The old venerable balance sheet (and many "classic" reports) are not exactly well behaved when a subset of accounts, especially of varying levels, is selected for reporting. The experimental and eguile reports may behave better. Unless someone steps up and decodes the classic reports, this is likely to remain unresolved for a long time.
On Tue, 13 Oct 2020, 9:44 am David Carlson, <david.carlson....@gmail.com> wrote: > So the fundamental issue seems to be that the report is not showing the > full account tree above the accounts that contain the desired data in the > same tree structure that you see in the Chart of Accounts. > > Is this the first time to use this report for this purpose, or is it a case > that has changed from previous behavior, say in GnuCash release 3.x or > earlier? > > You mentioned that if you select all accounts, the report is correct, but > when you try to omit unnecessary lines, some necessary lines disappear and > others seem to change level. > > A brute force work-around might consist of producing a complete report and > using a spreadsheet to delete unnecessary lines. > > Also, as Frank asked in the previous email, did you select the Owner > accounts when selecting accounts? Also, are those accounts possibly marked > hidden or placeholder? > > All of these questions are partly attempts to eliminate the possibility > that there truly is a bug in the report design, or, conversely, to identify > where a bug might lie. > > -- > David Carlson > _______________________________________________ > 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.
