View source for Restoring Budgets from a Backup

== Overview ==

A backup of your BudgetLink data is usually taken each time you close BudgetLink. You can use these backups to restore your budgets to an earlier time. The restore process will end up creating an entirely new budget containing the data from your backup. You can then use this to compare the budgets between the two versions.

== Restoring Budgets from a Backup ==

[[File:RestoreBudgetsUtilities.png|300px|thumb|right|The Utilities screen.]]
[[File:RestoreBudgetsSelectBackup.png|300px|thumb|right|The dialogue allowing you to select the backup with which to restore.]]
[[File:RestoreBudgetsSelectVersion.png|300px|thumb|right|The dialogue allowing you to select the version to restore.]]

To restore budgets from a backup, follow these steps.

# From the BudgetLink '''menu''', click on '''20. Budget Entry''' and then '''Utilities''';
# Click on the '''Restore Budget''' button;
# Click '''Browse''' and select the backup of the '''BudgetLink Data.mdb''' file, usually located under \System\Backups\Databses\ within the BudgetLink folder;
# Select the '''Budget''' to restore and click '''OK'''.

The budget will be restored with a different named with a date/time stamp appended to the name, as in ''''Budget 20141021''''.

You can use the [[Entering Budgets|Budget Entry]] screen to verify the figures of this new budget. 

You can use [[Version Control]] to rename the budget or remove it if incorrect.

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== Related Topics ==

* [[Budgets]]