Yes, that is correct. The Transaction Report engine was pulled out into a separate file because it was reused in numerous reports.
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 at 14:50, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Chris, > > Thanks for returning to this. > > I see that this is a patch file for trep-engine.scm. My only experience > using patches was when I was on a Mac; now I am on Windows, and wonder > which tools to use to apply your patch. > > Moreover, I am using 3.5, and do not find trep-engine.scm anywhere in > C:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash. Does "recent build" mean?? GC 3.7? > > Best, > > David T. > On 10/13/2019 6:51 PM, Christopher Lam wrote: > > Hi David, I'd had a review of transaction-report and can attempt fix signs > for subtotals when sorting by 'account name'. > The difficult issue remains how to handle reversals when sorting by 'other > account name'. I think it's buggy and not sure how to handle it. > Try this patch to trep-engine.scm in a recent build. > > > > On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 at 08:45, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Well, it seems odd to me that "Double" display (as Adrien noted)(thank >> you, Adrien!) is able to display the figures as the user prefers. It is >> also odd to me that the report knows to switch the values of the individual >> transactions, but is unable to remember that fact when it comes to the >> totals. That right there is the problem. >> >> As for the FAQ, it seems to me that there is a mistake in the example >> there: the GnuCash option is to change signs for Income *and* Expenses. But >> the example provided reverses Income but not Expenses. Were it to reverse >> both sets of accounts as the preference indicates, then the math should >> work out correctly ($100+10-20=$90). Or am I missing something here? >> >> Why is it not possible to perform the calculation for totals and then >> apply a display modifier so that the user sees numbers as they prefer? >> >> The current solution is a poor one. >> On 8/12/2019 11:12 AM, Christopher Lam wrote: >> >> >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_does_the_Transaction_Report_.27Sign_Reversal.27_setting_not_work_on_subtotals >> >> This issue could be fixed if the scenario addressed in this FAQ can be >> resolved. I don't really know how to handle that particular case. >> >> On Mon., 12 Aug. 2019, 13:02 David T. via gnucash-user, < >> gnucash-u...@gnucash.org> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to create a YTD Capital Gains report, and am encountering a >>> problem with how the Transaction Report implements the Sign Reverses >>> setting. >>> >>> I recall some time back a discussion about the fact that the Sign >>> Reverses setting reverses signs in these reports in a confusing way. >>> There was some discussion about reversing the individual transactions >>> but not the totals. Although I do not recall the specifics of the >>> discussion, I am encountering the same situation now, where the >>> transactions themselves respect the user setting, but the totals do not. >>> To say this is confusing is an understatement. >>> >>> It seems to me that other financial applications must have encountered >>> the problem of displaying income to users as a positive value (since >>> that is how most of us view income!) while still finding a way to >>> display the correct accounting information. >>> >>> To display my YTD report of Capital Gains, I ran a Transaction Report >>> and selected the Income:Realized Gains accounts for the current year. >>> The result shows losses as positive numbers, and gains as negative. I >>> don't know about you, but my expectation is reversed from this. If I >>> change the Sign Reverses setting to Income and Expense, then the >>> transactions switch, but the totals do not. This result was the gist of >>> the discussion in an earlier thread. Bleah! >>> >>> Now, I know that I can copy the data, paste it into another program and >>> change all the settings to my heart's content, but I am looking for a >>> way to run a report in GnuCash that directly and unambiguously shows me >>> whether I have gained money (a positive) or lost it (a negative) over >>> the current year. Does anyone have suggestions? >>> >>> FWIW, I attempted to turn this report around and have a report that >>> lists transactions in the asset accounts, filtered by the >>> Income:Realized Gains accounts, but that seems to report only the Asset >>> account currency--in this case, the mutual fund or stock shares involved >>> on the Gain/Loss transaction. Unfortunately, that's not the actual >>> Gain/Loss value... >>> >>> It would be nice if the sign reverses setting could be fixed. Barring >>> that, does anyone have a workaround report setup that can give me a >>> sensible YTD Capital Gains total as described? >>> >>> David T. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-u...@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> ----- >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>> >> _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
