Present x Total columns

[Luiz Carlos da Costa Junior]

Thanks Fred and James for your answers...

So far, I am using Present (Period) column, setting the initial data equal
to the beginning of my data and final data equal to "today".

It is working, but I've lost the real "Period balance" functionality...

Thanks anyway, gnucash is an awesome tool!
Luiz

On 18 September 2010 12:20, FireFly <fireflys_98 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am using gnucash-2.2.9 for 2 years and I have a
> > doubt about the
> > > "Present" column behavior in the Accounts tab.
> > >
> > > The Total column shows the balance of each account
> > (including the future
> > > transactions) and the parent accounts also consider
> > the sub-accounts
> > > "summing up" everything "below".
> > >
> > > On the other hand, the Present column does not
> > consider the sub-accounts.
> > > Is this behavior expected?
>
>
> I had submitted a patch for 2.4 for just this issue, because it also bugged
> me (I like using the present and total columns).
>
> However, I'm not certain if the patch was made or not, I haven't really had
> time to review any code to see if the patch is still in there in the latest
> versions.
>
> So fingers crossed, it will be there when 2.4 makes it.
>
> My GUESS as to why it didn't, was for performance reasons, there are a lot
> of columns that could total sub-accounts as well, I only changed the present
> column, but could see others wanting other columns to have that process as
> well.
>
> - James Duerr
>
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