Custom Bills & Income Projected Balance time period/date selection (18 Merged/Legacy Votes)

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I moved from Quicken for Windows to Quicken for Mac (Quicken Starter 2019) when I purchased my MacBook Air this summer.

I am very disappointed to see that, in the Bills & Income tab, I can no longer get a projected view of my finances for years down the road but am limited to one year.  With the Windows version I could set a custom date but cannot do that on the Mac.

There is a fair bit of functionality missing in the Mac version but the thing I miss the most is the ability to do long term planning.  I've been keeping the Quicken for Windows up to date on my old PC as well as the Quicken for Mac just so that I can do the long term planning.  Can you add the custom time periods in the Bills & Income for Quicken Starter? 

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smayer97

This is also a subset of the following IDEA request. You can also add your VOTE to Improve the Bill Reminders Graph (aka Cash Flow Forecast or Projected Balance). (#6) (this currently has over 100 votes)

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Shirley Winkler

Currently Quicken for Mac only allows projected balances for 6 pre-set time periods.  Quicken for Windows allows a custom date.  Please add this for Quicken for Mac.  It's extremely useful!

Shirley Winkler

Allow custom project dates in Bills and Income.

mangeydog

Not sure why Quicken truncates the view of projected balances beyond 1 year. Seems like a simple task to allow future dates. Sometimes I want to see the impact of recurring or one time planned costs on my balance beyond 12 months. Can we get some agreement to view projected balances beyond 1 year on the register and the bill tracker view?

mangeydog

5 years would be nice but would be pleased with a 24 month view!

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smayer97

This is still very much needed. Being limited to only 12 months is, well, very limiting.

There should be options to at least allow 24 months, or better yet, allow users to specify the time period, like in Windows.

This idea is actually listed ONE of the feature requests as part of Improve Bill Reminders Graph, as noted above. BUT if it makes sense to keep is separate, that is fine too.

woodmann

Agreed 24 would be fine with me.

smayer97

Look-ahead option should be user definable like in QM2007 where you can specify any # DAYS in advance.

DCky1032

I'm a long time user of Quicken PC. The current MAC version doesn't allow me to enter custom dates within the Projected Balances feature of Bills & Income. 1 year is the maximum time frame. I miss being able to see long term projections that are critical to staying on a budget.

Quicken_Tyka

Hello @DCky1032

Thank you for taking the time to visit the Community to post your question, although I apologize that this feature isn't currently offered.

I have moved your post to the ongoing Idea thread to add the ability to customize the date in the projected balances section.

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-Quicken Tyka

Gary Fisher

Just like what is currently available in the Windows version add the ability to create custom date ranges in the Projected Balances Tab in the Bills & Income section.

This feature is so important when doing long term personal cash flow planning and in my view one of THE major deficiencies between the Mac version and Windows Quicken.

smayer97

Agreed!  

This idea already exists here:

Custom Bills & Income Projected Balance time period/date selection

(search in this forum is HORRIBLE!)

It is also a subset of this too (item #6):

Improve the Bill Reminders (Cash Flow Forecast/Projected Balance)

P.S. Be sure to vote for your own idea. This forum unfortunately does not count YOUR vote automatically when you create an idea :-(