the green tick.
I keep icons for both versions on my Dock as enjoy the strengths of each.
Numbers 2.3 (Numbers '09) on the left - 3 column graph
Numbers 3.0.1 (Numbers '13) on the right - 4 column graph
If Numbers 3 manages to snaffle a document, you can use Menu > File > Export To > Numbers ' 09.
We have been sweltering in 40 degree heat but today is cooler, at least in this part of Australia. Very dry though.
Regards,
Ian.

Add catagory or sub in personal budget spread sheet? Food-Dining or Food - Groceries

How to add catagory or sub in personal budget spread sheet? Food-Dining or Food - Groceries?
It can add it to the actual but it does not show up to be reconciled?

Here is one way to do this (description for Numbers 3.0 on the Mac but it's essentially the same in Numbers for iOS):
In the summary table on Budget sheet select the row before which you want to add your new category and in the contextual menu that appears select Add Row Above.
Type the name of your new category in column A (Category) of the new row. Then select the cells in columns B through D in the row above the newly inserted row, move the cursor to the middle of the bottom edge until the yellow dot appears and drag that down into the new row. This fills down formulas into the newly inserted row.
Now go to the Transactions sheet, select the cells in the body of the table in column C (Category) and format them as Pop-Up Menu.
Click the + button to add your new category name, and drag the new category to wherever you want it to appear in the list:
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That's it.
SG

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Relative newbie so please go easy.... On the Personal Budget that comes packaged with Numbers... 2 questions...
One, I want to add another row under the Planned Expense row that will also be an "expense" row. How do I get that row to subtract so that the "Savings" row reflects (deducts) the additional expense row. Two, how do I get the Savings total at the bottom of one month to carry over to the Previous Month's Balance cell for the following month i.e. January Savings cell to be carried over to February's Previous Balance cell. Hope that make sense and thanks.

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I want to use the Personal Budget template but customize my own categories. I can change the categories on the Budget sheet and know how to add the new data to the graphs but I am having trouble on the Transactions sheet. I know when I click on a cell in the category section there is a drop down menu of catefories that I can edit in the data format option but do I have to do this for every cell? Is there a way to edit for all cells at once? Everytime I add a new cell its has the original categories and I would hate to have to format each one individually.

Set up one with the categories you want in the order you want.
Select the cell and press option-command-C to copy the format (style).
Select the cells you want to change and press option-command-V to paste the format (style) to those cells.
If all body cells in a column have the same style (in this case, 'same list'), added rows will adopt that style.
Regards,
Barry

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