I think that some of the problem here is terminology. What Derek is saying is that "running balance" is defined to be the running balance in the account at a particular date-time not the running balance in the report. If a report has subtotals, cumulative subtotals, or totals, one could reasonably expect those to be calculated based on the entries in the report and the ordering and ranges for the subtotaling. Thus I think the OP is looking for a report with cumulative subtotals. Dale
On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 9:14 AM Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, May 28, 2020 10:05 am, Derek Atkins wrote: > > Finfort <finf...@gmail.com> writes: > > > >> > >> > >> > >> Yes I understand. And I have to open this in something like Excel and > >> recalculate it. > >> > >> What is the problem to do this in GNC after > >> > >> > >> changing of sort order? > > > > GnuCash does not present a running balance in any sort order; the > > balance is 100% based on the default sort order. When you enter a > > transaction it computes the balance, and that balance is stored with the > > transaction split. If you use a different sort order, the balances are > > NOT recomputed, the stored balance is displayed along with the split. > > One more thing I forgot to add -- You can view partial registers and when > you do that, if balances were recomputed, you'd NOT have a complete > picture of what's going on. GnuCash would be showing you INCORRECT data > if it recomputed the balance when you hide transactions. That's a worse > outcome, because you might not even know that you're not seeing all your > transactions. > > Case in point: View -> Filter By... -> Status > Then turn off, e.g., reconciled transactions. > > If the balance were recomputed now, you'd be in BIG TROUBLE. > > > This is not a bug; this is just how GnuCash works. I.e., it is working > > as designed. > > So, this statement remains true. > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > -- > Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 > de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com > Computer and Internet Security Consultant > > _______________________________________________ > 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.
