HomeBank : Aide

Introduction

HomeBank est un logiciel libre, simple et intuitif de gestion de finances personnelles. Il permet d’analyser en détail vos finances personnelles à l’aide de graphiques et d'outils de filtrage puissants.

Voici quelques-uns de ses points forts:

Importation facile des fichiers OFX, QFX, QIF avec détection de doublonsGestion facile des transactions : signet, héritage, filtre, édition multiple, ordonnancement, rappelGestion facile des bénéficiaires et des catégories : affectation automatique, ajout direct à partir du registre, auto-complétionchamps uniques pour les transactions : visualisation de mode de paiement et de l'état, info sur le mode de paiement, étiquetteimportation et exportation de données dans un fichier de format CSV spécifiqueHomeBank anticipe les coûts et aide à savoir d'où vient votre argent et où il va.

Anticipe les coûts à venir : insertion avant terme d'une transaction prévue, évaluation du solde à venirOutils de rapport dynamiques, faciles et puissants avec graphiquesSurveillance du solde dans le temps et alerte sur les découvertsAnalyse budgétaire simple et des coûts des véhicules

Utilisation

Importation de fichiers

HomeBank peut importer des fichiers téléchargés depuis votre banque, ou provenant de logiciels de comptabilité personnelle, comme Money, Quicken, GnuCash, dans le format de fichier pris en charge.

Étape 1 : Ouvrir l'assistant d'importation

Dans la fenêtre principale: * Sélectionnez le menu Fichier/Importer ... * L'assistant d'importation s'ouvre et vous guide à travers les différentes étapes pour l'importation d'un fichier.

Étape 2 : Sélectionner un fichier à importer

Ici, vous allez sélectionner un seul fichier à importer. HomeBank positionne le filtre au format que vous venez de choisir dans le menu.

Si le fichier n'est pas pris en charge :
Si le fichier est pris en charge :

Étape 3 : Préciser ce qu'il faut importer

Les étapes suivantes ne s'affichent que si vous devez valider ou confirmer une action.

Les propriétés du fichier ne s'affichent que si vous utilisiez le bouton de retour car HomeBank va directement à l'étape de vérification ou de modification.

Résumé du fichier en cours d'importation : nombre de comptes, transactions, bénéficiaires et catégories.

Quand vous importez un fichier QIF/CSV, HomeBank essaie d'importer avec le format configuré dans les préférences, sinon, il essaye de le détecter.

Si quelque chose se passait mal avec la date, ajustez les paramètres de préférences pour correspondre au format de date du fichier.

Comptes à importer

Selon le format du fichier, HomeBank essaye de faire correspondre le compte par son numéro ou son nom.

Pour QIF : correspondance par le nom du comptePour OFX : correspondance par le numéro de compte, HomeBank essaye de trouver le numéro OFX comme une sous-chaîne d’un numéro de compte.Pour CSV : création d'un compte par défaut	Certains fichiers QIF, ainsi que tous les fichiers CSV, ne comporetnt aucune information permettant d’identifier le compte à importer. Dans ce cas, vous devrez le faire manuellement.
Transactions à importer

HomeBank détecte si une transaction dans le fichier en cours d'importation existe déjà dans le compte cible. Si oui, Homebank désactive l'importation et affiche une icône d'avertissement.

Le détail de la section des transactions existantes montre le transaction soupçonnée d'exister et permet de choisir ce qu'il faut faire.

Vous pouvez aussi modifier les paramètres de détection et actualiser la liste.

La détection de transaction existante se fait dans l'ordre suivant, selon la tolérance de date (0 jours par défaut).

Même comptemême quantitéMême date (avec la tolérance configurée)

Étape 4: Confirmation

Affiche une synthèse de ce qui doit être importé et attend une dernière confirmation.

nombre de comptes à actualiser ou créernombre de transactions à importernombre de transactions à rejeternombre de transactions pour lesquelles l'attribution automatique a été faite pour le bénéficiaire et/ou la catégorie.

Formats de fichier pris en charge

QIF - Quicken Interchange FormatQFX - Quicken Financial ExchangeOFX - Open Financial ExchangeCSV - Comma-Separated Value (règles de format spécifiques, détaillées ici)

Échéancier

L'échéancier permet d’automatiser l’entrée de transactions répétitives tels que factures, abonnements, assurances ou impôts.

Configurez la transaction en la créant ou en utilisant un modèle d'opération existant, puis réglez quelques paramètres pour organiser l'insertion programmée. HomeBank vous informera quand la transaction est prête à être insérée ou il l'insère automatiquement pour vous.

