Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-21 Thread gnu Gord
>> BTW) > >>> Gnucash has always allowed users to put transactions in intermediate > >> level > >>> accounts, which some in the community have felt was Not Good, although > >> I've > >>> been a little more equivocal about it. I'm not sur

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread Richard Danielson
tion and level setting in the various reports that use that method of grouping, and then update the docs with information. Best, David T. Original Message -------- From: Geoff Sent: Fri Feb 19 18:37:21 EST 2021 To: gnu Gord , gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Expense Ove

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread Peter S. Shenkin
think Gord's final question is an interesting one. It might be > > > useful to conduct some tests to see the interaction between account > > > selection and level setting in the various reports that use that method > > of > > > grouping, and then update the docs w

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread Geoff
ng in the various reports that use that method of grouping, and then update the docs with information. Best, David T. Original Message -------- From: Geoff Sent: Fri Feb 19 18:37:21 EST 2021 To: gnu Gord , gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report Hi Go

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread gnu Gord
ports that use that method > of > > grouping, and then update the docs with information. > > > > Best, > > David T. > > > > > > > > Original Message > > From: Geoff > > Sent: Fri Feb 19 18:37:21 EST 2021 > > To:

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread Dale Alspach
hod of > grouping, and then update the docs with information. > > Best, > David T. > > > > Original Message > From: Geoff > Sent: Fri Feb 19 18:37:21 EST 2021 > To: gnu Gord , gnucash-user@gnucash.org > Subject: Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
That was an excellent answer, and explains clearly a big reason why users should strive to limit their transactions to leaf nodes in the account hierarchy. (My own books include numerous violations of this premise, BTW) Gnucash has always allowed users to put transactions in intermediate leve

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-20 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Gord , gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report Hi Gord It appears that L3 is both a parent of L4 and has transactions worth $100 itself. Thus reporting on L3 is ambiguous - do you want only its transactions ($100), or its transactions plus the sum of its childr

Re: [GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-19 Thread Geoff
Hi Gord It appears that L3 is both a parent of L4 and has transactions worth $100 itself. Thus reporting on L3 is ambiguous - do you want only its transactions ($100), or its transactions plus the sum of its children ($100 + $500 = $600)? I suggest that you only record transactions against

[GNC] Expense Over Time report

2021-02-19 Thread gnu Gord
I'm trying to understand this report and it just isn't working the way I expect. Below is a screenshot of my test chart of accounts, for reference. I have one expense of $100 in account L3 and one expense of $500 in account L4 If I ask for an Expense Over Time report and select L3 and* "Show Accou