Chart of accounts

[Derek Atkins]

"John Layman" <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:

> To my mind, the CoA doesn't include balances at all.  It is simply the
> hierarchy of accounts, an abstract depiction of how ledger entries are
> structured for reporting.

Ah, see, to my mind that's not the CoA -- that would be the "Account
List".  No, there is no report to print the Account List.  Patches
welcome, but I honestly don't see any reason anyone would ever want to
do that.

-derek

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 3:57 PM
> To: john.layman at laymanandlayman.com
> Cc: 'David Carlson'; gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: Chart of accounts
>
> "John Layman" <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com> writes:
>
>> None of this eliminates balances in 2.4.6.  They show up even when
> unticked.
>> True, you can set the depth to 1 and have no balances, but the 
>> original poster is looking for a way to print his chart of accounts, 
>> not just the top level.
>
> I guess I'm still completely confused as to what the original poster wants
> to do.  To me the CoA includes not just the list of account names but also
> the account balances, and potentially other information (account
> description, commodity/currency, etc).  Maybe I just don't understand what
> "print the CoA" means to the OP.  By *my* definition of CoA, the Account
> Summary is exactly what you need.
>
>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek

-- 
       Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
       Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
       URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
       warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available