Créer des opérations planifiées

Dans le menu Gérer, choisissez Planifiées/Modèles
:sélectionnez une opération modèle existante ou créez-en un nouveauCochez la case Activer en bas, dans la région Insertion planifiéeDéfinissez les paramètres :
Prochaine datePériodicité : chaque jour, semaine, mois, annéeGestion du week-endarrêt après X fois

Configurer les options et les règles d’insertion

Par défaut, les transactions programmées seront automatiquement insérées à leur échéance quand vous ouvrez votre dossier HomeBank.

Vous pouvez modifier ce comportement à partir du menu Fichier/propriétés. La boîte de dialogue a 2 options :

Ajouter jusqu'au xx de chaque mois (exclu)Ajouter x jours à l'avance d'aujourd'huiPour insérer à nouveau la transaction à sa date d'échéance, mettre 0 jours à l'avance d'aujourd'hui. Vous pouvez aussi accéder à cette boîte de dialogue dans le menu Opération/Définir le planificateur...

L'insertion au démarrage du programme peut être modifiée à partir de la boîte de dialogue des préférences.

Enfin, vous pouvez déclencher l’insertion dans le menu Opération/Définir le planificateur... de la fenêtre principale

Contrôler les opérations planifiées

Dans la fenêtre principale, une liste d’opérations planifiées peut être affichée, c’est un résumé de chaque opération planifiée en attente. Vous pouvez contrôler la ligne de la transaction ou l’ignorer si nécessaire avec certains boutons de la barre d’outils ci-dessous. Si une opération planifiée est en retard, vous verrez une icône d’avertissement avec le nombre de jours de retard dans une limite maximum de 10. Si le dépassement excède de 10 jours, il affiche +10.

Affectation automatique

L'affectation automatique permet d'affecter automatiquement à une opération un bénéficiaire, une catégorie, ou les deux, d'après une chaîne contenue dans le mémo ou le bénéficiaire.

L'affectation est appliquée après chaque importation de fichier pour gagner du temps pour l'attribution de la catégorie et garantir le bon bénéficiaire.

Créer des règles d'affectation

Ouvrez la boîte de dialogue d'affectation à partir du menu de la fenêtre principale ou de la barre d'outils :

Puis créez une règle d'affectation :

cliquez sur le bouton Ajouterremplissez le texte à rechercher dans le champ memo ou bénéficiaire (choisi en cochant le bouton voulu)éventuellement, cochez la case sensible à la cassesélectionnez le bénéficiaire, la catégorie ou les deux à attribuerHomeBank attribuera le bénéficiaire et la catégorie d'une transaction si elle est vide.

Déclencher l'affectation

Les règles d'affectation se déclencheront si :

vous la déclenchez manuellement dans la fenêtre de compte, à partir du menu Actions/Affectations auto ou de la barre d'outilsou après une importation de fichier dans HomeBank en utilisant l'assistant d'importation

Fonction Budget

La fonction budget permet de surveiller vos dépenses par catégorie et sous-catégorie par rapport à une présélection de budget.

Step 1: Select the accounts to exclude from the budget

By default, all accounts are included into the budget.

Open the Manage Accounts dialog from either the mainwindow-menu: Manage / Accounts, or from the Manage Accounts icon on the toolbar.

To exclude an account in the budget tick the 'exclude from the budget' option for each account on that you would not like to include in the budget.

See Manage Accounts for more details.

Step 2: Set a budget amount against each category

Open the budget dialog from either the mainwindow-menu: Manage / Budget, or from the Budget icon on the toolbar

Enter a budget amount against some category that you want to include in the budget. If the amount for a category is 0.00 it will not be showed in the budget until you tick the 'Force monitoring this category' checkbox at the bottom of the budget dialog.

For example, select the category 'Cash Withdrawal' and enter -50.00 in the 'Budget for each month' text box to allow spending up to 50.00 in the category 'Cash Withdrawal' each month.

See budget dialog for more details.

Step 3: View the budget report

Open the budget report window from either the mainwindow-menu: Reports / Budget, or from the budget report icon on the toolbar.

The Result column shows the difference between the amount spent and the amount budgeted.

See the budget report for more details.

Using the Vehicle cost feature

An additional capability of HomeBank is to follow the cost of each of your vehicles: fuel consumption and other costs. It will for example display some cost globally and for 100 km/miles, and some other useful informations.

Step 1: Create the vehicles categories

Create some categories for each of your vehicle. You can use categories or subcategories as well. Optionally you can set the default vehicle for the vehicle-cost report window from the wallet dialog.

