Exclude Mortgage from Spending tab

Question

When I click on the Spending tab I get a donut graph showing my spending. There's a dropdown to show spending without taxes. I'd like to also eliminate my Mortgage payments from this so as to just show discretionary spending. That is spending minus taxes and mortgage. I see that you can customize what accounts but that doesn't help remove the mortgage.
Any ideas?

Chris_QPW · Answer

My wife actually really likes the Spending tab, but her workflow is.
Start Quicken, look at Home tab for here spending, if she needs more details on the transactions click on the graph in "See Where Your Money Goes" and then use the Spending tab for any "drill downs".

So, for these quick "drill downs" it is quite useful.  Two different kinds of users, two different results.

Philip107 · Answer

I agree. Like many other predefined screens the Spending Display doesn't do me much good. They actually can't be used for any serious financial analysis. The underlying logic is seldom sensible towards that goal.

[Deleted User] · Answer

@philip107 - ah now I understand your dilemma.  It seems like that spending tab is not that customizable.  Creating and using a report, as @chris_qpw suggests is a better option to get a more accurate spending report.  It would allow categories to be included or excluded from your report.