Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 6/3/2018 3:01 AM, John Robins wrote: Got it! Thank you. One quick follow up question. Would it be possible for a gnucash developer to add this report into the software, could I commission a developer to add this report in (or would it be too expensive), or is it not the type of report that

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread John Robins
Hi, Adrien. I totally agree with your take on the reporting mechanism. And given how good the core application is I can't help but feel that a major upgrade of the reporting mechanism would have a significant influence on increasing usage/uptake. That aside, I have had a quick look at PieCash

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The reporting mechanism is a bit ‘obtuse’ to put it mildly with respect to custom reports. Eventually, when GnuCash is a proper database application, this will change. In the meantime, you also have an option, if you are using one of the database backends, to use something like PieCash which can

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread D via gnucash-user
Possible? Anything is possible. However, knowing the community, I doubt you'll get much traction. The developer pool is shallow, unfortunately. Given the fact that a spreadsheet is a much better tool for the kind of manipulations I imagine you're seeking, the devs are going to focus on bigger c

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-03 Thread John Robins
Got it! Thank you. One quick follow up question. Would it be possible for a gnucash developer to add this report into the software, could I commission a developer to add this report in (or would it be too expensive), or is it not the type of report that could be added in? All the best, John

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Indeed. And once your data are in a spreadsheet, you can run all sorts of sophisticated functions on it. ;) David > On Jun 3, 2018, at 10:07 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > John, > > I’ll have to interpret a bit, but my guess is you want a report that shows > multiple months worth of P&L

Re: [GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread Adrien Monteleone
John, I’ll have to interpret a bit, but my guess is you want a report that shows multiple months worth of P&L data, consolidated with each month in it’s own column. (and maybe even a YTD or QTD column at the end) There is no such report. You can run a multi-column report and put each column as

[GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread John
Hi. I have been looking through the report options and help files and I am unable to work out how to create a month by month profit and loss spreadsheet. Is this possible? and if so, do I need to download and install a plugin of some kind. Many thanks, John -

[GNC] Profit and Loss Spreadsheet

2018-06-02 Thread John Robins
Hi. I have been looking through the report options and help files and I am unable to work out how to create a month by month profit and loss spreadsheet. Is this possible? and if so, do I need to download and install a plugin of some kind. Many thanks, John --