For example, create an 'Audi 80' category:

open the category dialogcreate a category named 'Audi 80'

Step 2: Fill some transaction with vehicle-cost data's

Modify or add some transaction with necessary data's for the vehicle cost to work:

assign the category 'Audi 80' to every transaction for this vehicle, this includes refuel, maintenance, repair, insurance, or any others costs.add the specific vehicle cost data's into each refuel memo field transaction, as follow. The memo field can also contains other texts as well.

d=xxxxxx

the odometer at refuel time
ex.: d=92458

v=xx.xx

the fuel volume for a full refuel
ex.: v=45.23

v~xx.xx

the fuel volume for a partial refuel
ex.: v~15.41

Step 3: View the results into the vehicle cost report

Open the vehicle cost report, select 'Audi 80' Vehicle and view the results.

Tips & Tricks

Listview quick search

For most listview (account, payee, category, ...) you can benefits from a quick search feature:

select one item (one item must be selected for this to work)start typing on the keyboard the first letter of what you searchan input box will rise, geeting the text you are typingyou can use up/down arrow key to navigate through the item that match

Date widget key action

On every date widget, you can use some key combination to fast change the day, month or year

up/down arrow key : change the dayup/down arrow key + shift : change the monthup/down arrow key + ctrl : change the year

Change the account order into main window

If you want to change the display order of your account in the main window list, you can do this from the account dialog. Just use drag & drop to re-order the accounts

Automatic cheque numbering

HomeBank also deal with automatic cheque numerating. You first need to configure the current cheque number into the account dialog. Then every time you add a new transaction, in the info field is empty, change the payment mode the cheque and the number will be filled. You can use 2 pad of cheque for each account.

Add Payee/Categories from transaction dialog

Whenever you add a transaction, you can also create a new payee/category with seizing directly a new item into the payee/category widget.

Fenêtres

Main window

Menu
The menu is the main start point of most HomeBank actions.Toolbar
The toolbar provides easy mouse shortcut for some of the menu. All tool button have a tool tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool button.Your accounts
The list show you a summary of every account in the wallet. To open an account, and show its transactions, you can double-click on it, or use the toolbar, or the menu.
The first column indicate the change made to an account:
transactions added
transactions modified
The balance area contains the balance summary of the wallet (all accounts), see this page for details. If the minor option is checked in the preferences, a minor toggle button appear here, see this page for details.Where your money goes
The small report show you the top 5 category spending for a predefined period. You can define the default period from the preferences and change into this main window when needed.
The top 5 categories are showed, with amount and rate, also a total balance for the period is displayed. And of course a nice pie chart !Scheduled transactions (next occurrence)
This list displays the next occurrence of scheduled (automated) transaction and their state, especially:next occurrence dateremaining days
This remaining day count is negative if the transaction insertion is overdue.At the bootom of the list, there is 2 buttons to:

skip the transaction postpost the transaction occurrenceIf the account is unset or the amount of the scheduled transaction is 0, the transaction dialog will popup for you to fill these information before posting.

Account window

Menu
The menu is the start of every actions on transactions.Balance
The balance area contains the balance summary of the account, see this page for details. If the minor option is checked in the preferences, a minor toggle button appear here, see this page for details.Quick search
The quick search will permit to filter the transaction list instantly on text column. The search apply to all columns except status, date and amount columns.
Quick filter area
On the left, the account title is displayed.
Theses widgets will enable you to quickly filter the transaction list without opening the filter dialog.
* Range : Quick change the date range, a tooltip is displayed when you hover this widget and display the exact date range.
* Type : Restrict the listview to expense or income.
* Status : Restrict the listview to uncategorized or unreconciled.Selected transaction informations
* Number of items displayed with total amount
* Number of transaction selected and the amount sumTransaction list
The list show you a summary of every transaction in the account. You can use the filter dialog if necessary. Or even change the sort order by clicking on the column title. Double-click works as follow, depending of the transaction selected:
* one is selected: you open the transaction dialog in Edit mode
* multiple are selected: you can edit from menu or toolbar and open multi transaction dialog
The first column indicate the change made to the transaction:
* transaction added
* transaction modified
The Status column indicate the status of a transaction:
* : cleared
* : reconciled
* : remind	Some hotkeys are available to quickly change the status of a transaction. Here's a few tips: Ctrl+R on an unreconciled transaction will Reconcile on a Reconciled transaction will ask for confirmation and toggle to Cleared Ctrl+C has no effect on a Reconciled transaction on a Cleared transaction will unclear it Ctrl+W will change the status to None
Tool bar : The toolbar provides easy mouse shortcut for some of the menu. All tool button have a tool tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool button.

