On Tue, Jan 21, 2025 at 05:55:09AM -0800, Brad Morrison wrote: > Hi Chris/GNUCash users, > > GnuCash is free/open source software, so please understand that and that > this is a volunteer effort. > Yes, absolutely, I agree and I really appreciate the level of support that is provided. I didn't mean to sound ungrateful
> Feel free to donate and encourage others to do so so that the software > is maintained and possibly even improved - > https://www.gnucash.org/donate.phtml > > With that said, some basics: > > What operating system are you using? > Not very relevant to the question I don't think, but anyway it's Linux Debian 12. > What version of GNUCash are you using? The current version is 5.10 - > https://www.gnucash.org/download.phtml > Gnucash 5.6, the latest/safest version I can get using Debian's backports. > Until someone else spends their time to answer your questions, GNUCash > has several documentation resources - > https://gnucash.org/docs/v5/C/gnucash-manual//index.html & > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/GnuCash will help you understand some > accounting basics and how they apply to GNUCash, but there is a lot of > information there! > Yes, I know. I have been using GnuCash for quite a few years now. > --- > Thanks, > > Brad - https://www.facebook.com/brad.morrison.12327/ & > https://norcal.social/@BradMorrison > > On 2025-01-21 03:02, Chris Green wrote: > > > I need to present our PCC/Church accounts to the PCC (Parochial Church > > Council) three or four times a year. Every time I do this I struggle > > to find a report which simply shows the bank balance at the start of > > the period, where money came in from, where money went out to and the > > resulting final balance in the bank account. > > > > Am I missing something obvious or is there really no way of showing > > this? It's what the layman (i.e. members of the PCC) want to see. > > > > Further to this I also always get bitten by having to select the > > 'start of year' and 'end of year' almost every time I run a report, > > these dates seem to get reset frequently. > > > > Also, it seems like every time I ask for a report, it tells me 'no > > accounts selected' and I have to go through the same old rigmarole > > that I have done many, many times before of selecting all accounts. > > Surely the default should be to include all accounts and also surely > > the setting should be remembered. > > > > I know I've been here before and probably have asked similar questions > > but I do find it rather frustrating at times. > _______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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.
