How do I navigate to the correct style sheet to edit it? On Wed, Dec 6, 2023, 7:06 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I haven't tried to change column widths. I expect that you may need to > edit the Style Sheets, but I have not attempted to do so. > > > > On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 7:49 PM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, that's very helpful. I followed your recommendations and I like >> the report much better now. >> >> One thing, how do I make the column width for Description narrower. Do I >> have to use Edit->Style Sheets to do that? >> >> Tom >> >> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:46 PM R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 9:48 AM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I finished importing and reconciling months of bank data. Now I want to >>>> put >>>> that to good use. >>>> >>>> For the case of an individual or a family, what are the most useful >>>> reports? >>>> >>>> Common advice is that your emergency savings account should hold enough >>>> to >>>> cover 6 months of expenses. In order to to do that, I need to know my >>>> average monthly expenses. I guess I can use the Cash Flow report, look >>>> at >>>> "Money Out" and divide that by how many months have gone by in the >>>> year. Is >>>> there a better way to get average monthly expenses? >>>> >>>> I like the Cash Flow report. But I wish I could sort it by amount, high >>>> to >>>> low. That would be good to see as a stacked bar chart or a regular bar >>>> chart. >>>> >>>> I would like to see a multiple-account balance as a line chart or a bar >>>> chart. In a way that shows me balances over time. >>>> >>>> I guess I'm mostly interested in the Income and Expense reports, but >>>> also >>>> in Assets and Liabilities. >>>> >>>> What reports do you find useful? >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gnucash-user mailing list >>>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>>> ----- >>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >>>> >>> >>> The Transaction Report is excellent. >>> >>> You'll need to select your accounts (you can start with selecting all of >>> the Expense accounts - possibly Income as well, but the real key is to go >>> into the Options display, go to the Sorting tab, change the Secondary key >>> to "Date" with a monthly subtotal. Also go to the Display tab, scroll down >>> and enable the "Subtotal Table". >>> >>> You will then have, at the top of the report, for each month in your >>> selected range, an amount by month with an average at the end. >>> >>> I find this very useful. >>> >>> -- >>> _________________________________ >>> Richard Losey >>> rlo...@gmail.com >>> Micah 6:8 >>> >> > > -- > _________________________________ > Richard Losey > rlo...@gmail.com > Micah 6:8 > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
