Alternative is to use a database (mysql, postgres, SQLite) and e.g. libreoffice as GUI frontend for reporting/dataretrieval. Clearly, still some basic SQL know might be required.
Cheers, Klaus On Wed, 1 May 2019 00:57:50 -0500 Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Unless you’re up for learning SQL, there is an easier path if all you want > are pretty reports. > > You can copy/paste reports to a spreadsheet and manipulate from there. > > You can get part of the way to a ‘dashboard’ with the multi-column report. > Look into it. > > Otherwise, probably an intermediate step would be to use the SQlite backend > paired with piecash for your report queries. > > Maintaining and setting up a MySQL db is certainly more involved. > > Regards, > Adrien > > > On Apr 30, 2019, at 11:07 PM, Sachin Danave <sachin.dan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am not a programmer and have been using MS Money for years. While I love > > the Gnucash features, I miss the MS Money colorful reports (and yes a > > beautiful dashboard). > > > > I came across a post (I think it was Reddit) that suggests that you can > > save Gnucash file to a MySQL database and then use an external > > reporting tool to generate custom reports. > > > > Has anyone tried this ? How difficult it is assuming no programming > > knowledge ? > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > Best Regards > > > > Sachin > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