Statistics report

Display	View filter the result to: * Expense * Income * Balance Items with no results, or equal to 0 will not be displayed By specify the item the result should be computed for: * Category * Subcategory * Payee * Tag * Month * Year By amount sort the result by amount instead of the default order alphabetical for Category/Payee or chronological for Month/Year Zoom X select the X zoom factor in real time
Date filter	Range fast select a date with predefined range From / To specify date bound limit to restrict the results to
Tool-bar
The tool-bar is the main control of the display. All tool-button have a tool-tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool-button.Total
This is the total of columns of the list-view for: Expense, Income, Balance.Result list / Column chart / Donut chart
The result list display the computed amounts according to the current selection and filter.Transaction detail list
The transaction detail list will show every transaction of the selected item in the above result list.
By default it is not visible. Use the tool-bar 'Toggle detail' button for changing this.
You can also default keep it visible in the Preference dialog

Trend time report

The trend time report is focused on evolution of Account, Payee, Category over the time. You are able to view a specific item, or all at once, and cumulate the results over time or not

The results are displayed by different time-slices as a listview or line chart, giving a visual view of the item over time.

Window call

from the main window-menu: Reports / Trend timefrom the main window-tool-bar.

Using trend time report

Display	For specify the item the result should be computed for: * Account * Category * Payee Account Category Payee select the item to display result for Select all display the result for all the items Cumulate cumulate the result instead of simple display by time slice View by specify the scale the result should be computed for: * Day * Week * Month * Quarter * Year Zoom X select the X zoom factor in real time
Date filter	Range fast select a date with predefined range From / To specify date bound limit to restrict the results to
Tool bar : The tool-bar is the main control of the display. All tool-button have a tool-tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool-button.Result list : The result list display the computed amount according to the current selection.Transaction detail list : The transaction detail list will show every transaction of the selected item in the above result list.
By default it is not visible. Use the tool-bar 'Toggle detail' button for changing this.
You can also default keep it visible in the Preference dialog

Balance report

The balance report is an analysis part focused on the balance evolution during the time. A specific purpose will be to visually control your balance.

The transactions are displayed ordered by date in order for you to check the balance according to the minimum set in the account window.

The results are displayed into a list or with a line chart, giving a visual view of the account flow.

Window call

from the main window-menu: Reports / Balancefrom the main window-tool-bar.

Using balance report

Display	Account Select all select all accounts Each day select to display each day, in not checked only days with value are showed Zoom X select the X zoom factor in real time
Date filter	Range fast select a date with predefined range From / To specify date bound limit to restrict the results to
Tool bar : The tool-bar is the main control of the display. All tool-button have a tool-tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool-button.Infos : Inform you about the number of transaction in balance, the total number of transaction and the value of the balance for this account.Result list : The result list display the computed balances according to the current selection.

Budget report

The budget report will summarize your running budget and will display its result.

Please refer to the using the budget feature for details on how using this feature.

Window call

from the main window-menu: Reports / Budgetfrom the main window-tool-bar.

Using budget report

Display	For select category/subcategory Kind specify the result should be computed for: Expense, Income, or both
Date filter	Range fast select a date with predefined range From / To specify date bound limit to restrict the results to
Tool bar : The tool-bar is the main control of the display. All tool-button have a tool-tip that will help you know what action will be launched when you click on the tool-button.Total : This is the total of columns of the list-view for: Spent, Budget and DecayResult list / Bar chart : The result list display the computed amounts according to the current selection.

Vehicle cost report

The vehicle cost report will focus on your vehicle costs including fuel and repairs. It also display miscellaneous information like fuel consumption ans others.

Please refer to the using the vehicle cost feature for details on how using this feature.

Window call

from the main window-menu: Reports / Vehicle costfrom the main window-tool-bar.

Using vehicle cost report

Display	Vehicle select the category used for your vehicle costs
Date filter	Range fast select a date with predefined range From / To specify date bound limit to restrict the results to
Global results	Meter the meter of the vehicle Consumption fuel consumption Fuel cost cost of the consumed fuel Other cost the other cost for the vehicle (insurance, repair, ...), which mean the transaction affected to the current vehicle cost category not containing (d=xx v=xx) Total cost the total cost for the vehicle in the selected period
Detailed results : This is a list-view which contains the detailed date by date refuel done for the selected vehicle.
The list is sortable, just click into the column title to change the sort order.
At the bottom is the total line, except for price which is the average price by liter.

Menus

Main window menu

The menu are the main start point of most HomeBank actions. Here is a short description of it:

Edit
View
Manage
Transactions
Reports
Tools
About

File

New	clear all, after a confirmation if change were made to the current wallet
Open...	open a wallet, after a confirmation if change were made to the current wallet
Save	save the current wallet
Save as...	save the current wallet with a new name:Revert revert to the last saved version of the current file
Properties...	open the properties dialog
Import...	* QIF file... * OFX/QFX file... * CSV file... all these will open the import assistant dialog
Export QIF file	export all data's to QIF format
Close	close the current wallet
Quit	exit HomeBank

Edit

Preferences...

open the preferences dialog

View

Toolbar

Toggle display of the toolbar

Top spending

Toggle the display of the top spending

Scheduled list

Toogle the display of the scheduled list

Minor currency

Display using the euro minor currency

Manage

Accounts...

