Cross-reporting ?

[Thiers Botelho]

Hmmm . . . I had noticed what you said on your previous post, but hadn't 
really thought it would be helpful. Since you insist, may I ask (remember, 
I'm not familiar with GnuCash) if the fields you mention might be used at 
month's end or yearend for grouping and summing up amounts under 
"fake-class" headings ?

I'd not be overly concerned if I had to use some kind of workaround, as 
long as I could somehow group and report transactions under the 
"pseudo-classes" . . .

In that case I might consider to forget about that damn ressurrection . . 
.  :D

Cheers

Thiers





Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
11/07/2003 13:39

 
        Para:   "Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br>
        cc:     gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
        cco: 
        Assunto:        Re: Cross-reporting ?


It is not high on the radar, sorry.  There is some, but very little
call for such a feature.  As I said, you could use the Action, 
Description,
(split) Memo, or Notes fields for this...

-derek

"Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br> writes:

> Well, I'll resort then to ressurecting ye olde Lord Quicken . . .  :(
> 
> Maybe this added feature would not be so far ahead on your future 
release 
> schedule ??
> 
> Thanx anyway for your prompt reply, and good luck ! 
> 
> Thiers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> 11/07/2003 13:11
> 
> 
>         Para:   "Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br>
>         cc:     gnucash-user at lists.gnucash.org
>         cco: 
>         Assunto:        Re: Cross-reporting ?
> 
> 
> unfortunately not really.. You could use the description or action
> fields in the transaction for this..  But no, gnucash does not have
> the concept of a "class".  Note that category directly maps to
> "account".  but there is no direct mapping for "class".
> 
> -derek
> 
> "Thiers Botelho" <thiers at fosfertil-ultrafertil.com.br> writes:
> 
> > 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
> 
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