Adrien, I think that you and I are confused because flywire has multiple things going on simultaneously.
First, there is the analytical accounting report that they've created. Second, there is (I believe) a sample data set that follows the examples in the Guide, which flywire has created and is offering to the community. I think this has come up in the thread about the report because flywire wants to have a base data set from which users could test out their report, without affecting real accounting data. The idea of modifying the Guide is actually noise that I unintentionally introduced because flywire discussed the second item above in context of the first item above. So, your understanding about sample data sets is accurate; flywire's created one (something that probably makes a lot of sense, and which I'm amazed no one else thought to create). At this point, I hope flywire puts the Guide Sample Data File and related instructions on the wiki. Of course, I'm not an authority on the wiki, and someone who is will probably come up with a rationalization for why this information should NOT be put there, but that's not my call ultimately. I think it would be useful to have, and I think the wiki should hold it. I then hope flywire submits the Scheme report as a git pull request, to get that contribution into the development cycle. David T. On October 17, 2026 9:32:30 AM GMT+05:30, Adrien Monteleone <[email protected]> wrote: >I am now even more confused. > >At no point did I understand there to be a 'default test data set' ever >available. Have you just now created one? (usually, such things are generated >on the fly to test specific cases and specific code points to make sure things >are working as intended, not so much as examples, though certainly that is a >useful function.) > >And what does this 'default test data set' have to do with the existing >documentation or is this limited to exhibiting the new report you are >proposing? > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 10/16/26 10:37 PM, flywire wrote: >> On Sat, 17 Oct 2026 at 13:59, David T. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'm still not clear what changes you're proposing here or where they are >>> intended to be placed. While I fully understand that you've created a new >>> report that you want added to GnuCash that you feel meets the needs for >>> analytical accounting, I don't understand your use of the word "data" here; >>> the Guide doesn't really have data. It provides some examples in the course >>> of explaining how to use GnuCash, but it isn't really a source of data, per >>> se. >>> >> >> David, >> >> Thanks for the feedback regarding the misunderstanding about what I have >> built. >> >> I am not proposing any text changes to the Guide in this thread, nor am I >> bypassing Git/Bugzilla or suggesting I wouldn't support an update of the >> guide. >> >> When I say "data," I mean that I have manually extracted the disjointed >> transactional examples scattered throughout the text of the Guide and >> compiled them into a structured, unified CSV dataset. >> >> My goal is simple: provide a ready-to-use, standardised sample book file so >> the community can easily test and demonstrate GnuCash features, like >> multidimensional reporting, without starting from scratch. >> >> I hope that clarifies the scope. > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >[email protected] >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 [email protected] 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.
