Once you create a budget (be it expense or income) and some transactions, you might be wondering how exactly does the budget register work (where your transactions are displayed). This guide aims to clarify this!

If you don't see the transactions you were expecting to see, please see this guide.

Once you have created some budgets and budget groups, the list of budgets might begin to look quite colorful:

Remember that the colors applied can be adjusted: just edit the budget or budget group. And just like with accounts, just click on a budget group to collapse it!

Notice that each budget and budget group features a progress bar, allowing you to quickly estimate how much of the budget has been spent/saved. The white vertical lines inside the progress bar represent budget period: if your budget is repeating monthly and it's the middle of the month today, you'll see the white vertical line placed in the middle of the progress bar. This way you know that your budget period will end soon if the line is nearing towards the right edge.

The amount on the left shows your current spending in a budget or the group, while the amount on the right shows budgeted amount.

If your budget is repeating, you can easily navigate through different budget periods. Simply enter your budget and find two arrows (< and >) separated by a date indicator. By clicking on the arrows you can quickly switch by subsequent budget periods. While doing so, notice that MoneyWiz changes which transactions are visible in the register and also updates the budget indicators explained above. You can also quickly switch to a particular budget period by clicking on the date indicator and selecting it from the list: it's ordered from most recent on top to oldest at the bottom.