open the account dialog

Payees...

open the payee dialog

Categories...

open the categories dialog

Scheduled/Template...

open the scheduled/template dialog

Budget...

open the budget dialog

Assignments...

open the assignment dialog

Transactions

Show...

open the account window for the selected account

Add...

open the transaction dialog

Set scheduler...

open the properties dialog to setup the scheduler

Post scheduled

post any pending scheduled transaction according the current rules

Reports

Statistics...

open the statistic report

Trend time...

open the trend time report

Balance...

open the balance report

Budget...

open the budget report

Vehicle cost...

open the vehicle cost report

Tools

Show welcome dialog...

Open the first start using HomeBank dialog, like you were using HomeBank for the first time. This will let you choose among several action to perform, like creating a blank account

File statistics...

Open the file statistics dialog, showing the number of account, transaction and so on.

Anonymize...

After a confirmation, this will change every label to anonymize your accounts, payee, categories, memo, etc.

Help

Contents

Open the local help (on disk)

Get Help Online

Ask a question to the community (online)

Translate this Application

Translate to your language (online)

Report a problem

Report a bug (online)

About

Open the about dialog

Account window menus

The menu is the start of every actions on transactions.

Account

Export QIF...

export transaction to a QIF file

Export CSV...

export transaction to a CSV file, see CSV file format

Close...

close the account window

Transaction

Add...

open the transaction dialog in Add mode

Inherit...

open the transaction dialog pre-fill it with the selected transaction

Edit...

open the transaction dialog in Edit mode

Status > None

change the status to none => confirmation will be asked if already Reconciled

Status > Cleared

toggle cleared state if possible => no effect on a Reconciled transaction

Status > Reconciled

toggle reconciled state if possible => confirmation will be asked if already Reconciled

Create template...

create some template from the selected transaction(s)

Delete...

delete the selected transaction(s)

Actions

Auto. assignments

run automatic assignment rules on the current account, see automatic assignments

Tools

Filter...

open the filter dialog

Convert to euro...

After a confirmation, this will convert the account to euro major currency according the preferences currenctly set

Boîtes de dialogue

Transaction dialog

The transaction dialog is used to add, edit and manage the transactions.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Transaction / Add...mainwindow-toolbar.from the account window-menu: Transaction / Add... / Inherit... / Edit...from the account window transaction list: by double-click on an transaction

Using transaction dialog

The 'Add' button enable to add an transaction and keep the transaction dialog open to add more transactions.

Use a template
Select a source template definition to fill in the transaction dialog fields.etTransaction details

Date	date of the transaction (dd.mm.yy). - use shift key + arrow up/down to increase/decrease date. - the right side button popup a full calendar
Amount	amount of the transaction - the right side +/- button toggle between income/expense
Payment	payment for the transaction. It will be displayed as small icons. See the lexicon for payment detail
Of notebook 2 To account	these fields appears depending on the payment selected: for cheque: select the 2nd cheque notebook for internal transfer: select the destination account
Info	additional informations such as real date or value date, cheque numbers, other numbers related to the transaction. this field is automatically filled for cheque numbers.
Account	account the transaction should be attached to.
Payee	payee of the transaction, see payee definition for further details.
Category	category of the transaction, see category definition for further details.
Memo	memo of transaction. and optionally vehicle cost data's, see vehicle cost.
Tags	tags of the transaction, see tag definition for further details.
Status

Split transaction dialog

The split dialog is used to edit,modify and manage the split of a transaction.

Dialog call

transaction dialog: S button

Using split transaction dialog

- / + buttons- : allows to remove a split line+ : allows to add a split lineSplit line detailsCategory : the category of the split lineMemo : the memo of the split lineAmount : the amount of the split lineSplit informations
Depending on the context, the following will be displayed:Sum of splits : sum of every split linesUnassigned : remaining amount for the split: transaction amount - sum of splitsTransaction amount : transaction amount as a remind

Multiple transaction dialog

The multiple transaction dialog is used to edit multiple field of multiple transactions at the same time.

Dialog call

from the account window-menu: Transaction / Multiple editaccount window toolbar.

Using multiple transaction column edition

select several transactionuse the menu or toolbar 'Multiple edit'tick the fields you want to mass editselect/fill the right valuePlease refer to transaction dialog for description of fields.

The following is not multiple editable

DateAmount, Income, ExpensePayment, in case an internal xfer is part of the selectionhidden column of the listview

Internal transfer dialog

The internal transfer dialog is used to pick a target transaction for internal transfer transactions.

Dialog call

This dialog will popup when you change a transaction paymode to internal transfer and HomeBank detect some potential target transaction to link to this transfer.

