Envelope Activity Report
Detailed activity breakdown across envelopes over a date range.
Overview
The Envelope Activity report shows a breakdown of allocations, expenses, and transfers for selected envelopes over a date range. Open it by clicking the print button in the Envelope List toolbar and selecting Envelope Activity.
Envelope Selection
The left side of the dialog shows a tree view of all your envelopes. Check the envelopes you want to include in the report. Three toolbar buttons control selection:
- Select All Envelopes -- Checks every envelope.
- Clear Selection -- Unchecks all envelopes.
- Select Allocation Plan -- Checks only envelopes that are included in the Allocation Plan.
Your selections are remembered between sessions.
Date Range
A drop-down offers preset date ranges:
- Custom -- Enables editable From and To date fields.
- This Week / This Week to Date / Last Week
- This Month / This Month to Date / Last Month
- This Quarter / This Quarter to Date / Last Quarter
- This Year / This Year to Date / Last Year
Selecting a preset fills in the From and To dates automatically. Editing the dates directly switches the drop-down to Custom.
Columns
Eight checkboxes control which data columns appear in the report:
| Column | Description |
|---|---|
| Allocations | Positive non-transfer transactions (income allocated to the envelope). |
| Expenses | Negative non-transfer transactions (spending from the envelope). |
| Xfers In | Transfer money moved into the envelope. |
| Xfers Out | Transfer money moved out of the envelope. |
| All In | Combined total of allocations and transfers in. |
| All Out | Combined total of expenses and transfers out. |
| Start Balance | The envelope balance at the start of the date range. |
| End Balance | The envelope balance at the end of the date range, computed as Start + All In - All Out. |
Extrapolate or Average
A drop-down scales the reported values to a normalized rate:
- None (Gross) -- Shows raw totals for the selected period.
- Per day, per week, per month, per quarter, or per year.
Start and end balances are not affected by scaling.
Output Options
| Button | Description |
|---|---|
| Sends the report to your printer. | |
| Preview | Opens a print preview window. |
| Copy to Clipboard | Copies the report as tab-delimited text. |
| Export to File | Saves the report as a CSV file. |
All settings are remembered between sessions.
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