[USERSNAP] Data shown on TOTAL SPENT column is strange

[dmtrjsg]

Taken at: https://dao.joystream.org/#/council/past-councils Fields:

• Houston, we have a problem.: Data shown on TOTAL SPENT column is strange
• Comment: I mean, as a Council member, it doesn't tell me anything. Where is this data coming from? What does it represent? Councils technically spends on so many things, including, but not limited to, proposals, but those are shown separately..
• Link to polkadot block: https://dao.joystream.org/#/council/past-councils
• Feedback: isonar

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[dmtrjsg]

@singulart is this suggestion to expose particular spending categories (if so, which ones would make most sense?) or look into the logic behind the numbers here?

[dmtrjsg]

After having a look: on the FE we don't do any calculations. We get it from QN (Event name = budget_spending) and its all money spent by Council.

@singulart over to you on what's a preferred target state. Pls feel free to reply here or ping me in DM on discord. Thank yoU!

[singulart]

@mochet WDYT?

[dmtrjsg]

@mochet ping :)

[dmtrjsg]

@mochet pls advise on the above

[traumschule]

Since total means everything it has to be complete to be useful: 1.Column Total spent: Councilor rewards, Channel payments, Funding requests, WG minting

2. WGs Minted / Refilled: Allocated to WG, can be higher than actual spending. It makes sense to separate between WG refills (budget allocation) and actual minting events (rewardPaid, discretionary spending).
3. Hide spent on proposals because it's almost always zero.
4. Drop Proposals rejected to save space

Icing:

• Tooltip on (1): table detailing the positions.
• Tooltip on (2): table with breakdown per group Minted / Refilled

For illustration see the current Council budget plan:

position	amount
Councilor rewards	250,560
Funding proposals	0
Creator payout rewards	0
Other allocations	0
Council minting subtotal	250,560
Start Council budget	52,646,605
Term Increment	5,499,990
WG allocation	1,700,900
End Budget	56,195,135

From the handbook: https://handbook.joystream.org/system/council#budget

Notice that working group spending, such as lead spending, or subsystem specific spending, such as minting initial credit for invited new members, does not directly count against the council budget, but against the relevant working group budget.