David, Of course they don’t show up in the ledger, you posted them to sub-accounts so they show up in those ledgers. As you noted in your reply to Derek, the totals roll up into the parent accounts on the accounts page; they’ll do the same in most reports.
Regards, John Ralls > On Jul 27, 2018, at 7:55 AM, dlbonline <dlbonl...@cox.net> wrote: > > John, > > I have just discovered that the detail transactions show up in subaccounts to > the asset, which is OK. And the balance of the asset reflects those > subaccounts. Also OK. But, they don’t show up in the asset ledger itself. > So maybe my problem is asking too much of the ledger. Perhaps there is a > report that will give me a statement of all transactions against the asset > (income and expense)? > > David Briggs > dlbonl...@cox.net <mailto:dlbonl...@cox.net> > 918 625 9170 <tel:918%20625%209170> > > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Ralls [mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>] > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2018 9:04 AM > To: dlbonl...@cox.net <mailto:dlbonl...@cox.net> > Cc: gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] Posting Asset expenses via Vendor Bill > > > >> On Jul 26, 2018, at 9:01 PM, dlbonline <dlbonl...@cox.net> wrote: >> >> I am new to gnuCash, so I hope this is not already asked and answered. >> >> >> >> I have rental and flip property that carry expenses against an asset. >> For example, I have a painter paint a house for me. He sends an >> invoice, I enter the invoice into the Business->vendor->New Bill >> form. In the "Expense Account" column, I enter the following account >> (which does exist in the COA) Assets:Fixed Assets:House:473 >> Darlington:Paint. After the bill is posted, the transaction does not show >> up on the Asset's ledger. >> >> >> >> This appears to work if I enter the "Expense Account" as an existing >> expense account. For example Expenses:Home Repair:Paint. But, this >> does not show up on the ledger for the Asset, which is ultimately what I >> need. >> >> >> >> Is there a way to accomplish this transaction? > > I just created a vendor bill with assets:house as the “expense account” and > posted it; it was added to the house account as expected. What did you do > differently? > > Regards, > John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@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.
