Cross-reporting ?

[Thiers Botelho]

Hi all,

I've been thinking of using GnuCash to (re)start controlling my home 
expenses. I'm a former user of Quicken 2000, which I have not used it in 
the last 2 yrs or so. For this reason I'm not quite sure on the 
terminology, but there is a particular item which is important for me ; I 
could do it in Quicken, and I'd be glad if someone could tell me if 
GnuCash will do something similar  - preferably before I start studying 
the documentation. It goes like :

In Quicken, I could record transactions within particular categories (?) 
like "Dining Expenses" and "Medicine", for instance ; PLUS when entering 
each transaction I could also add another qualifier (class ?) such as 
"John" and "Mary". 

Therefore, when producing reports, I could have all the cross-reporting 
options, like "Dining Expenses for Everybody", "All Expenses for Mary", or 
"Medicine for John".

Does GnuCash provide a practical means to achieve this flexibility ? If 
so, what structures and options I should look for in the docs ?

Thanx all in advance.

Thiers