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PocketMoney provides an easy-to-use interface to manage an account's list of transactions. You can quickly add new transactions or update and delete existing ones. You can perform transfers between accounts and keep track of any foreign currency exchanges if you need to. Information like categories, payees, classes and notes can be used later to create filters and reports. More over, classes can be used to help separate e.g., business and personal expenses, or for different family members. Categories can be used to define the main areas of your budget. Splits, or transactions that fall in multiple categories, can be used to be more specific about how the money for a given transaction was used. New to PocketMoney is the ability to specify Repeating transactions. To read more about this very powerful feature or find assistance in specifying payment frequencies, etc, read here. NOTE PocketMoney does not yet connect to financial institutions for you, so the transactions are a reminder and save you inputting each transaction individually. Future payments are not subtracted from your running balance until the date that they are scheduled to be paid. All Picker Lists are modifiable to help speed up and customize your particular financial style and model. Please see the section on Modifying Picker Lists for more information. See Also
Viewing Transactions
You can view an Account's current list of Transactions (or register) by tapping on any Account in the Account list. If any transactions have been entered for this account they will automatically appear when you select the account. If a filter is active, it will appear in the account title bar, after the name of the account, and will affect what transactions are in the list. To read more on how to set up filters, visit Setup Filters. You can easily mark any transaction as cleared by checking the box on the left of the transaction in the Transaction List. You also remove the cleared state of any transaction by tapping on the same region again. See Also
Creating a transaction is as easy as tapping New on the PocketMoney menu bar while viewing an Account's current list of transactions. A new Transaction view is immediately opened and you will then be able to fill in all the information about the new transaction that you'd like. The Payee (To/From/T To/T From) and Amount are all that are required to save the transaction. However, there are three tabs of possible information you can fill out for the transaction. Fill out what you need. The Payee field is integrated with your main Contacts list for your convenience. Simply click on the small "person" icon to the left of the To or From field to call up your contact list and select a Payee or Source for the transaction. Depending on the type of transaction you specify, there will be different items to fill in. In particular, choosing a Transfer will cause the Payee picker to be replaced with a current list of the accounts added to PocketMoney. If there is only one account, you will not be able to perform a transfer. If you have multiple currencies turned on, a tappable control with a World Globe will appear to the right of controls used to fill in the Amount. By tapping the globe a new view will appear to fill in the locale and exchange rate for the current transaction. If you're performing a transfer, the locale can not be modified, but the currency rate can still be adjusted. You can also use all the Pick Lists to help speed up the process of filling out the transaction. Any control with a down arrow has a Pick List associated with them. Some are modifiable while you're filling in the transaction too. Currently Payees, Amounts, IDs, Categories and Classes can be updated by choosing Edit List ... from the Pick List. You can also set these lists up before you enter any transactions by choosing: Edit > Picker Lists ... from the PocketMoney menu bar while viewing an Account's current list of transactions. To save the new Transaction information, click OK. If anything is missing you will be prompted. See Also
Using Multiple Currencies
Changing Transaction Information To change any information about an existing transaction, do the following:
This view shows all the information about a given transaction. Use this screen to check out information about the transaction's class, category or description, or view a more accurate display of a transaction made with exchange rates. To view the current information for an existing transaction, do the following:
To mark as transaction as cleared, do the following:
You can also mark a transaction as cleared while you are filling it out. See creating a transaction for more information. See Also
To add a note to a given transaction, select the Note Tab while adding a new or updating an existing transaction and enter the desired text. This information can be viewed at a later date through the Transaction Details view or editing the transaction. If this transaction is part of a transfer, its counterpart will contain an identical Note. See Also
Splits are needed when one payment must be applied to multiple categories. To add a set of splits to a given transaction:
After working with the splits, (or during, it doesn't matter), you can adjust the current splits total by tapping Adjust on the menubar. Upon closing the splits dialog, this value will be used to replace the current transaction's amount. NOTE Adjusting the split total is not required, but available if the amounts should match up. NOTE This information can be viewed at a later date through the Transaction Details View or editing the transaction and following the above steps to open the Splits dialog. If this transaction is part of a transfer, its counterpart will not contain a duplicate set of the splits. Instead it will simply display the same set just entered and you will be able to update the list from either part of the transfer. See Also
To delete an existing transaction, do the following:
Repeating transactions can be used to drastically reduce the need for redundant data entry. You can use them to track your monthly phone bill or car payment. You can use them to easily keep track of your monthly transfers to savings or bi-yearly tax payments. You can even specify a weekly deposit that spans only a few weeks. Whatever type of financial planning you have, repeating transactions can help to simplify the maintanence of these records. How they work Repeating Transactions are filled out in a separate register and unique to each account. To view any given account's current Repeating Transactions list, open the account register and select: View > Repeating Transactions... A new dialog will appear listing any repeating transactions already added the current account. If you wish to Add a new one, tap New. If you wish to edit, view or delete an existing one, Tap and Hold on it. When you are done entering your repeating elements for the current account, close the dialog to return the current accounr register. At that time, any repeating transactions found for the current account are compared to the current date and time to see if any transactions should be posted. If any do, you will see them appear. Unlike a regular account register, each item is displayed in an unmodifiable # of lines to give you the most for your view. Depending on the criteria you specify, you may see alot of information per item or very little. This is normal. Filling out a repeating transaction is very much like entering a regular transaction except for the following characteristics:
If you wish to change the series, follow the steps above to return to the current account register's list of repeating transactions and make the appropriate changes. Upon saving the changes, you will be asked to update the existing series or stop the current one leaving any posted transactions untouched and no longer bound to any repeating series. If you choose to update the series, be VERY CAREFUL! All changes made to transactions posted based on the old repeating series will be lost! See Also
There are three basic searching facilities for an Account register's transactions:
NOTE Depending on your sort order will affect only the direction of the search. See Also |