Using transfer selection dialog

Select an actioncreate a new transaction : will choose to create a new transaxction and ignore the transaction proposed into the below list.select an existing transaction : will link the actual transaction to the selected one as the transfer target.Transaction list : list of transaction that may match the source transaction you just changed as an internal transfer.

Scheduled/Template transactions dialog

The Scheduled/Template transactions dialog is used to add, edit and manage the scheduled / template of the current wallet.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Scheduled/Template...mainwindow-toolbar.

Using Scheduled/Template transactions dialog

Sheduled/Template list : display the actual list of Scheduled/Template transactions in the wallet. It is always sorted in alphabetic order. Scheduled transaction ar marked with a calendar icon: ButtonsAdd : add a new empty template.Delete : delete the active template.Transaction details : Please refer to transaction dialog for these fields.Scheduled insertionActivate : set this template to be scheduledNext date : specify the date of the next insertion, when you first edit you should set it manually, then it is updated automatically. You can of course adjust it later if needed.Every : set the insertion interval to every xx:DayWeekMonthYearWeek-end : define how to manage the post date when it occurs on a weekend:Possible : don't careBefore : move to first day beforeAfter : move to first day afterStop after xx posts : limit the insertion to a finished count

Accounts dialog

The accounts dialog is used to add, edit and manage the accounts of the current wallet.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Accountsmainwindow-toolbar.

Using accounts dialog

Account list : display the actual list of accounts in the wallet. The account at the top of the list will be the one to be displayed when opening your wallet. You can easily change the accounts order using Drag&Drop process.Buttons :Add : add a new empty account.Delete : delete the active account. This is only possible if the account has no transactions.AccountType : specify the type of the accountStart balance : specify the initial balance amount, i.e the balance before the first transaction.This account was closed : specify the bank account is closed.
Please also note that closed account are no more considered for reports.Current cheque numberCheckbook 1 : specify the next cheque number of pad1 to be used (this is auto updated later when you add some transactions).Checkbook 2 : some of the above but for a second cheque pad (for a joined account)InstitutionName : specify the bank name where the account is registered.Number : specify the bank account number itself.LimitsMinimum : specify the balance threshold, if you have an authorized balance, this will be used in the Balance report window.Report exclusionExclude from account summary : the account will must not be used into the account summary list of the main window.Exclude from the budget : the account will not be used for the budget datas.Exclude from any reports : the account will not be used for any report datas.

Payees dialog

The payees dialog is used to add, edit and manage the payees of the current wallet.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Payees...mainwindow-toolbar.

Using payees dialog

Payee name : type a new payee name here and press return to add.Payee list : display payee name and usage countButtons :Edit : open a dialog to edit the selected payeeMerge : merge the current payee to a new one you will selectDelete : delete the selected payeeMenu ButtonImport : Import and merge some payees from a csv fileExport : export the entire payee list into a csv fileDelete unused : delete all unused payeePlease refer to csv file format for the file description.

Categories dialog

The categories dialog is used to add, edit and manage the categories of the current wallet.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Categories.mainwindow-toolbar.

Using categories dialog

Expense/Income switcher : Toggle the category list with Expense/Income categories onlyCategory name : type a new category name here and press return to add.
Subcategory name : select the category to add subcategory to in the category listtype a new subcategory name here and press return to add.Categories list : display category name and usage countButtons :Edit : open a dialog to edit the selected categoryMerge : merge the current category to a new one you will selectDelete : delete the selected branch or categories, i.e. if a category is selected, all subcategories will be deletedMenu ButtonImport : Import and merge some categories from a csv fileExport : export the entire categories list into a csv fileDelete unused : delete all unused categoryPlease refer to csv file format for the file description.

Assignments dialog

The assignments dialog is used to add, edit and manage the assignment rules of the current wallet.

Please refer to the Using the Automatic assignment feature for details on how using this feature.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Assignments...mainwindow-toolbar.

Using assignments dialog

Assignment list : display the actual list of assignments in the wallet. It is always sorted in alphabetic order.Buttons :Add add a new empty assignment.Delete delete the active assignment.ConditionField Memo/PayeeContains set the text to searchCase sensitive set the search to consider uppercase and lowercase different, otherwise the sameAutomatic assignmentsCategory the category to optionaly assignPayee the payee to optionaly assign

Budget dialog

The budget dialog is the main interface to edit, modify and manage your budget.

Please refer to the using the budget feature for details on how using this feature.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: Manage / Budgetmainwindow-toolbar.

