Thank you for the reply. Since my use of GnuCash has been experimental rather than operational, I defer to the GnuCash Community to escalate this scenario as a Bug to the GnuCash Development Team if so desired.
Regards, Dave On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 8:25 AM Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > When the income statement is first run, it is including the hidden > account. (but is not supposed to) Toggling the radio button is > apparently 'fixing' this to work as intended. > > Therefore since the initial behavior is not as designed, I'd call it a bug. > > I just tested this on a Mac and it is working as you describe, so not > specific to OS. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 3/4/24 8:21 AM, Old Sawmill wrote: > > I am a new GnuCash user, and I successfully exported more than 10,000 > > transactions in several hundred multi-level accounts from QuickBooks > > and imported that dataset into GnuCash Version 5.5 (Build ID: > > 5.5+2023-12-16) running on Windows 11. > > > > While applying GnuCash capabilities to this imported dataset, I > > encountered an unexpected behavior with Reports Options, which I have > > distilled into the scenario below (feel free to follow along with the > > attached GnuCash data file and associated screenshots image): > > > > 1. The data file contains three accounts (MyBank, MyHiddenIncome, and > > MyExpense), one $708.00 transaction between MyBank and MyHiddenIncome > > (a hidden account), and one $666.00 transaction between MyBank and > > MyExpense. > > > > 2. After opening the data file, go directly to the Reports menu and > > select (the built-in) Income Statement, which creates an Income > > Statement that shows $42.00 of net income, the expected difference > > between $708.00 of income and $666.00 of expense. > > > > 3. Next, select Report Options, and select the General tab. Note that > > the dates are "Start of accounting period" and "End of accounting > > period" (corresponding to the current calendar year). > > > > 4. Then, select the radio button for entering a custom Start Date, but > > do not change that custom Start Date value. Instead, just immediately > > re-select the radio button for "Start of accounting period", and click > > OK to apply and close the Options dialog. > > > > 5. Note that the Income Statement now shows a $666.00 net loss, merely > > because of back-and-forth radio button changes on the Options/General > > tab. > > > > > > Now, I have come to understand what GnuCash is doing in this scenario > > and in various real-world scenarios from which this scenario was > > distilled. So, I have just one question for the GnuCash Community: > > > > Is the behavior that occurs in this scenario a Feature, or a Bug? > > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
