Is it possible to have some Envelopes in "Monthly" period and have some on a "Weekly" period?
Posted 7 years ago
Steven Tafzil, Employee
Becky Huang, Official Rep
I too would really like to have access to different budget periods for different envelopes. I get paid on a bi-weekly basis (and no, not just on the 1st and the 15th), and this makes it very difficult to track refills accurately and calculate a true amount of cash overflow to sweep into savings, especially when I have monthly expenditures like rent and utilities. It has been two years since people started giving you feedback about this. When will it become a reality? Honestly, I have a free account and if you offered such a feature to paid users only, I'd become a subscriber immediately. I absolutely love GoodBudget and have been using it for years, but this issue is big enough at this point that if you don't have some solution soon, I will have to look for another service to help me budget.
Steven Tafzil, Employee
Hi Brian,
Envelopes that support different periods are currently on our roadmap! You can follow what we're working on here: https://goodbudget.com/roadmap/
Envelopes that support different periods are currently on our roadmap! You can follow what we're working on here: https://goodbudget.com/roadmap/
Becky Huang, Official Rep
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let you know that we just rolled out multiple budget period support on the web today! You can now create Envelopes for every two weeks, monthly, 6 months, etc. You can add them in the More Envelopes section of the Add/Edit Envelopes screen (https://www.goodbudget.com/envelope/edit).
Feel free to check it out and let us know if you have any questions.
The multiple periods feature is awesome on the web. On Android, it shows the envelopes correctly, but if the envelope is not weekly or annual, changing the amount or name moves the envelope to weekly. For example, if I just got an email saying my cell phone bill is going up, and I try to change the monthly cell phone envelope to match (from Android app), then the envelope changes from monthly to weekly. Please let me edit these other period envelopes from Android, not just on the web.
Karisa Russell, Official Rep
Hi Jacob,
Thanks for reporting this! That should not happen, as you should be able to edit your Envelopes from the Android app.
I've added this to our bug tracker for future fixing. For now, I would suggest editing those Envelopes on the web, so that you don't accidentally save changes to an Envelope whose budget period was not supposed to change.
Thanks for reporting this! That should not happen, as you should be able to edit your Envelopes from the Android app.
I've added this to our bug tracker for future fixing. For now, I would suggest editing those Envelopes on the web, so that you don't accidentally save changes to an Envelope whose budget period was not supposed to change.
At first I could not find out how to have both weekly and monthly at the same time but I found the solution.
Your primary has to be the shortest duration, if your primary is set to monthly you will only see periods longer than monthly in the "More Envelopes" section.
Your primary has to be the shortest duration, if your primary is set to monthly you will only see periods longer than monthly in the "More Envelopes" section.
Karisa Russell, Official Rep
Hi Alan,
That's exactly right! Your Primary Budget Period is the shortest period you can track.
Unless you receive incomes on a Weekly basis, I generally recommend tracking a Monthly budget.
Thanks!
That's exactly right! Your Primary Budget Period is the shortest period you can track.
Unless you receive incomes on a Weekly basis, I generally recommend tracking a Monthly budget.
Thanks!
I have not yet worked out how to have envelopes with different budget periods. On https://goodbudget.com/envelope/edit I can only see one palce to change the budgeting period (at the top of the list of budget envelopes) and this seems to be for ALL of the envelopes in the list. I can't find a way to set the budgetting periods individually for each envelope.
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me to work this out.
Kate.
Thanks in advance for anyone who can help me to work this out.
Kate.
Karisa Russell, Official Rep
Hi Kate,
Sorry for the troubles! To create these Envelopes while on the website, you'll click on the '+Add' button on the 'More Envelopes' section. Once you've added the Envelope, give it a Name, and budgeted amount, and use the 'Annual' drop down arrow to select a different period.
You can see more detailed steps here: http://help.goodbudget.com/customer/portal/articles/2420145
Hope that helps!
Sorry for the troubles! To create these Envelopes while on the website, you'll click on the '+Add' button on the 'More Envelopes' section. Once you've added the Envelope, give it a Name, and budgeted amount, and use the 'Annual' drop down arrow to select a different period.
You can see more detailed steps here: http://help.goodbudget.com/customer/portal/articles/2420145
Hope that helps!
I have a Basket Weaving envelope that I only want to fill on the 1st every month and a Mystic Taxidermy envelope that I only want to fill on the 15th every month. How can I do that?
Karisa Russell, Official Rep
Hi Jesse,
Good question! You can create two separate Envelope Fills, one for the 1st and one for the 15th. And, you can try scheduling them so they happen automatically every month.
To get started on the website, click on Fill Envelopes (https://www.goodbudget.com/envelopes/fill), and be sure to check the 'Schedule this...' box to mark them as recurring.
Hope that helps!
Good question! You can create two separate Envelope Fills, one for the 1st and one for the 15th. And, you can try scheduling them so they happen automatically every month.
To get started on the website, click on Fill Envelopes (https://www.goodbudget.com/envelopes/fill), and be sure to check the 'Schedule this...' box to mark them as recurring.
Hope that helps!
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It looks like this feature is only available on a paid account (which I understand) and on the web. I am looking to change to the paid app and wonder what it will look like in the Android app if I have multiple budget periods on the web. I use my android app 98% of the time, but in my book this feature is a big selling point for upgrading.
So, I guess my question is, do the multiple budgeting periods show on the Android app?
So, I guess my question is, do the multiple budgeting periods show on the Android app?
They "show" on Android, but you can't edit anything other than your default period envelopes on Android. If you edit any of the alternative budget period envelopes, it does not give you the option beyond your default period and goal (or something like that). And so your envelopes change envelope type.
Because of this irritating unfinished feature, my wife and I always edit envelopes on the web now. We do not edit any envelopes on Android for fear of messing them up.
We do have a paid plan with quite a few envelopes in almost every possible kind of envelope.
Because of this irritating unfinished feature, my wife and I always edit envelopes on the web now. We do not edit any envelopes on Android for fear of messing them up.
We do have a paid plan with quite a few envelopes in almost every possible kind of envelope.
Karisa Russell, Official Rep
Hi Anita,
Like Jacob said, Envelopes that are longer than your Primary Period will show on the Android app. To clarify, you can have these kinds of Envelopes on both the Free and Paid versions of the app. If you'd like to try them out, you can create them on the web.
Hope that helps!
Like Jacob said, Envelopes that are longer than your Primary Period will show on the Android app. To clarify, you can have these kinds of Envelopes on both the Free and Paid versions of the app. If you'd like to try them out, you can create them on the web.
Hope that helps!
The URL about new budget periods you offered about this new official announcement is not found. Please correct it so we are able to read about it in more detail. Thanks.
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The URL I was referring to above is the one ending with "/edit". It leads directly to the GoodBudget website where it then drops you into your own account, using your own data. It does not actually offer additional info on this new feature.
If your access to the Internet is suddenly cut or goes out, your browser will report error 404 saying that that page cannot be found.
I'm so sorry! I was wrong on this. There is actually nothing wrong with that particular link, whatsoever!
I would normally edit my comment above to correct it myself, but, for some reason, it is not offering me the ability to edit it anymore.
If your access to the Internet is suddenly cut or goes out, your browser will report error 404 saying that that page cannot be found.
I'm so sorry! I was wrong on this. There is actually nothing wrong with that particular link, whatsoever!
I would normally edit my comment above to correct it myself, but, for some reason, it is not offering me the ability to edit it anymore.
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Hadassah Rosenthal
Steven Tafzil, Employee
Thanks for your feedback! It's on our list of things to do! You can check out our roadmap here: https://goodbudget.com/roadmap/