Using budget dialog

Category list : display the list of categories and subcategories of the current wallet.
budgeted transaction are displayed bold and marked with a money-envelope icon: Expense/Income switcher : Toggle the category list with Expense/Income categories onlyBudget for each month :is the same : category budget will be the same for every month: Jan -> Dec
you can then fill the amount belowClear input : clear any budget for the selected categoryis different : category budget will be specific each month
you can then fill the amount of each needed monthsJan to Dec : The amount for each monthOptionsForce monitoring this category : By default, if a transaction has no amount (0.00) it it not displayed into the budget report. This checkbox will change this and can manage such case.Menu buttonImport : import the budget from a csv file.
See csv file format for details.Export : export the budget to a csv file.
See csv file format for details.

Preferences dialog

The preferences dialog can be accessed from the main window menu, as Edit-Preferences. It lets you customize many aspects of the way HomeBank works. The following sections detail the settings that you can customize, and what they affect.

General

Program start

Show splash screen	display a splash screen when HomeBank start
Load last opened file	load the last opened file when HomeBank start
Post pending scheduled transactions	append scheduled transaction to accounts when HomeBank start

Fiscal year

Start on	define on which day and month the fiscal year start

Main window reports

Date range	default range initial value for the main window reports

Files folder

Default	default folder to load/save HomeBank files

Interface

General

Language	define what language to use for the interface
Toolbar	tool-bar style to be used
Enable rows in alternating colors	specify if the alternate lines colors should be used for tree-view/list-view (this depends on the current GTK+ theme an may not work)

Amount colors

Uses custom colors	specify if amounts should be displayed with colors below
Preset	contains some Tango color preset to fast set the amount colors
Expense	color used for expense
Income	color used for incomes
Warning	color used for amount in warning (overdrawn)

Transactions

Transaction window

Date range	Set the default range to be used for account window
Hide reconciled transactions	set the filter for account window not to default show reconciled transactions
Always show remind transactions	set the remind transaction to always be display (ignore filters)

Multiple add

Keep the last date	Set the date to be kept when you add several transaction successively

Column listSet the column to display and their order for the transaction list

Display format

Date options

Date format

display format used for date

A date sample is displayed

Numbers options

Symbol

Symbol that prefix the amount

Is prefix

define is the symbol is a prefix symbol

Decimal char

Character to be used as decimal separator

Grouping char

Character to be used as grouping separator

Frac digits

Number of digits after decimal separator
An amount sample is displayed

Measurement units

Use miles for meter

use the mile labels and abbreviation for the vehicule cost

Use galons for fuel

use the galons labels and abbreviation for the vehicule cost

Import/Export

Date options

Date order

set the default date order for file import

d-m-y

m-d-y

y-m-d|

OFX/QFX options

Memo field

define what to do for memo field during import:

ignore

append to memo

append to info

Files folder

Import

default folder to load files to import

Export

default folder to save files to export

Report

Initial filter

Date range

Set the default range to be used for account window

Charts options

Color scheme

Set the default color scheme to be applied for charts

HomeBank

Money

SAP

Quicken

Office 2010

Office 2013

Analytics

Statistics options

Show by amount

set the by amount toggle on the statistics window to default be checked

Show rate column

set the rate column to be displayed by default

Show details

set the detail toggle on the statistics window to default be checked

Budget options

Show details

set the detail toggle on the budget window to default be checked

Euro minor

General

Enable

enable euro minor currency support in HomeBank.
see minor currency for more details.

Fill from

preselect of parameters for this tab

Country

remind of the filled country from

Value

change rate (value of 1 euro in your old national currency)

Numbers format

Symbol

Symbol that prefix the amount

Is prefix

define is the symbol is a prefix symbol

Decimal char

Character to be used as decimal separator

Grouping char

Character to be used as grouping separator

Frac digits

Number of digits after decimal separator

Filter dialog

The filter dialog is used to adjust the filter for transaction from the account window and the statistics window.

Filter date

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
From	the date minimum value
To	the date maximum value
Month	set a specific month
Year	set a specific year

Filter status

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
reconciled	select the reconciled transactions
cleared	select the cleared transactions
Force display 'Added'	force transaction in 'added' status to always be displayed
Force display 'Edited'	force transaction in 'edited' status to always be displayed

Force display 'Remind' force remind transaction to always display

Filter payment

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
payment	see the lexicon for payment detail

Filter amount

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
From	the amount minimum value
To	the amount maximum value

Filter text

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
Memo	the memo string to search
Info	the info string to search
Tag	the tag string to search

Filter Category/Payee/Account

These tabs all function-the same manner. You can filter these using a list of item, including or excluding the selected items.

The account tab is not showed when you filter from the account window, it is showed only from the statistics dialog.

Option	set this filter status: * inactive * include * exclude
All	will select all the items in the list
None	will unselected all the items in the list
Invert	will invert all the items in the list

Properties dialog

The properties dialog is used to edit, modify and manage the wallet properties.

Dialog call

mainwindow-menu: File / Properties

Using properties dialog

GeneralOwner : specify the title for the wallet, this will be used as the main window title.Scheduled transactionAdd until xx of each month (excluded) : specify the day number of the month until which the scheduled transaction will be automatically added.Add x days in advance the current date : specify a number of days to add to the today's date (limit of insertion) when HomeBank insert automated transactions.
For example: you specify 30 days here, HomeBank will insert automated transactions that should occur till today + 30 days.Vehicle costCategory :specify the default category for the Vehicle cost report.

Divers

CSV file format

With HomeBank you can import/export some of the internal data's in the most common file format that is CSV.

meanwhile csv should uses comma as separator, HomeBank uses semi-colon as separator (this is most common than comma)
The format used for the different files is specific to HomeBank, so don't expect to import files your bank should offers you directly, you will need to arrange it a little in a spreadsheet like Gnumeric before.

Below is a description with example of the CSV format that HomeBank uses.

Transaction

date

format must be DD-MM-YY

paymode

from 0=none to 10=FI fee

info

a string

payee

a payee name

memo

a string

amount

a number with a '.' or ',' as decimal separator, ex: -24.12 or 36,75

category

a full category name (category, or category:subcategory)

tags

tags separated by space

tag is mandatory since v4.5

Example:

15-02-04?0???Some cash?-40,00?Bill:Withdrawal of cash?tag1
15-02-04?1???Internet DSL?-45,00?Inline service/Internet?tag2
...

Budget

type

*

= monthly

blank

= month value

category

the category name

value(s)

1 amount

if the type is monthly

12 amounts, separated by ';'

if type month value

Example:

*?Fuel;45.00
? Domestic animals;1.00;2.00;3.00;4.00;...
*;Food;17.00
...

Category

level

1

= category

2

= subcategory

type

-

= expense

+

= income

category name

the category name

Example:

1;-;Food
2; ;Grocer
2; ;Restaurant
1;+;Wage
...

Payee

payee name

the name of the payee

Example:

payee_name1
payee_name2
...

Soldes

HomeBank propose 3 soldes couvrant l'ensemble du cycle de vie de vos comptes.

Les 3 différents soldes

Banque

solde de toutes les transactions rapprochées ; cela devrait donc être le même solde que celui de la dernière instruction rapprochée

Aujourd'hui

solde des transactions jusqu'à aujourd'hui : solde bancaire + montant du de toutes les transactions depuis ce temps jusqu'à aujourd'hui

Futur

solde de toutes les transactions : inclut toutes les transactions actuellement sur le compte

les transactions à l'état “Rappel” ne sont jamais prises en compte dans les soldes

Rapprochement bancaire

Dans HomeBank,Le rapprochement bancaire (vérification des transactions par rapport au relevé bancaire) se fait manuellement.

Comment faire le rapprochement ?

Pour commencer, votre solde bancaire doit être le dernier rapproché avec le précédent relevé bancaire.

Ensuite, vous validez chaque transaction et normalement le solde bancaire de HomeBank correspond à celui de votre relevé.

Que faire si les soldes ne sont pas égaux ?

Si les soldes ne sont pas égaux à la fin du rapprochement, mesurez l’écart. Les transactions qui ont changé sont identifiées par la petite icône qui indique qu'ils ont été édités.

Le filtre peut aider.

Enfin, il est parfois plus facile de revenir en arrière et de recommencer le rapprochement au début.

Euro mineur

Pour les pays de la zone européenne, ou qui utilisent l'Euro (EUR), HomeBank offre quelques fonctionnalités supplémentaires pour afficher en Euro majeur/mineur, et de convertir si nécessaire.

Cela couvre les 2 situations:

dans l'attente d'un passage à l'euro, l'euro est alors mineur, et votre monnaie nationale est majeureaprès un passage à l'euro, l'euro est alors majeur, et votre monnaie nationale est mineure

Affichage en euro

La configuration des propriétés de devises mineures se fait dans la boîte de dialogue des préférences.

Une fois les paramètres correctement définis, vous pouvez passer la plupart des affichages en monnaie mineure, qui peut être l'Euro si votre pays est en attente d'un passage à l'euro, ou l'ancien monnaie nationale si votre pays est déjà passé à l'euro.

Lorsque la monnaie mineure est activée, un menu permettant de besculer entre les monnaies apparaît dans la plupart des fenêtres.

Convertir en monnaie Euro

Dans la fenêtre de compte, menu Outils/Convertir en euro, vous pouvez convertir un compte entier en euro, selon les paramètres que vous avez configurés dans les préférences.

Cela pourrait aussi servir si un pays revenait de l’euro à une monnaie nationale, le taux de configuré dans les préférences devant juste être correct.

Lexique

Voir la page Homebank : lexique